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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Fred/N0AZZ

Interesting on my 15x8" Cragar Soft Eights running 33x12:50's I hesitate going much below 15-17 psi for fear of popping one off the bead, am I too concretive perhaps?

They seem to bite well but could I be doing I do doing better, from all I have read the common psi seem to be to go to the 10 psi is using bead locks or run the very real problem of loosing a tire. Have you had any problems going with psi and how hard do you wheel, thanks for your input.

Old inquiring minds want too know lol.
I run the same size wheel and tire combo as you. I am mainly in the rocks and dirt at low speeds.
I always air down to 12 psi and have never had an issue.
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 98XJ40K
Use Loctite on the threads for the spacer and torque properly. Retorque after driving 50-100 miles and each time you rotate tires/change oil/or just have the wheels off.
How sure are you that using loctite and re-torquing is a good idea?

Aren't you basically breaking the glue joint?
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sreeb

How sure are you that using loctite and re-torquing is a good idea?

Aren't you basically breaking the glue joint?
100% sure. May have been a poor choice of words though. You should be confirming that it is still torqued to spec.
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Fred/N0AZZ
Interesting on my 15x8" Cragar Soft Eights running 33x12:50's I hesitate going much below 15-17 psi for fear of popping one off the bead, am I too concretive perhaps?

They seem to bite well but could I be doing I do doing better, from all I have read the common psi seem to be to go to the 10 psi is using bead locks or run the very real problem of loosing a tire. Have you had any problems going with psi and how hard do you wheel, thanks for your input.

Old inquiring minds want too know lol.
Don't remember what I ran with 33s but with 35s (MTZs) on 8" wheels I was known to run around 8psi. With my 38 TSLs before beadlocks I ran 5psi and now with them I run 3psi.
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by xjmarc
Don't remember what I ran with 33s but with 35s (MTZs) on 8" wheels I was known to run around 8psi. With my 38 TSLs before beadlocks I ran 5psi and now with them I run 3psi.
Well I have a spare and an air compressor so I'm going to try 10 psi next time out and see how it goes while its warm weather outside just in case

Thanks for the reply.....
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Fred/N0AZZ
Well I have a spare and an air compressor so I'm going to try 10 psi next time out and see how it goes while its warm weather outside just in case

Thanks for the reply.....
I carry a 20lb bottle of CO2 just in case but end up using it to air up everyone elses tires at the end of the day. I trailer mine so my tires rarely see more than 10psi even on short trips on pavement.
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