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52 8N rear tire alve position inside or out

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ak mikey

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Just changed rear tires and rims on my 52 8N and now I can't seem to get them to match with my old centers except with the valve on the outside and that doesn't seem right ,anyone have any ideas
Thanks,Mikey
 
I generally set up my rims centers such that the valve stems are on the inside but there is no right or wrong.

Perhaps a bit more protection from obstacles on the inside but easier to check and fill when on the outside.

Wheel weights may dictate positioning.

Dean
 
Most tractors the valve is on the outside. Dad's 62 4000 has
power adjust rims. On that tractor the valves are on the inside.
I have a non Ford tractor with left on the inside and right on
the outside.
 
Exactly what he said (UD), just look at your 8N Operator's Manual.....depends on tread width setting. Plain & simple.
 
Get out your 8N Operator's Manual as it shows you the tread settings for wheel spacings. As stated, it depends on which way you have your wheels set out -there are 4 positions, 8 different settings from 48" - 76" in 4" spacings. Here is a picture of one of my restored sets of original 28 x 9 hat rims; note valve stem inside, upper right in this picture. Also, standard 8N hat rims, restored with center disks.

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8N HAT RIMS:
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Tim Daley(MI)
 

There are reasons for both ways. It is personal preference. If you want both the convenience of it being on the outside, yet protected from exposure to big bad branches or roots, simply weld a two inch long piece of pipe over the stem, but not with a tire or tube on it. This is done on a lot of industrial equipment.
 
Believe me, my friend, that stem is no more protected on the inside than the outside, when you drag up a 4-5 foot branch with the box blade between the two rears!
 
(quoted from post at 10:08:10 12/12/17) Believe me, my friend, that stem is no more protected on the inside than the outside, when you drag up a 4-5 foot branch with the box blade between the two rears!
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mine are on the outside, but i haven't snapped them off yet. each time i mow, i have my 2N pushed up hard against several hundred yards of privet, and i've learned that stuff is tougher than i could have imagined.

i don't operate a brush hog with it (that goes on the WD, which has valves as described by tractorguy - one outside, one inside.) i have to believe an area that's been brush hogged is hard on valves too, inside or outside, not to mention when u first do it - but i've never lost one on that either.

and i like jimmyjack's reasoning a lot :)
 
The valve stem position -inside or outside - will depend on how the wheels are spaced tread-wise. 8 different positions available by flip-flopping, turning around, and switching the center discs all determine where the valve stem ends up. There were valve stem protectors made aftermarket and repopped today by Red Rock Mfg. SEE LINK if you feel you need them...


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Tim Daley(MI)
Valve Stem Protector
 
(quoted from post at 16:17:45 12/11/17) Just changed rear tires and rims on my 52 8N and now I can't seem to get them to match with my old centers except with the valve on the outside and that doesn't seem right ,anyone have any ideas
Thanks,Mikey
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Mine are on the outside of 13.6 sized Hat Box rims.
I cut short pieces of oil line hose and siliconed the rim end.
The hose slides right up into the brass collar.

So . . . my intention was
keeping water out of the rim

Relative to this thread, I think it's a bonus is that the little rubbers cushion any sidelong blow to the valve stem.

I was also thinking like JMOR that the stem is more likely to get poked or clipped UNDER the tractor where you sometimes can't see enough to avoid something . . . like driving over branches and having one end to flip up and clip a stem, roots or small stumps or whatever.

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When the wheel is set for plowing with the moldboard plow the stem is on the inside And that was considered to be the normall setting unless you had a reason to change the wheel tread setting like for cultivating 40" corn rows then you just reversed the wheel.
 
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