Tim Ploughman Daly, Tall T, Jim in MA, soundguy, NoNewPqarts, ,ASEguy, Ken(Ark). Ultradog MN, Kirk-NJ Dean
Thank you for great suggestions. As you recall this tractor was used to spread salt on a church parking lot and for mowing etc. I reported on how the left wheel work went earlier.
This week worked on the right wheel assembly. It was badly rusted. To remove the nuts, I first worked them over with a 24 oz hammer add a one inch bar about 12 inches long. Hit the nuts about 20 good blows and then put penetrating on them. Let them set for a day and went through the same process about four times. Nuts would not budge even with my impact wrench. Took a medium propane torch and heated each nut for 5 minutes with the flame pointed so that I did not heat the rim too munch. After this treatment was able to get all 6 off without breaking the bolts. I used a small impact wrench that generates about 250 ft#s because I did not want to break anything.
To get the bolts out of the rims I did the following. First I ,hit the bolt head 20 good wacks with my 24 oz hammer and the one inch bar. Tried to hit the head from all different angles. Next screwed the nut on so the treads were just short of the end on the nut. Hit the nut about 20 times from all angles with the same setup. Added penetrant, then tried to knock the bolt out. It took 5 applications and the bolt was out. Did the same thing with the other 5 bolts.
What was done is probably standard practice. But I wanted to share it in case it might help another first timer like me.
Everything is apart so now I can start the cleaning process.
Once again thank you for your excellent suggestions and hand holding.
Farmerhr
Thank you for great suggestions. As you recall this tractor was used to spread salt on a church parking lot and for mowing etc. I reported on how the left wheel work went earlier.
This week worked on the right wheel assembly. It was badly rusted. To remove the nuts, I first worked them over with a 24 oz hammer add a one inch bar about 12 inches long. Hit the nuts about 20 good blows and then put penetrating on them. Let them set for a day and went through the same process about four times. Nuts would not budge even with my impact wrench. Took a medium propane torch and heated each nut for 5 minutes with the flame pointed so that I did not heat the rim too munch. After this treatment was able to get all 6 off without breaking the bolts. I used a small impact wrench that generates about 250 ft#s because I did not want to break anything.
To get the bolts out of the rims I did the following. First I ,hit the bolt head 20 good wacks with my 24 oz hammer and the one inch bar. Tried to hit the head from all different angles. Next screwed the nut on so the treads were just short of the end on the nut. Hit the nut about 20 times from all angles with the same setup. Added penetrant, then tried to knock the bolt out. It took 5 applications and the bolt was out. Did the same thing with the other 5 bolts.
What was done is probably standard practice. But I wanted to share it in case it might help another first timer like me.
Everything is apart so now I can start the cleaning process.
Once again thank you for your excellent suggestions and hand holding.
Farmerhr