1955 Ford 850 Rear Wheel Spacing

CCINGI

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I bought a 1955 Ford 850, which came with pie weights on the rear tires. I was driving it and one of the rear wheels fell off. Whomever installed them only had 4 lugs on the inside. Anyway, there were spacers (lug extensions) inside the tire, between the wheel lugs and the tire rim. We don't want to keep the weights on the tractor, and the extensions were damaged, so we were going to just put the tire on using just the new lugs, but it seem that there is not enough clearance, the inside of the tire would rub on the fender.... soooo looking at pictures we can find, we think that the tires are probably wider and shorter than the original design. I haven't been able to find where I can buy new extensions, since the old ones are damaged. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
More info. I looked up the specification for the tractor and it is supposed to be 12x28 tire size, which is what is on the tractor, so now not sure at all why the tire would be rubbing on the fender. It's actually rubbing on the fender bracket.
 
Are they the original style rims with 6 loops and removable
centers? If so, they can be moved in or out to adjust them.
If they are solid like the 16.9 x 24's on one of mine that doesn't
apply. The stud extenders for pie weights are still available.
Hang on to your wallet though, I think they're $12-15 EACH.
 
Its also possible that the fenders are not correct.

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Yes the center of the rims are removable; not sure what is meant by loops. Trying to understand the chart you sent; need to study it a bit. Do you know where to purchase the extensions? I can't find anything on the internet that looks like them. It's not a solid spacer, it's individual extensions. Thanks.
 
That chart is out of the operator's manual for a Ford 850.
Most all Ford rear tractor rims since 1939 adjusted that way.
I can't post a link to the extenders on YT.
Google part number FDS118
 
Cool, thanks. I wouldn't have looked up Flange nut. So did the person who put the weights on do it wrong (besides only using 4), he put 4 flange nuts in between the wheel hub and the rim and 4 flange nuts between the rim and the weights.
 
Then yes, he did it totally wrong.
The wheel centers go against the brake drums.
With or without pie weights.
I would adjust the outer rims on the centers so they fit
without the flange nuts. They aren't needed without weights.
Can you post a picture of your fenders? Maybe they're wrong.
 
Hard to get a good picture right now, but here is what I could get. It's only held on by 2 bolts, so I tried to get a picture of that and how it is sitting with the tire. We can take the tire down tomorrow and get a better pic if needed.
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That C channel doesn't belong in there. The fender bolts
directly to the top of the axle with the long carriage bolts.
 
That makes sense. Any idea why they would have put that there? I really appreciate all of your help tonight. I've ordered a service manual, so hopefully I'll get more knowledgeable.
 
You're welcome. Glad to help.
There are many reasons they may have put a spacer in there.
Some implement that made them feel safer maybe.
Some loaders required you to raise them. Maybe they had one
of those and then they seemed to low after removing the loader?
Hard to say, but maybe bolting them down solid will give you clearance.
 

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