M/T DRs on Cragars. The Mickeys take a ton of weights and after a trip to the track the tires have moved several inches on the rims and will shake your fillings out at any speed over about 40. I have tried glue and High Tack. But they still move. Any other suggestions on keeping them in place other than bead locks or drilling the Cragars? Would it be any help to rough up the bead area of the rim and then glue it?

I have heard of knurling the bead, but I don't know who does it or if it even helps.

Suggestions?

I'll try that.

Thank you!

Both Dizusters turbo car and mine are glued with purple Permetex. No special rum prep. Just cleaned with lacquer thinner. His haven't slipped at all. I had one that slipped about 4" 1st 10 passes. No slippage since. I'm confident enough in this method to run tubes. My car has been 1.24, his 1.38
Doug

I use to mark my radial drag tires tires with a small dab of shoe polish on the tire by the tire stem, once it moved a inch or two I would swap the rims from side to side to move them back
Most of them would take a set after swapping sides several times and not move anymore
I was running 18+ Lbs. also with no glue or rim screws either, 3450 Lbs. running mid to low 1.40 sixty foot times
I had to add rim screws on the bias tires though

At what weights? Both the hit and the weight play a role here. Since adding the Hemi and 518, my Cuda is a porker now at 3,850.

This is exactly what I did. I switched to radials and had the same issue with the tires spinning on the rim, well one tire. Cab gave me the same advise and it worked as described.

Great replies guys, I am learning a lot.

My first reaction is that I am uncomfortable with screwing only one side. But I see that having a bead lock on only one side is very common. I would like to put this to bed and not have to switch tires back and forth or dismount and re-glue or re-balance. And the only sure way is to screw the darned tires to the rims.

So, what is the consensus here? Is it okay to only screw the back side of my tires?

I know that the tire companies don't recommend screwing radials. And that the tires say 'Not For Hiway Use'. And that you are not supposed to mix radial and bias ply tires. And that you shouldn't run slicks on the street. And like I said, I am a little concerned about only screwing one side. But just like running a spool on the street and many other no-nos, most of us (myself included) have done at least some of this stuff for years with no problems.

I do not want to throw caution to the wind, but to be honest I trust my peer's real world experiences more that I trust a corporation's lawyered-up recommendations. I don't think it is a stretch to say that a tire company will err on the side of their legal safety even if there is little to no real problem. Which is why I am asking you for your real world experiences.

Does anyone here have experience, good or bad, with screwing (or clamping) one side of their tires, particularly Drag Radials?

The glue may just be the ticket and I am going to try that. But please explain to me why clamping one side of the tire is acceptable, but screwing one side of the tire is not. Not trying to start a pi$$ing match, I am just curious what the difference would be.