Posted by Drew.Styduhar on June 06, 2023 at 11:25:00 from (63.166.216.241):
Good afternoon,
I have a late 70's Massey industrial loader tractor with 15x8 (6 lug) front wheels and 11l15s tires. My spindles were bad so I sourced some replacements and now the inside of the tire on one side is slightly rubbing the steering cylinder tie rod end. The other side has minimal clearance. It looks like maybe the camber is ever so slightly different when they manufactured these spindles...not sure. Even with the old spindles, there wasn't a lot of clearance. It was very tough to find replacement spindles so I'm sorta stuck with it. Tractor drives and steers just fine and bushings/bearings are new and tight.
That being said, the tires have dry rot and the wheels have seen better days so I need to figure out a plan forward. Would really appreciate some advice :)
Here are the options that I'm thinking of:
1. Try to find some 15x8 6x6 wheels with less backspace and get new 11l15s. This should help with the clearance issue.
2. Buy same 15x8 wheels and drop to 9.5l15s which are slightly narrower.
3. Buy same 15x8 wheels and switch to a slightly narrower truck tire since Ill be doing more work in the woods next year. Seems like the multi rib tires wouldnt be the best choice for small scale logging and brush work.
Thanks in advance.
Drew
This post was edited by Drew.Styduhar on 06/06/2023 at 02:27 pm.
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