[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[Larry Goss]

Roy, I bought one of those manual changers for small tires from Harbor Freight about 8 years ago.  It makes changing lawn mower tires less of a "religious" experience.  :-)  When customers bring me riding lawn mowers with slow leaks in the tires, I generally can "fix" them by breaking the bead on both sides, applying bead sealer (which the OEM people don't use) and sending it back to the owner.  It keeps recurring flat tires to a minimum.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:13
Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> 
> On Jun 23, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> 
> > I change all my own tires on everything. ... I started  
> on my
> > first tractor tire in 1962....  Jeez I did not know I was 
> that  
> > experienced!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Cecil,
> 
> Don't worry about a slowly fading memory.
> My theory is that all the wisdom we get as the years go by 
> displaces  
> the facts in memory.
> 
> Now, what was it we were talking about?
> 
> Oh yes: My riding lawn mower tubeless rear tires had been 
> patched too  
> many times by the former owner, so I bought two tubes at a  
> tire  
> shop.  My strength and patience ran out just as I'd gotten 
> the first  
> tube mostly inserted, so I brought the wheels back to the 
> shop.  Even  
> with a discount for my having starting the work, their mounting 
> fee  
> was too high it seemed to me. I'm glad to have since found a 
> source  
> for tubes at half the price.
> 
> But this leaves the need for a tire tool. I remember those 
> manual ones  
> with a lever and push device to un-seat tire beads seen in 
> garages in  
> the 50's.  Seems like one of those, or a home made version, 
> would do  
> for lawn mowers and garden tractors.  I can imagine some 4 
> by 4's and  
> 2 by 4's and some long carriage bolts.
> 
> 
> I solemnly invoke the Law of Inverse Perversity:
> 
> If you have a spare for a critical part, or better yet more than 
> one,  
> the part in service will never fail.  If you don't, it will 
> fail at  
> the worst time.
> 
> Corollary for tools:
> 
> If you have a special tool for a critical job, or better yet 
> more than  
> one, you'll never need to use it.  If you don't, you will 
> need it at  
> the worst time.
> 
> Roy
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> Lovettsville, VA 20180
> 
> 
> 
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