[AT] rear rim repair

[Cecil Bearden]

Deere rims are readily available, from both dealer and aftermarket.  
Freight is the deciding factor when ordering.   Try a dealer for A&I 
products for a good deal.   Many years ago when rims were scarce, I 
welded many of them when working in the tractor shop.  We rebuilt old 
ford and massey tractors and they all had bad rims.  I remember using 
brass rod a lot as we did not have a mig welder.  A 3/4 washer was used 
for the valve hole a lot.  We just made sure that  all the welds were 
ground smooth. Then we painted the repair, and dusted the paint with 
talcum before we installed the tire & Tube.

Cecil in oKla


On 10/18/2016 9:49 PM, Len Rugen wrote:
> There is a big difference in getting a functional repair so you can finish a job and what would be a lasting repair.  Our standard "on farm" rim repair is to drill a new valve stem hole in a better rim section, then cut out the damage and weld up a repair.  The best thing was a few old trash rims with similar profile and enough good parts to make a patch.  Sometimes we would just weld a washer over the bad valve stem, if we caught it fast enough.
> We had one bad rim, but needed to use the tractor, I scraped off what rust I could, patched the holes, then wrapped about a mile of duct tape from bead to bead so the bad parts wouldn't cut the tube.  It was supposed to be temporary, but I think it lasted a couple of years.  :-)
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> Len Rugen
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>      On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 9:10 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>   Gonna have the dealer check for availability of a rim, wouldn't surprise
> me if they had one--there are over 12 stores in their franchise. Did I
> forget to mention I NEED this tractor? About a month from now and I will
> probably go 2-3 months without even touching it. Murphy's Law I suppose.
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> John
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