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Has anyone ever had problem's with Staun internal beadlocks?

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Has anyone ever had problem's with Staun internal beadlocks?

Post by creepy »

Looking at investing in some Stuan internal beadlocks,I ve always used mechanical locks.Just wana know if anyone has ever had drama's with them. ???

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Post by matt.mcinnes »

Never had a tyre off the rim with them even at comp at 6 psi and they lock the bead both sides. However when you get mud in the bead of the tyre and slowly deflate they are more of a pain to clean out, just by the nature you have more to strip down.

Over all I have been happy with mine for the last 6 years.
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Re: Has anyone ever had problem's with Staun internal beadlo

Post by SIM79 »

creepy wrote:.Just wana know if anyone has ever had drama's with them. ???
Do search and you find heaps of info on this subject. Don't sell your rims :D
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Post by Z()LTAN »

We ran them on the GQ ute for one mud comp then got rid of them. They leak.

Mud/debris still found its way into the bead and constantly let the tires down.

They never came off though.

We would never run them again
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Post by bogged »

Vincegu05 has had hell problems with his going flat regularly.
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Post by big bundy »

i had them, sold them and brought externals ;)
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Post by nzdarin »

I've run mechanical and Stuans.
Stauns take more maintenance BUT if you do this maintenance then they are very good.
Lighter and they also increase stability at low pressures by reducing sidewall flex. I found with the same tyres on the same truck we could run a lower pressure with the same control. eg I could go to 6psi in the rear and when with mechanicals less than 8 and it would just slide.
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Post by Auto-Craft »

We tried running up to 60 psi in them but sh1t still got in past the bead, and would make them go flat.

I wouldnt cll them a "beadlock" as they dont lock the bead, just to run more PSI in that part of the tyre to help keep the bead in place.

The last 2 sets we have fitted up for others have had one or 2 in each set of 4 that leaked from the valve assembly as well.
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Post by hulsty »

Some people seem to have constant trouble with them, other just dont. I have a set of older second hand stauns, owned them about a year and a half now and only had one issue. One tyre went slowly flat due to crap in the bead.

They are more maintenance than mechanicals. After my tassie trip I need to clean the beads out. I run the bead lock at 45psi and have run the tyres down to 4psi on my cruiser.
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Post by Ruffy »

Ran them in competition for a year.. Biggest PITA..
I actually won't fit them any more as no matter how much you tell people they still come back complaining when they leak..
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Post by Cruzer! »

ask me in a few weeks - got a set sitting in my shed that need to be fitted!
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Post by digsy »

Up this way with the Offroad Racing/winch challange scene so big we probably had about 20 sets getting around up this way...

Of those sets I think about 3 of them might still be in use...

Every other set has had some major drama and they've headed down the mech beadlock path with no issues now...
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Post by BASSYK »

Go Mechanical!

i had beadlocks, bought brand new stauns / rims / centipedes all together.
every trip i would have at least one equalise (i.e. leak from the staun into the tyre) rendering the beadlock useless.

i only ever aired them down to 12PSI and in the end after having one tyre fall off the rim due to the staun having a hole in it i only ever aired down to 18Psi as if i didnt have bead locks.

ive now got mechanical and havent had any dramas with them!
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Post by A.J. »

I've had them for 1.5 years now, apart from the valve snapping off (stupid design, the stem is metal and not rubber) I haven't had any issues at all.

My tyres don't leak, the beads don't come off (6psi in a 3tonne Patrol) and I don't even maintain them much.......

I run the stauns at 35-40 psi, I heard if you run them too hard they can puncture easier, I haven't had one puncture yet.

I guess I'm one of those people that never have dramas with them, I'd buy them again :armsup:
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Post by creepy »

Thanks guy's for all your in put. :D
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Post by stormpatrol »

got em luv them no dramas at all :armsup:
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Post by tufftruckin »

ludacris has them in his comp truck and has has blown 3 to my knowledge! might be good for every day use but there is prob better out there for comp use
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Post by anzac »

I've got a set on one of my trucks. I have one that slowly slowly goes flat.

It's just got mud in the bead, for the ammount of time I've spent off road on those tires, it's nothing. The other truck, no bead locks, had to have three beads cleaned out after the first trip because they wouldn't hold air and it didn't even run low pressures. For the guys who want to keep road legal in QLD, can't comment on other states, but for those guys, these are a great option.

They also work as run flats in an emergency.
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Post by Narrowscopeofreality »

Unfortunately the internal beadlocks render your vehicle illegal in QLD anyway, for modifying your wheel. (By drilling a hole for the second valve stem)
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Post by redzook »

touch wood i have neva had a problem with my stauns after an easy 2 years

took my time installed them very carefully and havent had to even look at them since no leaks nothing in the beads and that is also running water in the tires aswell

if they equalize or loose pressure something is installed right
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Post by hulsty »

Narrowscopeofreality wrote:Unfortunately the internal beadlocks render your vehicle illegal in QLD anyway, for modifying your wheel. (By drilling a hole for the second valve stem)
You can buy rims with the second hole in them already to make them legal.
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Post by anzac »

It takes a pretty sharp copper to spot internal beadlocks and pin you for it.

Anybody can spot external beadlocks and they are a good enough reason to pull you over and look at the rest of the truck.

I would place external beadlocks in the same box as huge lifts, oversize tyres and exo cages for 'pull me over' factors.
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Post by SIM79 »

anzac wrote:
Anybody can spot external beadlocks and they are a good enough reason to pull you over and look at the rest of the truck.

I would place external beadlocks in the same box as huge lifts, oversize tyres and exo cages for 'pull me over' factors.
There heaps of rigs driving around with fake lock rims, I doubt a cop would know which were real and which were fake.
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Post by maddog_75 »

SIM79 wrote:
anzac wrote:
Anybody can spot external beadlocks and they are a good enough reason to pull you over and look at the rest of the truck.

I would place external beadlocks in the same box as huge lifts, oversize tyres and exo cages for 'pull me over' factors.
There heaps of rigs driving around with fake lock rims, I doubt a cop would know which were real and which were fake.
there are such things as fake beadlock ring rims?

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