finished the pa rims

[souNdguy]

got em done this am, and scrubbed the tire with laq thinner.. got most of the paint off.. still a few ghost lines i couldn't get out.. but ok looking for a tractor tire.

had to pull one keeper/lock off as it did not tighten down like I wanted.. had to chase the threads a lil more and do a lil judicous file work to make it fit snugly.. have painted it again and it's hanging in the shop waiting to cure before i install it.

soundguy

 

[souNdguy]

and another

 

[s.billy]

Looks good what are you going to pug them on

 

[souNdguy]

dunno yet. may put them on a rowcrop.. perhaps that 950 they came on last year. I don't think I want them on my laoder tractors. too tall, and makes it faster.. which i don't want.

soundguy

 

[crazylocha]

Beautiful!

Great job.

 

[Abnormal]

If I hadn't seen the in work pix I'd swear you snuk out & bought newuns. Mighty fine.

 

[Dean]

Be certain that the clamp bolts are VERY tight. They will pop, crack and wear if they are not.

Dean

 

[souNdguy]

I hear ya.

One set DID NOT seat like I wanted and I pulled it off to doctor on it a bit so it fit in the recess in the center correctly and snugly and against the rim parts. It's waiting for paint cure to be reinstalled.

the others and stop fit perfectly and were honked down tight with no play.

had to do the same on my 4000 a while back as they had worked loose and would clunk from movement. cheater bar on a big breaker bar fixed that.

thanks for the observation.

not sure if i like this style better or the large rail and pin style like my 5000 has..it worked good till I had to drill one of them square headed pins out had never adjusted that style before.. was quite an interesting experience. made a nice tool out of a half inch drive 5/8 socket, and a socket headed 5/8 hex key.. put them together to get a good 1/2" drive tool for them pins..

soundguy

 

[souNdguy]

sure wore me out getting them apart though.. as I mentioned in my other post. that represents 8 steady hours of cutting, grinding, beating and banging and buzzing...

guess it was worth it though..

in the process I broke one of my air hammer chissles, used a half can of pb spray oil, and a quart of NH wite paint.. not to mention 7 die grinder discs and one angle grinder discs, an undetermined but not large amount of oxy-acet.. etc.

soundguy

 

[Kyle (nwpa)]

Good looking, shows your skills.

 

[souNdguy]

i dunno.. they could be better. if the prev owner hadn't welded them up so dern much.

I got am pretty cleaned up though. that one adjusts fine.

soundguy

 

[Dave Warden]

Looks great. When I redo mine will do rims close to anodized as possible. What do they have for that? Just aluminum paint? Thanks, Dave

 

[Hobo,NC]

(quoted from post at 02:26:49 02/26/11) Looks great. When I redo mine will do rims close to anodized as possible. What do they have for that? Just aluminum paint? Thanks, Dave

I use white olive from martin-senour (napa) singal stage urethan,,, its listed under tractor paint.

http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=nboard&th=648559

http://ytforums.ytmag.com/viewtopic.php?t=444828&highlight=rims

 

[souNdguy]

aluminum ( brushed ).. silver.. or the expensive cad plate paint..

soundguy