rim repair

[DD in WA]

I"ve been restoring a model L, JD manure spreader over the past year or so and have been using it along the way. I needed to replace the tires and after having no luck finding some used ones I sprang for some new ones. Ouch! A tire shop was able to remove one old tire from the rim but the other I needed to cut off. The inside of the rims were pretty rusty with a good amount of scale which I"ve been removing with a needle scaler. I plan to get them cleaned up, coat them with rust converter, prime and paint before mounting the new tires. While cleaning them up a couple of holes presented themselve. I"m guessing having someone run a weld bead over the spots and grind them down flat would be the best approach but I"m wondering if I can just clean them up and put some JB Weld on it. The latter would be a lot easier since I don"t have a welder but is JB Weld a bad idea in this situation?

 

[Anonymous-0]

Welding would be better but if you're using tubes, JB weld should work. It wouldn't cost much to have those little holes welded up.

 

[showcrop]

my experience has been that when you start to weld a hole in a rim that the hole gets much bigger because the metal around it is very thin. I cut a piece out and weld in new.

 

[Mark-Ia]

If you can Braze, that would be a easy fix

 

[Dick L]

As deep as those pits are along the line the holes are in it will be hard to stay away from rust for any length of time A patch welded in would be best as long as you can find thick steel. Second best would be weld beads nest to the deep rust and fill in between over the rust with weld. I wouldn't use JB Weld in that type of fix though. A little more rust and the JB patch would push out and you would have a larger hole to let the tube push out of. I would think that fiber glass mat soaked with resin about three inches wide as far around as the deep pits go so all the fiber glass patch is on good no rusty steel.

 

[souNdguy]

derust in a electrolysis bath.. then lay some thin flat around in there and weld in.

then prime and paitn with a rust control primer or epoxy sealed primer / paint.

 

[Stephen Newell]

Where the holes are located I don't think I would weld a piece of metal over the holes unless it was on the outside. I think the tire wouldn't seat right. I think the best fix would be to fill by brazing it. I've fixed holes like that with a low amp wire feed welder but had to do it a little at a time to keep from burning a bigger hole.

 

[Welding man]

I guess it all depends on your welding ability, I have fixed dozens of them a lot worse than that. Oxy-acetelene WELD them,not braze. Big difference.I keep some old rims laying around to cut sections out of for patching.I widen them and I narrow them for tractor pulling.

 

[Dick L]

Not quite the same but one of several rim repair jobs I have done.

A smaller wheel patch that was cut from a different rim.

I have a 24 inch rim that I have started to weld that looks very close to yours. No pictures and it will be a month or so before I can get back at it.
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[JRSutton]

jb weld will work for little holes like that - problem is - you need to get rid of ALL the rust around it. grind it down good (which will probably open the hole)

If you leave any bit of rust under the jb weld, it's going to be a very temporary fix.

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 08:21:28 05/13/13) jb weld will work for little holes like that - problem is - you need to get rid of ALL the rust around it. grind it down good (which will probably open the hole)

If you leave any bit of rust under the jb weld, it's going to be a very temporary fix.

2X on the very temporary. It would be wise to give it phosphoric acid wash after removing visible rust to kill any residual. Otherwise it will grow and pop your repair off.

 

[36 Coupe]

If you can get it clean solder will work.