Re: Fluid in tires

Posted by Tom on June 02, 1999 at 07:36:46 from (208.140.33.3):

In Reply to: Fluid in tires posted by Earl (TN) on June 01, 1999 at 15:44:11:

You might think about doing it yourself. I'll be the first to admit I'm a rookie at this whole thing. I posted a similar question a few months ago. Last night I successfully removed the tire from the rim on a JD520. The tube had calcium in it and was leaking for who knows how long. I wanted to get the rim sandblasted. All the AG dealers will only come out, pull the tire off, rinse the rim, put on a new tube, remount the tire. The service call charge was way too high to have him come back a second time after I get the rim sandblasted (the best price I could get was around $100/tire w/o tube). So I gave it a try myself. An older farmer friend loaned me the tire irons and a friend and I went at it. We used gravity to drain all the calcium we could get out (I'm not reusing the calcium). Then started to work the outside bead. Once that was popped we removed the rim off the wheel. I had thought this would still be really heavy but it wasn't bad. We laid the tire/rim down with the inside bead up. Popped that bead then wrestled the tire off the rim. We were able to drain the other tube and pop the other outside bead off before we called it a night. The total time for both sides will be less than 4 hours. Note this tractor was not very rusty, the rim bolts all slid out easily which made rim removal very easy.
I would always agree that safety is a major concern. Proper jacking equipment and procedures are a must. But the whole process is doable. Especially on a smaller tractor. I would guess that the tire/rim and calcium that was left in the bottom of the tube weighed around 200#'s.
Just an option

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