[AT] Confessing a complete lack of knowledge here

[charlie hill]

David,  probably the stem is on the wrong side because the previous owner 
ran the rims reversed on the axle or they are reversed now.  That is done to 
change the wheel track spacing (row width).

Charlie
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From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Confessing a complete lack of knowledge here


> Even at having the tube replaced it would be cheaper than buying a new 
> tire.  When I stopped by earlier today, they had just added some air to 
> the tire and rinsed the rim off with a lot of water (for some reason the 
> valve stem is on the inside of the rim - makes access a bit difficult). 
> My uncle bought this tractor about 5 years ago and has not done much to it 
> since then.  He wanted to work up his garden this morning.  Apparently (I 
> didn't see this) when the cap on the valve stem was removed a gush of 
> fluid shot out so I'm thinking at the very least the core is shot.  Much 
> better to "hash" this around rather than jump in and make a big mess. 
> Thanks guys.
>
> David
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> David the last time I had the same problem it turned out that the tube 
>> had cracked where the fitting is vulcanized into it.  I had to replace 
>> the tube. Hopefully you will get by without that but tubes aren't all 
>> that expensive so it might be a good time to go ahead and replace it 
>> anyway.   If the fluid was regular tractor tire fluid it is pretty 
>> corrosive ( I'm sure you know that) so it's probably a good time to clean 
>> up the rim and put some paint on it.
>>
>> Charlie
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