[Yamaharider4586]

Has anyone seen the new special edition wolverine it looks good we just got two Into our dealership on Wednesday

 

[Flyer]

Check our front page :8)

 

[Cryplan]

and on you tube Yamaha has put a short video of the SE model 5 days ago looks very nice..

 

[larryt]

I want to buy one, but before i do i want to know if those beadlocks can handle an 8 ply tire, if someone could confirm this it would be great

 

[Elysouth]

The guy at my dealer told me they are just imitation beadlocks

 

[larryt]

Wouldnt that be false advertisement? Even the youtube video, the guy says they are true beadlock wheels

 

[Deeyoh]

Most just get longer bolts at ACE hardware if the tires bead is to wide for the stock ones. I know a few YXZ guys had to do that with wide bead tires. That's not a bad idea anyway.. the stock ones are really weak and break at like 10ft/lb of torque.

 

[larryt]

Im new to beadlock wheels and didnt know that just any "ordinary" bolt that size would work

 

[Roadymi]

Im new to beadlock wheels and didnt know that just any "ordinary" bolt that size would work

Normally just a standard hex head bolt. likely metric. I would use a grade 8 and pay close attention to torque specs. I would re-torque several times on tires that are going to be left mounted long term.

 

[noload]

I dont know what bolts they use, but woudnt stainless be the standard??

 

[larryt]

Are there special torque type bolts that can handle the pressure of being torqued, or are they all the same?

 

[Deeyoh]

Remember they are going into an aluminum or alloy wheel. You don't want a lot of torque or you can strip them pretty easy. Probably why they use soft bolts.. better to break a bolt than strip the threads out.

 

[noload]

Are there special torque type bolts that can handle the pressure of being torqued, or are they all the same?

I would think the torque rating from the wheel manufacture would be for supplied hardware and the tapped holes, but as DeeYoh said it would have to be a very soft bolt to lose the battle to an aluminum wheel (unless its a very deep tapped hole). I just thought they would use stainless for corrosion issues.