New tires

Nice purchase Bill-

So, I guess you have some work Cut out for ya!....

ILAN_Rubi wrote:Nice purchase Bill-

So, I guess to do have some work Cut out for ya!....

Yeah, gonna start grooving them this weekend

Did you find the pic of how I did mine?

Heres some random pics. (just click on all this junk below)

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Yeah, I think I'm just going to do the single cut across the middle of each center tread block. A lot less cutting than the v cut like you did.

Well the tires are mounted up on the WE rims with 2000 of the airsoft 0,12 gram BBs in each tire. Aired up to 20 psi.

And... death wobble

Found a couple of slightly loose bolts (track bar and both upper control arms were a little shy on torque but not really loose). Everything else looks good. After tightening the bolts, it doesn't go into full blown DW, but it does have a pretty solid wobble that starts at about 42, and is pretty much unstable by the time you hit 50. I was afraid to go any faster...

Also, on my upper control arms, the bushing at the axle - I can get a little bit of motion there when I try to twist the arm. Is that normal, or are those bushings shot? They are the only bushings that don't get replaced when you replace the arms.

How much is a little? Mine have a little move in them but not much, and its not super easy to wiggle them.

It isn't easy to wiggle them, and the amount of wiggle is very small. But the lower arms won't budge when I do the same thing on them.

Yikes! Did you push the tire around the little lip on the wheel before you put the beadlock ring on?

SUPAFLY wrote:Yikes! Did you push the tire around the little lip on the wheel before you put the beadlock ring on?

Yeah, if you don't do that, the ring won't seat all the way against the rim when you tighten the bolts down. It was pretty obvious when the tire was in the proper place - it kinda popped into place with a little prodding. My rings seated all the way flush to the rim when bolted down (18 ft-lbs).

I also forgot that when my steering stabilizer went out, I got death wobble. Check for oil leaking out of it.

Steering stabilizer was replaced about a year ago, and still looks good. No oil leaking.

I do have a lot of grease around my steering box, but I think that is because I over greased the fitting at the pitman arm and the excess grease went all over the place. Nothing is loose around there.

Is 20 psi about right for these tires, or should I go higher?

My Iroks run flat around 12-14psi

So are you running that low on the highway?