[AT] rear rim repair

[Len Rugen]

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.  :-)   

Len Rugen

rugenl at yahoo.com


 

    On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 9:10 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
 

 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.

John


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