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Quick question for those familiar with Toyota split wheels. What am I doing wrong with reassembly... haha. It probably took me 2 hours to snap 5 rings back on. Lots of stomping, sweating, swearing, jumping, finally got them go to together (obviously, pics above are of the completed wheels) but it really seems like I'm having more trouble than most.
Here's my issue. The 255/85R16's are so tall that with the rim and tire flat on the ground, the outside/upper bead doesn't sit on the rim, it's just hanging in the air. So as I kick the ring on and work my way around, it hangs up on the bead right at the end. If the tire sidewall was narrower I think I wouldn't have any issues. But reading lots of split wheel threads, 255/85 seems like a fairly common size. I'm using lots of soap and water and once it all gets together, it seems like it works well.
The easiest way I found to get everything to click was putting a rubber wheel chock under the rim itself, but not the tire, so the rim was lifted off the ground a little bit. It still wasn't easy and everything wanted to wobble, so it was quite a balancing act. I'm sure my wife got a good laugh watching me from inside.
One other issue, one of the beads won't snap back into place. The other 4 jumped right up with 5-10psi of pressure, but this one is about 90% seated and won't go any more. It has a tiny gap that I can stick my key into that runs for about 4 inches. I even pumped it up to 40psi and no-go. I tried debeading it, relubing it, and airing up again. Still no go. Could the powder from the powdercoating be causing an issue? It's clean with no rust or debris. The ring appears to have a slightly larger gap where the two ends meet than on my other 4 wheels,which I thought was odd. Rings don't go to specific wheels do they? I hope not, I didn't keep them matched pairs...
Suggestions?
Edit, I took it apart and found a little bit of extra powder flakes along the edge of the rim and split ring. Cleaned it up with a wire brush, put it all back together with lots of tire lube and it popped together fine.
Here's my issue. The 255/85R16's are so tall that with the rim and tire flat on the ground, the outside/upper bead doesn't sit on the rim, it's just hanging in the air. So as I kick the ring on and work my way around, it hangs up on the bead right at the end. If the tire sidewall was narrower I think I wouldn't have any issues. But reading lots of split wheel threads, 255/85 seems like a fairly common size. I'm using lots of soap and water and once it all gets together, it seems like it works well.
The easiest way I found to get everything to click was putting a rubber wheel chock under the rim itself, but not the tire, so the rim was lifted off the ground a little bit. It still wasn't easy and everything wanted to wobble, so it was quite a balancing act. I'm sure my wife got a good laugh watching me from inside.
One other issue, one of the beads won't snap back into place. The other 4 jumped right up with 5-10psi of pressure, but this one is about 90% seated and won't go any more. It has a tiny gap that I can stick my key into that runs for about 4 inches. I even pumped it up to 40psi and no-go. I tried debeading it, relubing it, and airing up again. Still no go. Could the powder from the powdercoating be causing an issue? It's clean with no rust or debris. The ring appears to have a slightly larger gap where the two ends meet than on my other 4 wheels,which I thought was odd. Rings don't go to specific wheels do they? I hope not, I didn't keep them matched pairs...
Suggestions?
Edit, I took it apart and found a little bit of extra powder flakes along the edge of the rim and split ring. Cleaned it up with a wire brush, put it all back together with lots of tire lube and it popped together fine.
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$300 shipped... Can't really complain about that. My window frame had some rust on it too, so I just had them ship the entire window and frame. 
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