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I think I might out my Jerry Can there...good spot for it!
Ehhhhhhhhh.... not sure if I'd do that. You could try it, but the jerry can BY ITSELF weighs more than what I've got in tools there. Add the gasoline to it and it'd be considerably heavier. The bracket for the tire is pretty flimsy and not very wide. You'd probably better off fabbing something up to go there... and reinforcing the mounting points on the "wall".
Originally Posted by rcguymike
Did you do anything else? Wires etc?
Well, I changed the wires and plugs about a month ago... but still the standard 7mm wires, NGK plugs gapped to .040", and DUI brass-terminal cap and rotor. Nothing much of an upgrade really.
Originally Posted by roninofako
I need to find some fenders someday...BTW, did you get the doors off that part out?
Lol... I dunno man, as much as we bash on these things, I wouldn't make it a priority. Only reason I'm really doing this is to make them match up with the front header. Well, that AND the fact that the lower holes for the fender to attach to the pinch seam have been ripped off so the fender just kinda flops around.
Yeah, the doors are off that same 98 part-out that I got the front clip from. I'll get started on those after I'm done with the fenders. I only got the front ones though, 'cause at the time that was all the dough I could spare.
That's the eventual plan. I'm going to slap the modified hinges on the '98 doors for my every-day weather-proof setup and convert my old fronts to halfs... I really like the look of the ones that Clydesdale (Roadhouse Boys) made, so I'm going to try for that design.
Ignore this post if you want. Just misc info for airsoft bead balancing. Or use it to aide in your own research.
Originally Posted by MOGXJ44 on that site that says "ARRRRRR"
I had some people asking questions about my tire balancing preference, so I thought I would make an informed post that does all the legwork for all you lazy fockers.
They have .12, .20, .25, .35, all the way up to .88 grams in 6mm and 8mm sizes. The 6mm 0.12 and 0.20 pellets are the most common and easy to find in most outdoor stores. I picked mine up at Gart Sports for around $20. GI Joes also had them locally.
To figure out how much you need, use the chart from Equal (hey, they do have something good). Go Here for a PDF version.
Then get a conversion from ounce to gram or vice versa. Here's a good conversion calculator.
Then just do some math for about how many you need. Here's an example:
I have 37 Boggers and the chart says I should use 6-8 ounces for a 37x12.50 mudder tire. Using the calculator tells me that 7 ounces is about 200 grams. I used the 0.20gram airsoft pellets. That works out to 200/0.20=1000 pellets per tire.
I like to err on the heavy side because not enough will net an unbalanced tire and too many will just distribute the extra pellets evenly around the tire. So I actually bought a 5000 pack along with a 1000 pack. Drink down that beer in the pint glass and get 3 more. Drink those down, then you'll be good and ready to continue. Now dump the pellets evenly across all 4 glasses. It's not rocket science, so just eyeball it.
I used Oasis Tyre Pliers and their Deluxe Irons to mount/dismount each tire. I was already doing a wheel change to match the new one ton axles, so I had to do much more labor than someone wanting to just balance their rubber. Even still the Tyre Pliers will make life so much easier to pop the bead loose. Then you'll be able to dump a glass of pellets into each tire.
I've already used the above mention Equal. Don't bother. I'm sure they've got some happy customers, but for the most part those are applications that don't air up and down often (which is what adds moisture and kills Equal). I then went with BB's. That worked alright but when I opened up the tire the copper had become dust and the lead BB's I'm sure were also not good for a person. Now I'm onto the Airsoft pellets and think this will be a good solution.
I hope this helps. Let the arguments ensue.
Travis link
Link for "Equal" doesn't work... alternative below:
Further recommendation and consideration (thanks Duma)
Originally Posted by Dumajones
Great question,, I was told to get solid core beads, if they have a bubble in the middle they are not solid. Some say if they are solid or not on the container. Also dont get biodegradable ones.. the ones I went with are in the pic. I went with .12g size beads. You can go higher in ball/bead weight if you like. Its all about getting all the combined weight of the beads.
Ehhhhhhhhh.... not sure if I'd do that. You could try it, but the jerry can BY ITSELF weighs more than what I've got in tools there. Add the gasoline to it and it'd be considerably heavier. The bracket for the tire is pretty flimsy and not very wide. You'd probably better off fabbing something up to go there... and reinforcing the mounting points on the "wall".
I more meant to leave the floor bracket where it is and/or improve it and just use the old tire mount as the rachet strap attachment point
as far as beads go, do it. your jeep will thank you. when i worked for Belle tire up here in the mitten, we had to use beads on anything 33" and up. unless we could get it to balance out with conventional methods. but anything 37"-44" wont fit on the balancer so they absolutely had to be bead bagged. there is a chart that we used, i can see if one of the guys from my old shop could take a picture of it for me if you'd like it gave tire size and oz of beads to be used.
Yeah, I'm definitely going to do it. Just gotta wait until I get the cash for the beads. Probably going to do the high-quality Airsoft bb's 'cause they appear to be larger in size and won't try to fly out the valve stem when I air down. I know they make a "filtered" stem for that, but still. I see no reason to buy "balancing beads" when something else will do the same job just fine.
Now I just need to practice removing tires from the wheels using my hi-lift.
I've got all next week off work. Planning on the door swap, fender swap, and grille swap along with converting hinges for doorless. I THINK I have everything I need at this point, so hopefully all goes smoothly.
Also have the CPS arriving Tuesday according to tracking info, so that will be going in sometime next week.
Hopefully I'll be able to get quite a bit done 'cause I have a couple of other projects to work on as well as taking a few days to get some family time in while the kids are out of school.
Funny how "vacation" is never as relaxing as it sounds. If people at work only knew how busy I am on my "vacays", they wouldn't be such haters when I take them lol.
Yup! Pretty handy tool if you don't have one man. I've gotten more use out of my hi lift since I got it than I have probably any jack I've owned
Oh yeah I've seen how to do that. You said remove a tire from the wheel. That's not really removing the tire. You'd still need a set of tire irons to do that right?
07-05-2016, 03:08 AM
