always cleaning tyre beads out after offroad trips.

[Timbo15]

Hi all I was wondering how often do you have to clean the beads on your tyres out. I'm asking this because every time I have been offroad I always had at least one tyre that got mud or rocks in the beads. It's becoming a pain in the butt and hassle.

edit: i run coopers st maxx and around 25psi

[Ben-e-boy]

What type of tyres and how much pressure do you run?

[MEGOMONSTER]

I have had the same problem with mine, I've been running 20psi on most trips.
I have run 18psi once which was suggested which left me with a lot of debris in the beads too.

[megatexture]

Yea I'm much the Same I run between 18- 25 depending on where I'm driving and it will happen more if driving in muddy rutted tracks, the only sure fire way to avoid it is beadlocks unfortunately, internal or external. I only clean them out if I get a slow leak.

[lucus30]

Yeah same here. I run 25 psi

[lhurley]

I was like that before I got my km2s, since then, have not had 1 bead issue. I usually run around at about 20-25 while off road.

[megatexture]

I was wondering if it was the tyre but mick has km2 like you and I'm running mtz ATM.

[lhurley]

I was wondering if it was the tyre but mick has km2 like you and I'm running mtz ATM.

I had Micky t atz's before and they were horrible. Every time I went off road, it was numerous dirty beads, tyre balances out, and a couple of punctures. I believe (no idea if it's true) that the more a tyre is taken of the rim, the bead stretches and doesn't seal as well. Until last week I had not had my km2s off the rim for any reason since fitting.

I think it also helps that that my km2s are bigger too, I've got 305s on a 8" rim, so they are snug. Steve has the same so it would be good to here from him.

[MEGOMONSTER]

I was wondering if it was the tyre but mick has km2 like you and I'm running mtz ATM.

Wombat has a good reputation of those little white pebbles getting into beads.

[93patrol]

I think it also depends on how hard you hit the ruts with the steering turned which will flex the bead off and filling it with mud.

I run 20 psi in my tyres and only needed to clean out the bead on one tyre after I slammed the car into a rut and a bank trying to climb a hill