Front wheels

[Heath from FTW Texas]

I recently purchased a 9N and it needed new front tires. So when the old tires were removed,(no suprise), the rims were so rusty I couldn't use the tubeless tires WITHOUT tubes because they wouldn't hold air. They were so bad that when I went to use the tractor the next day one tire was flat because the rusty rim had ripped the tube! I have been searching for replacement wheels but I can't find any listed anywhere of the same size. They are 6.00x16, 5 lug with a 9.75 pilot hole. I can find 4.00x19's with 9.75 pilot holes all day but not the ones I need!! Can anybody point me in the right dirrection? I've checked Wegners and other tractor parts stores on line and can not find a thing. All of the 6.00x16 wheels I find are 6 lug with the 4.?? pilot hole. Thanks in advance!!!

 

[old]

Well first off those rims never where made to be tube less and always did need to have tubes in them. Last I knew nnalert sold those rims
Hobby farm

 

[Anonymous-0]

Do you want original? I know the old VW beetle '68-'75, wheels work. I think there were mid 1930's ford cars had that same lug pattern. The other thing you can do is got to a salvage yard and get the front hubs from a 8n or 600 sereies and switch it over to the small 6 lug bolt pattern.

 

[Heath from FTW Texas]

Thanks for the info. I plan on keeping the tubes in the tires even if I find new rims. The problem is the center (pilot) hole in the rims. Mine are 9.75" and 5 lug. The 8N rims have a 4.625" pilot hole and 6 lugs. I'm trying to keep the cost down and just buy the rims, it looks like I may have to buy new 4.00x19 rims and tires.

 

[Leroy]

If you have good 16" tires it will be cheaper to get salvage yard 8N 16" wheels and the matching hubs and for most purposes the 16" are better handling tires. And the old Ford car wheels do not fit your hubs. I have the factory replacement wheels (same as what you have) on a 44 2N that Dad put on as soon as they became avaible and a 41 9N that when I bought it a few year ago had the 19" tires and after a couple of years I took some old Ford Car hubs and wheels I had here and changed everything over to the 16". There is about a quarter inch difference in the tractor wheels and the car wheels in the bolt pattern. And the hubs with the built in brake drums will not clear the spindals, I used hubs that had seperate brake drums.

 

[old]

I have saved a good many rims that other would throw out. I clean them up with a grinder and then paint them real well with 2 or 3 coats of paint. I have also used tape on them and so far I have saved far more then I ever throw away
Hobby farm

 

[Roy in georgia]

wire brush them and then get a small can of that roll on bed liner and coat them try not to get a real thick layer on the bead area it will make it hard to get them on and off when needed coat the res well and you should be fine I used rubberized undercoating once but didn't like it also use a smooth brush to apply the liner material that way you don't have all those ripples to deal with if you do get much on the bead

 

[dcarp]

You might check with Eagle tractor parts Co. in Eagle Lake, TX
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