I have been putting air in tires since my first bicycle over 55 years ago. So I think I would know how to do this but having a hard time. Maybe this should be 2 separate post as it is actually 2 questions but will hesitate to even ask "how to put air in a tire"
Had the tractor about 5 years now and thought I had added air to all tires at some point but cannot say for sure. I had a new tube installed in one of the front tires last year since it kept going downing. The tire shop cleaned the rust best they could but that was the problem with it and will get a new rim at some time. My problem now is the back tires.
Issue with one of them is it will Not take air. I have a 100 lb air tank and filled to 90 the other day. When I connect to the valve stem nothing happens, air will not go in. I purchased a new air gauge, $5.00 not high end but better than the one I had free from the parts store. When I check with it, nothing, it does not move. I have a picture of the stem, thought maybe the ring was some type of open / close for the stem but the other side has one just like it and will take air. I thought I need to remove the valve from the stem and replace it? But if I do the tire will go completely flat ( I would think) and do not know if my portable air tank will fill it from flat on the ground with the weight of the tractor on it. Thinking maybe I should put blocks under the axel to keep it from going down to the ground?
The other back tire will take air but still does not show any on the gauge. The air tank went from 90 to 60, so that is 30 pounds in that tire, plus what was in there already. Check with the air gauge and it does not move it. Tire show do not inflate over 35 psi. I worry if I keep adding air it may pop ?
I took the air gauge to my car just for a test and it popped out to 32 just as it should.
Last time I used the tractor the back tire that will not take air looked and felt so low I stopped working on our road and parked it.
Any suggestions
Thanks
Had the tractor about 5 years now and thought I had added air to all tires at some point but cannot say for sure. I had a new tube installed in one of the front tires last year since it kept going downing. The tire shop cleaned the rust best they could but that was the problem with it and will get a new rim at some time. My problem now is the back tires.
Issue with one of them is it will Not take air. I have a 100 lb air tank and filled to 90 the other day. When I connect to the valve stem nothing happens, air will not go in. I purchased a new air gauge, $5.00 not high end but better than the one I had free from the parts store. When I check with it, nothing, it does not move. I have a picture of the stem, thought maybe the ring was some type of open / close for the stem but the other side has one just like it and will take air. I thought I need to remove the valve from the stem and replace it? But if I do the tire will go completely flat ( I would think) and do not know if my portable air tank will fill it from flat on the ground with the weight of the tractor on it. Thinking maybe I should put blocks under the axel to keep it from going down to the ground?
The other back tire will take air but still does not show any on the gauge. The air tank went from 90 to 60, so that is 30 pounds in that tire, plus what was in there already. Check with the air gauge and it does not move it. Tire show do not inflate over 35 psi. I worry if I keep adding air it may pop ?
I took the air gauge to my car just for a test and it popped out to 32 just as it should.
Last time I used the tractor the back tire that will not take air looked and felt so low I stopped working on our road and parked it.
Any suggestions
Thanks