J B Weld wheel repair

[Kent B]

Since the tire pressure will be holding the patch in, the JB will not have to do much. My only concern would be flexing of the rim. Still I think this is more than worth a try. You did a nice job too. Keep us updated with your results.

That is my thinking also. I'll scuff the JB a little before I put two coats (all over) of POR15 on them tomorrow. After that gets tacky they will get Rustoleum paint. They will be shining like a new dime.

 

[Soundguy]

what sige rins does it use. if 12=19 you can likely find a junkyard car rim to cut up..

 

[CliffordK]

Interesting patch job.

I assume you are running tubes in the tires. So, it doesn't really have to be airtight, it just has to hold the tube in place, not fall apart, and not damage the tube. I still might have brazed it all in place, but the JB might hold.

What I've decided to do on my Toro (not completed yet).

One of the rears was rusted out, and the other was in pretty bad shape.
I needed a pair of wide 12" wheels.

I found a set of Yellow 12" rims (I'll have to repaint to a more pleasing color) with a very large bolt circle.



I'll cut an adapter plate out of 1/2" plate steel (which will also give me some wheel weight, as well as improving the offset, I think). Anyway, my plan is to make rim bolt pattern adapters to match what I need. The Toro bolts should fit just inside of hub circle on the yellow rim. I guess many rims are designed to sit on a hub for additional stability, although I suppose I could carefully machine the adapter to fit against the rim for stability, perhaps in conjnction with

As far as relatively narrow 15" wheels.
The VW bug had 15" wheels with a large bolt pattern circle.

 

[Kent B]

what sige rins does it use. if 12=19 you can likely find a junkyard car rim to cut up..

The rim size is 3.00 x 15 That is pretty narrow but that doesn't mean I have to go back with the same size. I guess it would depend on whether or not tractor tires could be mounted on the host rims.
I can imagine that innovative people have found ways to mount ordinary automotive wheels and tires up front.
I will keep all of that in mind in case my patch job doesn't hold.



I even made a template for measuring potential matches.

I also found a cross reference chart that says that some Dodge Dakota rims could be a possible match.

 

[SilverLakeFab]

I suppose if you're running a tube in the tire, it should hold, but it's too bad that you don't have a local fabrication/welding shop that you trust. I hate to say it, but if you were local, that would be a 30-40 minute job and you'd never tell there was a repair. Ship it to me in NH! Yeah, yeah, not cost effective.

 

[CliffordK]

if you were local, that would be a 30-40 minute job and you'd never tell there was a repair. Ship it to me in NH! Yeah, yeah, not cost effective.

What did you have in mind for a half hour? Repairing the old rim, or making a new one? One could probably ship the rims around the country for less than $100 both ways.

But, at this point, I think I'd wait and see how the patch holds. I doubt Kent will be driving his tractor down the freeway at 70 mph. There shouldn't be a lot of stress on the repair, and the metal plates he put in the rims should take most of the pressure from the tube.

 

[JimRB]

By the way a JD 870 2wd uses a 3x15 rim. It seems to be a popular size. Just the center section is the challenge. My brother had some steel wheels made for his car. If you have the good center then welding a good outer should not be a problem for a qualified welder. Or a shop that has a cnc plasma cutter can make a center. But I am sure the repair you did will work for a while. Just keep new used wheels on your shopping list and some will pop up sometime.

 

[Kent B]

Here they are. One shot of the rims with POR15 and then with a coat of Rustoleum.

 

[Lou66]

Instead of tubes,, have then foam filled,, more than likely you can use the old tires,, save you few a bucks on tubes and tires..be worth checking on I think.. Lou

 

[Kent B]

But, at this point, I think I'd wait and see how the patch holds. I doubt Kent will be driving his tractor down the freeway at 70 mph.

Top speed is 12mph. Needless to say I won't be taking it on the Indy circuit any time soon.
Worse case scenario is that I find some new rims and keep these for spares. Or at least keep one for a spare.