Re: (ET) E10 tire problems

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

That's often a problem with some old tractors, leaky rims at one small
point, usually a weld.  I have done a few by clening good and brazing if
it's not near the rubber.  A guy I know cleaned the hole good and put JB
weld epoxy in it and around it, far as I know it held up.  When they are
that far gone there could be more holes coming.  Never heard of anyone
bending an axle trying to remove a rim, that puppy musta been rust welded
on there.

Dave
Weymouth MA




On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:01:51 -0500 Ralph & Elaine Vogan
<ralphgv talkamerica net> writes:
> David C Robie wrote:
> 
> >Looks like you're on the right track electrically, Chip.  As to the 
> tire,
> >be sure it aint a bad valve core (the spit bubble test after 
> pumping it
> >up).   Quite often it's a rusty rim leaking at the bead.  A soap 
> solution
> >brushed on with a paintbrush should find that. Try breaking the 
> bead at
> >that point and cleaning it, and rust painting it.  There are some 
> gunks
> >used by pro tire men that after wire brushing the bead they paint 
> on.
> >   The stem itself could leak at the rim.  Again, soap solution to 
> find
> >out.
> >If all else fails, no bubbles show anywhere on the tire rim or stem 
> but
> >it still leaks down, dismount half of it, feel inside  for sharp 
> points
> >that might be metal or some such in the tread.  If there ain't any, 
> put a
> >tube in it.
> >
> >Dave
> >Weymouth MA
> >
> >
> I have an old White Equipment lawn tractor at my old house.  It has 
> a 
> back tire that goes flat in about 2 Hrs.
> I found a rust hole through the rim about half way out from the 
> axle.  
> Tried several things to get the rim off
> the tractor, but it refuses to come off.  I bent the Axel shaft 
> trying.
> 
> Ralph V
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