Re: Farmall M wheels........

Posted by Andy Martin on March 22, 2002 at 19:36:05 from (12.74.160.180):

In Reply to: Farmall M wheels........ posted by IH man on March 22, 2002 at 19:15:24:

The front rims will come off the hub/wheel by taking the three bolts out. It's a little of a Chinese puzzle to some, but as long as you have a little patience and watch where the valve stem is they will come right off.

Any ag tire center can remove the fluid, probably calcium chloride. This is the way to go.

If necessary, you can get most of it out yourself. Check to make sure it isn't antifreeze. Calcium chloride is clear and very salty tasting. You can park the tractor in a gravel driveway with the valve stem down and bleed out what will come out by removing the valve core. Don't get it in your eyes, and don't do it if there are environmental regulations against it. It will get the weight out. Rinse everything off really well afterward. Then you can remove the rim, break it down and roll the tube up to get most of the rest of the liquid out.

Don't bleed out antifreeze. It is tasty to animals and results in a very painful death.

If the tube is not in first class shape, shell out $25 for a new tube and piece of mind.

Sandblast or wire brush the rim while it is off. I use a good rust resisting primer on the tube-side of the rim and let it cure for two weeks or more before remounting. That seems like a long time but its really not. Then use lots of baby powder on the new tube.

I run several M's and two H's and keep at least one spare 38 mounted all the time. So I clean up a rim with every flat, having put my spare on the tractor I can let the repaired rim sit for a couple of weeks before remounting the tire. Sometimes I only paint the tube side (is that the inside or outsid?) because my tractors aren't for show, they work.

Riddle: Why are there more restored JD tractors in collections than IH?

Answer: Because most of the IH's are still efficiently working!

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