Tubes Those bummer days....

[AKweldshop]

 

[AKweldshop]

Make sure these bolts are tight!!
They always work loose and snap off!!
Buy longer ones and put nuts on the back of the hubs!!

 

[AKweldshop]

 

[oosik]

Just one of the joys of living in the Matanuska valley and perhaps the best hunting area in all of the USA.

 

[Baby Grand]

I'd gladly trade a few flats and some broken lugs just for having that view!

 

[Rocky Hoffler]

Remember when using a tap lubrication is your friend tap magic works well.

 

[kneedeep]

You do realize just how grateful you should be to live with this as a view?? Don't know about rest of the TBNers, but I'm jealous!

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[CobyRupert]

I'd gladly trade a few flats and some broken lugs just for having that view!

Yep, try to focus on the positive. The tire's only flat on the bottom. The other 80% of the tire looks great!

 

[AKweldshop]

Remember when using a tap lubrication is your friend tap magic works well.

Yep, "3 in 1" machine oil works good...

I'd gladly trade a few flats and some broken lugs just for having that view!

Yep, that's about the size of it....

Just one of the joys of living in the Matanuska valley and perhaps the best hunting area in all of the USA.

Thanks.

You do realize just how grateful you should be to live with this as a view?? Don't know about rest of the TBNers, but I'm jealous!

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I just love showing off that picture....

Yep, try to focus on the positive. The tire's only flat on the bottom. The other 80% of the tire looks great!

I suppose....

~John

 

[blue72camaro]

I had to do a similar repair on the farmer I hunt on's tractor a few years ago. He was mowing in the woods when one of the rear tires popped off and rolled down the hill leaving 4 broken bolts behind...

 

[boggen]

i am questioning your bolt "grade" and not using a higher grade of bolt. vs the cheaper bolts you can find at local hardware stores. along with correct torquing the bolts for the rim/hub.

the limited amount of rear tractor tires i have had to deal with. i have had issues getting the rim up nice and tight against the hub. rim was snagging up in the very center. and had to use some extra lubrication (dish soap, or BP blaster or like), to get rim seated correctly. and then slowly hand tighten with a socket wrench (NO impact socket / air tool), to pull rim up to were it needed to be. as soon as it got up to were it needed to be. everything was easy, it was everything up to that point that was a pain in rear. to note it, i was cheating with a cherry picker / engine lift, on the tire. to allow me to swing it / push tire into place easier.

 

[AKweldshop]

I had to do a similar repair on the farmer I hunt on's tractor a few years ago. He was mowing in the woods when one of the rear tires popped off and rolled down the hill leaving 4 broken bolts behind...

Yeah, these bolts are a poor fastening design.
We actually got longer bolts and stuck them thru the back of the hub, and put lock nuts on the back.
They will work loose no matter how tight you get them....

 

[AKweldshop]

 

[Mace Canute]

Yeah, these bolts are a poor fastening design.
We actually got longer bolts and stuck them thru the back of the hub, and put lock nuts on the back.
They will work loose no matter how tight you get them....

Are you referring to a wheel bolt or a regular bolt?

 

[AKweldshop]

Are you referring to a wheel bolt or a regular bolt?

They are the wheel bolts, with the chamfer.

Its hard to get them tight enough.....

 

[Mace Canute]

They are the wheel bolts, with the chamfer.

Its hard to get them tight enough.....

That's strange. I've seen them used on several different applications including tractor wheels (both front and rears) without any problems. The last time I used them was last summer bolting on a pair of wheels to a couple of implement hubs; I never noticed any problem getting them tightened.