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Hi,
i have to change 650/65 R42 tires on a JD iron horse with bar axle and cast iron rims. Which way is best?
i have to change 650/65 R42 tires on a JD iron horse with bar axle and cast iron rims. Which way is best?
Can I stop you there, what JD has cast iron rims? Sounds a bit post-war to deserve a radial tyre! I know PAVT are heavy and water ballast is a wet nightmare. I got trapped into changing a tube inside an R28 tyre on an antique 3 piece rim, never again! The experts can earn their keep.Hi,
i have to change 650/65 R42 tires on a JD iron horse with bar axle and cast iron rims. Which way is best?
Can I stop you there, what JD has cast iron rims? Sounds a bit post-war to deserve a radial tyre! I know PAVT are heavy and water ballast is a wet nightmare. I got trapped into changing a tube inside an R28 tyre on an antique 3 piece rim, never again! The experts can earn their keep.
My mistake for being caught up in 'Street Speak' when rims means wheels, bro.Iron Horse series was the 40 series machines, 1978-1982
Yep big cast wheel centres
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My mistake for being caught up in 'Street Speak' when rims means wheels, bro.
It depends where the op is based but here in France it seems quite common to take the wheels off. They look at me funny when I a) do it myself and b) leave the wheels on. Taking them off seems a queer way of going about things to me!Oh Deere!
You really don't need to take the wheels off!
Judging by your spelling of tire your in North America. Ring your three tyre dealers back and tell them they are not worth a w.a.n.k as a good tractor driver can change those tyres where there at.I did call 3 different tire dealers in my region, they all want me to take the wheels off. So i tried it yesterday. Open the 3 screws was ok, then tighten the pusher bolts. Big hammer hits on the bar axle. This is the result. The wedge did have a small crack before. This morning i open the 3 srews on the inside from the second wedge and cut a piece of pipe to construct a tool to push back the wedges + second person swinging the hammer. Nothing happens. Then i did heat up the rest of the broken wedge with acetylene oxygen without any result. I am f**ked up and did now order a bead braker!
We feel your pain but you seem to be making hard work of a simple, routine job. Is it a tubed tyre? Have you taken the valve out? Refit the bead breaker and smack a blunt brick bolster each side of it with much soapy water.yesterday we took off the first tire. hardest thing was the start to get some space for the bead braker with hammer + chisel. the tire is f**king unflexible. if we release the bead braker carefully, the tire fires the bead braker 2m through the workshop....