1.9 Beadlock conversion, so easy it's stupid

[rckjeep]

This is an article on how to make Losi's new 1.9 Mini Rock Crawler wheels into a beadlock.

First I started with Losi's new 1.9 MRC wheels in Black on Black retail $8.99


After looking through my pile of discarded wheel cutoffs I found these which are 2.2 duratrax wheels and are 3/4" wide.


The next step is to remove all the screws for the Faux beadlock rings. The nice thing about these new Losi wheels is the amount of material around the hex


Install the cut 2.2 wheel piece into the 1.9 tire. Here you can see how the 2.2 piece fits over the 1.9 wheel


Then bolt the now actual beadlock rings on and you have a beadlock 1.9 wheelset for under $20 and they look scale. I used brand new RC4WD 1.9 Rock Crushers to finsih the super scale look

[BJoe]

Very nice!

[dezmoon]

i understand what you have written,,,but i dont get it,,,,how is it now a working bead lock,,,can you post pics of the tires bead seated with out the rings

[rckjeep]

Originally Posted by dezmoon

i understand what you have written,,,but i dont get it,,,,how is it now a working bead lock,,,can you post pics of the tires bead seated with out the rings

I'll take a few pics tomorrow. It works just like the AE 3 piece wheels or if you are into 1:1 wheeling H1 wheels. The "inner" piece holds the bead from the inside while the beadlock rings hold the outside. Pinching the tires bead in between the "inner" ring & "outer" ring. Sorry the pics aren't great, it's hard to get good close up pics of small parts.

[sloppy]

so you could probably not even use a cut up wheel from a 2.2 maybe you could just use a piece of 2" abs drain pipe just like the drifters do..

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by sloppy

so you could probably not even use a cut up wheel from a 2.2 maybe you could just use a piece of 2" abs drain pipe just like the drifters do..

I like that idea better, especially if you don't have cut up 2.2 pieces laying around

[warriorsimi]

more pics please

[BJoe]

Anybody try to get the tires off the rims for a conversion and chopping foams?

[ae racer]

i would like to see more pics of how it exactly locks the bead in and how it looks on your rig too. id much rather spend $ in this than a bunch on some other ones.

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by ae racer

i would like to see more pics of how it exactly locks the bead in and how it looks on your rig too. id much rather spend $ in this than a bunch on some other ones.

Should work a little like the old Associated beadlocks from about 10 years ago. The "ring" will allow for a place that the inside of the tire bead to seat against when the lock plate is bolted down tight. It's really simple and would even work without having to adheare those rings to the wheels

[ae racer]

i think i understand now. i think that i'll use these for my starter and spare tires but eventually upgrade to a $100 set. thanks for the explanation.

[rckjeep]

Originally Posted by BJoe

Should work a little like the old Associated beadlocks from about 10 years ago. The "ring" will allow for a place that the inside of the tire bead to seat against when the lock plate is bolted down tight. It's really simple and would even work without having to adheare those rings to the wheels

Just like the RC10 wheels, exactly. But without the rings bolted to the wheels it wouldn't at all. Did I read that correctly?

[Brainstain]

Yes. Awesome. I'll use this in the next few weeks.

[Tupers]

Nice idea. The wheels on the new Yokomo crawler use a similar system to what you've done.

[Harley]

You beat me to the write up, damn nice job!

[SnoopMaxx]

Great Fix to a faux Wheel

This one goes in my How-to library

[Akura2]

I think some more detailed pics are in order... nice jorb though!

[badger]

Good pictures so you can actually see what your doing would actually make this an article.

[jedsled]

how wide should i be cutting the inner wheel or pvc that slides on the outside of the losi wheel?

[rckjeep]

Originally Posted by jedsled

how wide should i be cutting the inner wheel or pvc that slides on the outside of the losi wheel?

I posted this to help some people out,hopefully it's done so, but I'm not going to bother answering a question, when the answer is in the thread. Read the article, it's in there.

Originally Posted by badger

Good pictures so you can actually see what your doing would actually make this an article.

I do apologize for the blurry images. I'll try to take some more.