I finally got a Yanmar (YM2001)

[clemsonfor]

I managed to find a guy on craigslist that was selling many different turf tires on rims for cheap. I called him up to go an look at them. The listing had the rim bolt holes measures incorrectly. He seemed to have measured them from two adjacent holes instead of across the whole pattern.

I went to my Yanmar to measure the bolt pattern to have something to measure the other rims by. By the way the bolt pattern on the YM2001 by my measurements is Front- 4 on 5.125 and Rear 6 on 5.5.

He had many tires for sale. He said that he is a Yanmar dealer and was able to buy the tire/wheels on discount because Yanmar was changing the color of the wheels. I looked on Craigslist just now to see if I could find the ad in case you were wondering, but could not find it.

I picked up a set of 13.6-16 and 23X8.50-12 with rims. The fronts were a direct bolt on but I didn't like the tires. The rears needed to be redrilled for the correct bolt pattern. By the way I got the rears for $80 a piece and the fronts for $20 a piece.

I decided to spoon off the front tires and sell them and buy some turf tires to replace them. Removing the industrial tires was not too much of a challenge because I have done many tires by hand before and have my technique down. The hard part was getting the soft turf tires to seat on the rim and hold air. I ended up having to get one of those air tank bead seater things on ebay to get them to hold air. I am glad that I have it now and will definitely use it in the future for other tires.

Has no one showed you the starting fluid or carb cleaner trick? More dangerous than those cheetah tanks or whatever the brand is that blows the air in at once but a heck of a lot cheaper!!!

 

[duanew1]

Has no one showed you the starting fluid or carb cleaner trick? More dangerous than those cheetah tanks or whatever the brand is that blows the air in at once but a heck of a lot cheaper!!!

I tried it. It didn't work for me. I sprayed a second or two inside the tire and used the the spray to light it off. The tire didn't even move and now there is a fire inside the tire. I even hung the tire from the inside of the bead to help get the tire used to being spread apart. I still could not get the tire to seal enough to push onto the bead. Turf tires are notoriously difficult to mount because they are so soft. I spoon on my own trailer tires so I figured that the bead sealer was a good investment.

The bead seater that I bought was only $46 shipped so not too bad.

 

[clemsonfor]

yea not bad, the cost of 4 tires mounted around here

 

[duanew1]

Here it is after I got the wheels mounted. I like the way it looks. It is definitely more difficult to turn the steering wheel now. With super skinny ribs up front it was like having power steering.

I am doing the steering box now. I had to take the bodywork off as well as the fuel tank to get to the steering box. It seems that the person that last worked on the steering box filled it with a loose grease. It was a real pain to clean it out. I ended up putting it in diesel for a couple of days to dissolve the grease. I even took apart the ball screw to get the grease out. I would not recommend it because it can be quite difficult to put back together. I am just waiting on a few parts before I put it back together.

 

[kenmac]

looks like you are in a pretty nice sub division there. What is the HOA gonna say about that loud tractor bothering those neighbors ? LOL

I do like those wide tires on the rear

 

[duanew1]

My lights have never worked, so I have a plan to repair the wiring and change a few things around. I feel that turn signals are not needed so I will be changing them to hazard lights. I have already removed my broken turn signal switch and 3D printed an adapter for a pull style switch.

I also plan on 3D printing a headlight shroud for holding a set of flush mount LED lights. The preview of it is below. I still have to split it into 3 pieces so that I can fit it on my 3D printer.

I am also installing an LED work light for the rear.

 

[duanew1]

looks like you are in a pretty nice sub division there. What is the HOA gonna say about that loud tractor bothering those neighbors ? LOL

I do like those wide tires on the rear

Yea the tractor is at the house in the garage right now. There are no tools or place to work where I normally keep the tractor. Plus it is a 25 minute drive away.

 

[kenmac]

I use to keep mine at my other property. Now that I have moved. I brought the yanmar home to the farm.
When I go to my other property, I just trailer it there. It's about 25 miles away

 

[TX mower]

Has no one showed you the starting fluid or carb cleaner trick? More dangerous than those cheetah tanks or whatever the brand is that blows the air in at once but a heck of a lot cheaper!!!

I seat stubborn beads using a ~2-1/2" wide heavy-duty (10k# rated?) ratchet load strap wrapped around the center of the tread ... crank it down, squash the center of the tread, the bead spreads to contact the (lubed) rim all around, remove the valve-stem core, use a standard 30-gallon compressor with clamp-on valve-chuck to seat it from a distance. Deflate and remove the strap.

Lotsa uses for that ratchet-strap between the rare tire-changes

Hey duane - nice looking tractor (and tires/wheels)! Congrats!

 

[kenmac]

I seat stubborn beads using a ~2-1/2" wide heavy-duty (10k# rated?) ratchet load strap wrapped around the center of the tread ... crank it down, squash the center of the tread, the bead spreads to contact the (lubed) rim all around, remove the valve-stem core, use a standard 30-gallon compressor with clamp-on valve-chuck to seat it from a distance. Deflate and remove the strap.

Lotsa uses for that ratchet-strap between the rare tire-changes

Hey duane - nice looking tractor (and tires/wheels)! Congrats!

I have used this method many times. Have also used starting fluid too !