961 Ford rear rim

• Power adjust rim repair

New Ford power adjust rims are not available from any source.

Rob has given you good advice, and this is probably the best solution if your rims are not repairable.

Your options are repairing the rims that you have, removing the rails from your rims and fitting them to new 6 loop rims or searching for decent used rims. Decent used PA rims are hard to find and expensive because this problem has existed for some time.

Dean

I can't help with the rim problem, but here's what a 961 should look like.

I have taken a 11x28" titan rim with the 6-lugs & drilled out each spot weld. There are 4 welds to each lug, I used a uni-bit that was 1/8"-1/2" bit. If you drill from the outside (where the tube sits), it will eliminate the spot welds that hold the lugs on. It is time consuming, even after you plug each hole. The key for the power guides is to get them spaced properly & square with the rim. I found it best to do a "mock up" with the center in place before you weld it solid. If you tack weld each guide, put it on your tractor & spin it to see how smooth it will spin out & also check how off center it is by placing a block of wood next to it while spinning the wheel with the tractor in nuetral. It does take time, took me 2 days to get it the make me happy.

As for the color issue, it is to my understanding the the hundred series are to be red & white/Ford Grey. It wasn't until the thousand series that blue & white came in. There were also some hundread series tractors that were a gold color, however I am unclear with why they were that color. Hope this helps. Any questions are welcome.

Rob Mo.