I totally get that...makes sense. What I don't get is how'd you land on 4 wraps for that combo? Is it just trial and error or is there a method to the madness?Depends on wheels/tires. 4 wraps with methods and treps still seated at 15psi.
Depends on wheels/tires. 4 wraps with methods and treps still seated at 15psi.
Eeeeeeww, that's a lot of tape!
I feel like Trep's and Iroks were the worst I ever had. Iroks would fall off my Allieds at 15psi.
16.5s?My 39.5 iroks were terrible on old school steel trail readys. Pull the cores and just step on the inner bead to unseat it
16.5s?
Because that sounds like some shit you get on .5 sized rims.
My 39.5 iroks were terrible on old school steel trail readys. Pull the cores and just step on the inner bead to unseat it
I don't know how to figure out how much tape besides trial and error. I've had tires seat hard at 20+ psi with zero tape, then the mentioned iroks that didn't even make a slight pop. I did read about someone who destroyed a tire trying to seat it with too many wraps.
Also HF tape wraps are like 4:1 of gorilla tape
Were you guys using the 15" version of the 39.5 Irok bias? I had the 39.5s on 17" TrailReady steelies and never had issues with burping or losing an inner bead but they were horrible tires in any side hill situation. D range 8 ply rating on the sidewalls meant even after being broken in, they still didn't flex very well. Decently sticky compound though.A few of us all had 39.5 Iroks around here a the same time with issues and different wheels.
I just did 2 wraps cause I never lost beads with my treps but they would burp. I have one now on my RR I might have screwed up on and mounted it flipped of how they were. It'll seep some if I get it just right, not sure if it's cause the back bead was clamped before or there's damage to that tire since they were used. Of course it's all torn up on the sidewall too.
I always use black gorilla tape.
Were you guys using the 15" version of the 39.5 Irok bias? I had the 39.5s on 17" TrailReady steelies and never had issues with burping or losing an inner bead but they were horrible tires in any side hill situation. D range 8 ply rating on the sidewalls meant even after being broken in, they still didn't flex very well. Decently sticky compound though.
I totally get that...makes sense. What I don't get is how'd you land on 4 wraps for that combo? Is it just trial and error or is there a method to the madness?