Power adjust rims

grandpa Love · Sep 7, 2021

Someone please explain real slowly and in the simplest way possible why my rims keep popping and snapping. Terrifying on the slightest bit of a hill. All 4 clamps fit tight in on the rim, zero play. No wear on the center , and the grooves they spin in look the same width. Some suggestions are to build up the clamps with weld, but they sit tight in there spots. To the point of getting rid of these rims. Ideas? Help? Suggestions? Thanks

Dean · Sep 8, 2021

Clamps are not tight enough and/or wheel center is not centered in wheel.

Clamps must be VERY tight.

If bolts/nuts have calcium damage they may not tighten enough before stripping out. If such is the case they must be replaced.

Dean

grandpa Love · Sep 8, 2021

Dean, tightened them with 4 ft pipe- cheater bar. Nuts and bolts are nice and clean. I will check the wheel center, I bet it's not centered. Should I tighten it down in any sequence? Tractor jacked up? Started doing this when I swapped bolts out on one side. Those were not the correct fine thread. The other side disk was swapped because it had deep grooves in it where it tightened down in the rails. That side it actually better, but still will pop occasionally.

Dean · Sep 8, 2021

Alternate side to side and tighten in 2 or 3 stages while checking centering of disc.

Dean

grandpa Love · Sep 8, 2021

Will do. Thank you!

Sean in PA · Sep 8, 2021

Jacking one wheel off the ground to relieve the weight while tightening my help to get them tighter than you can when the weight of the tractor is on the wheel.

grandpa Love · Sep 9, 2021

Sean, wife and I were wondering if
taking the whole thing off and laying it
flat on the ground would help?

Sean in PA · Sep 9, 2021

(quoted from post at 20:07:03 09/09/21) Sean, wife and I were wondering if
taking the whole thing off and laying it
flat on the ground would help?

If the tires are filled with liquid ballast I wouldn't recommend it. If not, you could give it a try, but I don't know if that is needed.

Lynn Patrick · Sep 10, 2021

If the clamps are worn enough they will be flat against the wheel center & not angled against the rim. Then no amount of tightening will help!

pomester · Sep 10, 2021

If the clamps are worn enough they will be flat against the wheel center & not angled against the rim. Then no amount of tightening will help!

This right here. If you've tightened the nuts with a 4' cheater bar, the clamps lay flat on the center, and the rims still pop (which sounds worse than it is), then the clamps need some work.

Power adjust rims

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