Wheel tightening AC -B

I set up the rim/tire flat on a set of saw horses. There was a third horse (with a wide top) in the middle of the rim. I then took a pile of 2X4 scraps and blocked up the cast hub to be really close to where it needed to be in relationship to the rim. I then fished the bolts and concave locking blocks into place and finger tightened them. You will need to have two eccentric bolts. These need to be next to each other (at right angles). The heads of the eccentrics will have a cross on them so you can see where the lobe is. Torque on these to snug them in place. Lastly tighten the other two bolts.

You may have to do this more than once to set up the wheel spacing (what ever the row spacing of the crop you are working on). You should notice that the lip on the rim is not centered and you can have the locking blocks on either side of the cast hub. Also if you are going to run a Woods L59 mower, the will not always be the same set up on each wheel. Mine is not symetical to get the deck to stick out as far as I can get it...

Hope this helps...

Chris Horn
Scappoose Oregon

I did this on my C Allis a couple of months ago (C has the same rim as the B). My memory says there are two of these eccentric bolts and two that are not. Both of my eccentrics were frozen. I took off all of the nuts and lock washers and then replaced the nuts till they were flush with the bolt. I then drove out all four bolts at the same time - using a heavy hammer on one and then going around the wheel to each until all the bolts were driven down to the nut. Then I backed off the nut about half of the threads and drove them all out again. I think by this time the wheel dropped off the rim. I may have had to use a punch to complete removal.

When you are doing this, you must be certain that the rim is supported high enough that the wheel has clearance to the floor at all times. Once the wheel is off, you need to free up all four bolts and get them to rotate freely with no catches. Then you reassemble. I also used a thread chaser to clean the threads of both the bolts and nuts before reassembly.