February 11, 2021, 10:18 AM
62GalaxieCan't screw radial tire to rim?????
What's the best way to keep drag radial from shifting on the rim without screws? Scuff up bead area and hi-tack applied to both bead area and bead of tire? What type of hi-tack. Some harden and some stay soft.
February 11, 2021, 10:38 AM
Mike NitzscheHitack works, but all my radial guys either don't have problems or they get beadlocks.
February 11, 2021, 08:45 PM
Steve from PaPermatex High tach spread it on pretty liberal. You need to let them set a couple of days before running them or they will turn an inch. if you leave the high tack set for a couple of days they wont turn at all, in my experience, but were not hitting real hard either.
February 11, 2021, 09:07 PM
Lenny5160I screwed them 20 years ago. I don’t do anything special at all anymore.
Bring them to the local Goodyear shop who mounts them the same way they mount passenger car tires, then I put them on the car and go racing.
February 12, 2021, 10:06 AM
EmanI use hair spray, it's worked on bias and radials. Clean the bead and the rim with lacquer thinner or similar.
February 12, 2021, 10:19 AM
1320racerI’ve run radial slicks since 1999 and they have never been screwed, glued nor have I use hair spray.

Been 1.28 60 foot @ 3880 lbs. and 1.17 @ 3144 lbs. both off the footbrake and my slicks never move.