New tires

Well I bought some new (to me) tires today - 36x12.5R15 IROKs. Bought them from Dale's friend Bob. They have at least 90% of the tread left, actually closer to 100% on 2 of them.

They came on 15x7 rims, so I think I'm going to need to find some different rims to run them on. I'm pretty sure that's too narrow for this size tire.

Also going to need to do a little flare trimming to make them work - these things are huge!!!

Those are some nice tires, bias or radial? Jon's running the same style & size also isn't he...wheels do seem a little on the narrow side, lots of sidewall bulge

Right on. Swampers Rule

Iroks? I thought they were TSL's? You could actually use those wheels if you want to, just a little on the narrow side.

Maybe they are TSLs they just say Super Swamper on them, so how do you tell? Also I'm pretty sure they are bias, not radial. the sidewall says 36x12.5-15LT, no R, so I think that means bias ply. Whatever they are, the tread is massive. I'll post pics up later today.

Okay, I'm pretty sure they are TSLs - the tread looks just like this:

Well then, if they're TSL's are they siped? if not, you might ask Justin to see if you could borrow his cutter? or even better see if he'll do them for you

Zip wrote:Well then, if they're TSL's are they siped? if not, you might ask Justin to see if you could borrow his cutter? or even better see if he'll do them for you

I think a man should experience grooving tires at least once in his life!

They are not siped, so I will probably borrow Justin's cutter.

Installed the new (to me) Warn Bumper yesterday that I bought from Jon Hale - that lets me carry a spare the size of the new tires:



And here is a pic of the new tires sitting in the garage:

Heck, used rubber, already soft, cutting them should be a piece of cake

Looks great, Bill!

Thanks!

Lets see them on the Jeep (like at evans creek on Sat the 15th?)

mumblewood wrote:Lets see them on the Jeep (like at evans creek on Sat the 15th?)

Don't think it will happen that fast - gotta find some new rims on a budget first

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).