[AJD] Flat Spoke rear wheels

[LeRoy Price]

Duane,

Thanks for the info.  SO there was a set available for most of the early B.  Wonder how tough it would be to find those 16 spoke JD1270R  How about the A?  Same apply?

LeRoy  

> 
> From: "Duane Larson" <jdlarson at comcast.net>
> Date: 2004/10/23 Sat PM 07:28:22 EDT
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: RE: [AJD] Flat Spoke rear wheels
> 
> The B had 3 versions of the John Deere-built flat spoke rear wheel for
> rubber.  From 60000 - 102682 the JD1240R wheel was used, with a 12-spline
> cast-in hub, 12 - 10 1/2" x 3/8" x 1 1/2" spokes, used hub clamp B1189R, and
> normally came with 6.00S x 36 rim for 7.50 or 9.00 x 36" conventional tires.
> This wheel had hub breakage problems, so at s/n 102683 (continuing to about
> 191302) they produced the JD1259R wheel which had the same number and size
> spokes, but the 12 spline "heavied up" hub now required a B1961R hub clamp.
> It used the same rim and tires as the 1240R.  At about 191303 to 200999 the
> new JD1270R wheel (with the same rim) was available for both the A and B, as
> it had a bolt-in hub.  This wheel had 16 spokes, and the spokes were a bit
> larger (1 3/4" wide).  This wheel used the B2188R bolt-in hub for the 12
> spline B's, and a B2187R bolt-in hub with 10 splines was available for the
> unstyled B.  Both hubs used the B2189R hub clamp.  Most, if not all, of
> these wheels came with rims for conventional tires - I have heard rumors of
> these wheels with rims for wide-base tires, but don't believe I have never
> seen one (without looking at my notes - could be wrong).
> 
> Drive wheels built by JD after 2/15/41 had part numbers cast in the INSIDE
> of the hub - normally not a large casting so the numbers can be hard to
> read.
> 
> FWIW-
> Duane Larson