Independent production of anti-skid bracelets for car wheels
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The design of a portable anti-bux is so simple that it is not difficult for any car owner “with hands” to make anti-skid bracelets on their own.
In off-road conditions, many motorists are faced with poor cross-country ability of the car. The problem is easily solved if you make do-it-yourself anti-skid tapes for the wheels. You can buy them in the store, but homemade will help save several thousand rubles, especially if the car is all-wheel drive.
Appointment of bracelets
To increase the cross-country ability, drivers install tires with deep treads and a certain pattern on their “iron horses”. This rubber provides reliable grip on snowy and viscous surfaces. But on a normal road, it makes a lot of noise and increases fuel consumption due to high resistance while driving.
An easier way is to equip the car with anti-skid devices. For driving on snow, mountain roads, an anti-slip chain is usually used. But she has one significant drawback: to put it on the wheels, you have to jack up the car.
Anti-slip bracelets perform the same function as chains, but are devoid of the disadvantages inherent in the latter. They are easy to install without a lift. It is not too late to do this, even when the car is already bogged down in mud or slush. If the car does not sink to the bottom, the anti-axle chain works like a grouser and helps to get out of the pit. In addition, making anti-skid bracelets is not at all difficult.
Characteristics of anti-skid bracelets
Portable anti-slip devices are 2 short chains with large links, bolted together from two edges. The anchors serve as fasteners for straps, with which the bracelet is put on the wheel.
Set of anti-skid bracelets
Advantages of bracelets
Compared to other traction control devices, bracelets have several advantages:
- compact;
- easy to install on your own without outside help and the use of a lifting mechanism;
- can be put on the wheels of an already stuck car;
- safe for the car - in the event of a belt break, they do not damage the body.
The design of a portable anti-bux is so simple that it is not difficult for any car owner “with hands” to make anti-skid bracelets on their own.
Disadvantages of bracelets
The main disadvantage of compact anti-slip agents is their lack of effectiveness. If the anti-skid chain is distributed over the entire surface of the tire, then the bracelet covers only a few centimeters of the wheel. Therefore, several of them are required: at least 3 for each tire.
To make anti-skid bracelets on a car yourself, you need to decide on their number. It depends on the diameter and number of drive wheels.
The minimum set is 6 devices for a part-time car. If the car has two drive axles, 12 bracelets will be required.
For wheels with a large diameter, additional tapes may be needed: for a passenger car - up to 5 pieces, for a truck - 6 or more. If you do not make antibuks yourself, you will have to pay a round sum.
In extreme conditions, bracelets alone will not cope. Under the wheels enclose some object for which the tread can catch. For these purposes, experienced motorists always have plastic or aluminum sand trucks in their trunks. They are inexpensive and are sold in car accessories stores.
Aluminum Sand Trucks
You can make traction control tracks with your own hands: slip boards or a sand from a piece of expanded mesh under the wheels.
Another of the shortcomings of bracelets, motorists note:
- unsuitability for long-term operation - immediately after passing through a difficult section of the anti-skid device must be removed;
- improperly made do-it-yourself anti-slip tapes leave scratches on the rims.
But the rest of the bracelets do their job well.
Making anti-slip bracelets with your own hands
Do-it-yourself anti-skid tapes are made exactly according to the dimensions of the wheel. Before buying materials, you should measure the width of the tire and calculate the optimal number of products.
Materials for bracelets
To make your own anti-skid bracelets, you need:
- a chain with welded links with a diameter of about 4 mm (at the rate of 2 tread widths plus 14-15 cm per one anti-box);
- slings for securing cargo (trucks) with a spring lock;
- 2 anchor bolts M8;
- 2 steel tubes for the manufacture of bushings with a diameter of 8-10 mm (so that the anchor freely enters them) and about 4 cm long;
- self-locking nuts for M8;
- washers to anchors that do not pass through the chain link;
- thick nylon threads.
Slings for securing cargo with a spring retainer
For work, you will need an awl, a gypsy needle, wrenches for nuts and bolts. Slings can be purchased at hardware and travel stores.
Step by step guide
The anti-slip bracelet is assembled in the following order:
- On the M8 bolt - washer.
- The last link in the chain.
- Another puck.
- Metal tube as a sleeve.
- Third puck.
- Link of the second chain.
- Last puck.
- Self-locking nut (tighten firmly).
Next, you need to do the same for the second half of the product. After that remains:
- Pass the first track under the bushing, pull it out by 10 cm.
- Sew the end of the gate thrown over the bolt to its main part.
- Put on a lock or buckle.
- Attach the second strap (without a lock) in the same way to the other part of the bracelet.
For more convenient tightening, it is better to make a tape with a free end (without a buckle) longer.
Antibuks from old tires
The simplest alternative to traction control chains is homemade anti-skid bracelets from old tires. Outdated rubber is put on the tire, it turns out a kind of “shoes” for the wheel.
Anti-skid bracelets from old tires
Materials can be taken for free at any tire shop. You need to choose the same diameter of rubber as the wheel, or a size larger. It will turn out a simple and budget option for antibux. You will also need a grinder or a jigsaw.
To make anti-skid bracelets from an old tire, it is necessary to cut out pieces of rubber around its entire circumference, having previously marked the cut points with chalk. It should look like a gear.
The next step is to cut off the excess material along the inner diameter of the tire so that the "shoe" fits freely on the wheel.
Installation of bracelets on wheels
Anti-skid means are installed only on the drive axle. On cars with front-wheel drive - on the front wheels, with rear-wheel drive - on the rear. It is impossible to put on anti-boxes on the slaves: they will slow down and worsen the patency.
Installation instructions for anti-slip bracelets
Do-it-yourself snow chains from old tires are simply pulled over the tire. If desired, in several places you can make ties that will securely hold the “shoes” on the wheel.
Homemade bracelets are superimposed across the tire so that the chains are on top parallel to each other. The free end of the device is pulled through the rim, threaded into the wrung out spring lock of the second belt and tightened to the limit. The latch closes.
The tape along the entire length should sit tightly, without sagging or twisting. The remaining bracelets are mounted similarly, at an equal distance from each other. After checking, you can carefully move off and move no faster than 20 km / h.
For off-road driving and snowdrifts, the car must be equipped accordingly. You don't have to spend a lot of money on accessories. You can make sand trucks yourself and not be afraid to get bogged down in difficult areas.
