[AT] Tire slipping on rim

[rlgoss at twc.com]

I have heard of people having this problem recently. They seemed to think it was caused by lubricants that were used when mounting the tire.  It may be time to use an old technique -- glycerin.  In the late 40's I was helping my father (watching, really) as he installed new shock absorbers on our post WWII Studebaker.  He swabbed the rubber with glycerin before assembly.  I asked shy he did that, and he said, "Glycerin will act as a lubricant while I put it together,  and then it bonds the rubber to the metal when it dries."  I was a kid, so what did I know?  I passed it off as one of those "don't bother me" kind of answers, but glycerin DOES do some miraculous things.  Years later when I took training as a piano tuner and repair technician, I found that glycerin is what is used to bond steel tuning pins to the maple pin rail on old worn-out pianos.  I kept a squeeze bottle of 50/50 alcohol and glycerin in my tool box all the time for emergency repairs on pin blocks.



Larry
---- Carl Gogol <cgogol at twcny.rr.com> wrote: 
> Cecil -  I don't know a lot about tires, but the standard around here 
> (central New York) seems to be tubeless, even for "loaded" tires.  That 
> seems contrary to my inner senses, but that is the dealer's first 
> recommendation.  They just don't like to deal with tubes and seem to imply 
> they are more trouble than they are worth.
> 
> I don't know if that cures your issue or if you could get these tires to 
> seal to the rims.  Just a thought.
> Carl
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 9:32 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tire slipping on rim
> 
> I bought 2 ea 18.4 x 38 Speedway R1 rear tractor tires from Agri-Tech
> imports about 2 years ago.  I mounted them in August 2014.  They were
> used on my  White 2-105 tractor pulling a John Deere 16-8 grain drill.
> This load does not require very much traction force.  I have replaced 3
> tubes in one tire and 2 on the other for a total of 5 tubes.  The
> replacement was required due to the rim slipping in the tire.  I now
> have another tire going flat and the tube valve appears to be pulled out
> of the tube.
> 
>   At $100 per tube these tires are getting to be very expensive, as i
> have now accrued a $600 tube expense. In addition to the 30 gallons of
> Methanol at $3.25/gallon for antifreeze.
> 
> I know there is no way that I can get a replacement from the
> manufacturer as they will find 25 ways to get out of replacing the
> tires.    I have thought of using   rim screws to hold the tire in
> place.  Has anyone used these in a tube type tire?
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
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