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** second air beadlocks. what pressure do they require**

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:41 pm
by LUCIFER
Hi all.. just curious as to what internal pressure these second air beadlocks require to operate correctly?.. does the pressure in the second air need to be increased or decreased if tyre pressure is alternated at all..

any help would be appreciated..

do you have any problems with them?


cheers

air

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:43 pm
by frigga 40
hey there lucifer im pretty sure second airs need 32- 36 psi to operate correctly, how much did you end up getting for the claws and what tyres you got now

Re: air

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:52 pm
by LUCIFER
frigga 40 wrote:hey there lucifer im pretty sure second airs need 32- 36 psi to operate correctly, how much did you end up getting for the claws and what tyres you got now
Hey frig, i brought a new set of 36" x 12.5 pedes. now on 15 x 10" rockcrawlers and second airs.. i pretty much gave the claws away, but they had to go..

i have 32 psi in the s/airs now.. ill wait and see how it pans out i spose. should be ready to peel the new stickers off the tyres tommorow arvo. a few minor intercooler modifications to go and should be right.

cheers

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:57 pm
by tim
I run 40 psi in the second airs with the tyres down around 12psi. When you drop the tyre pressure the second airs do drop a bit.

Tim

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:27 pm
by Smithy jnr
We mostly run them at 40 PSI.

bb

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:58 pm
by LUCIFER
Thanks alot fellas. most apprciated. do you"s have any probs with them? puntures etc etc? any downfalls?
cheers

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:26 am
by tim
I found mine go down a bit over time and you need to top them up. Otherwise you think 12psi will be fine until the bead pops off! I learnt the hard way lol

Tim

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:06 am
by DamTriton
When I had them fitted I was told to run them at 40-45 psi regardless.

As noted above, when you change either of the pressures, it also effects the other, I've found it best to set the seconair, adjust the tyre pressure, then make adjustments to the secondair again.

bb

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:03 pm
by LUCIFER
GaryInOz wrote:When I had them fitted I was told to run them at 40-45 psi regardless.

As noted above, when you change either of the pressures, it also effects the other, I've found it best to set the seconair, adjust the tyre pressure, then make adjustments to the secondair again.

hi, what sort of pressure drop should i be expecting??

so correct me if im wrong here... when you drop the tyre pressure the beads are under less pressure so by pumping up the s/airs the side wall pressure increase will do its job by keeping the beads in place.

cheers