Updating/Converting front hubs on Super 88

scootergmc

Well-known Member
So I have a Super 88 with the old style cast center front wheels and 5 hole outer mount rims but the rims are severely bent. I'm having a hard time finding replacement rims out west here and coughing up the $$ to have them shipped is cost prohibitive when I could more easily access the standard six lug hubs and wheels. The question is, what exactly do I need to do the conversion or can it be done at all?
 
New 6 bolt hubs can be had from several different places including right here YT parts. Used, hubs from 1550 1650 Maybe 1800 are heavier but will fit. Just need the bearings to fit that hub. Hubs from a 33, 35 or 40 combine are the same as the 88 hubs.
 

Scrounging hubs and new bearings sounds like the plan I want to take. New hubs are more expensive than the rims I need. We do have plenty of parts in the field, mostly from bigger tractors though (1850+).
 
I have a front hub off an Oliver, it
might be off a 1650 though. Can't
remember if I have one or 2. I'll go over
and get it from the other farm and post a
picture of it, and if it will work, you
can have it for shipping. Same goes if I
have 2 of them. If I only have one, it
would at least get you halfway there if
it will work for you.
 
I guess I've only got one, seems like I
had 2 but who knows now. Anyway, not sure
if it would work or not, but if you want
it, it's yours.

Ross
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Scootergmc, I have a 1650 set back front end and a Row
Crop 77 wide front end. I took a hub off the 1650 front end
bearings and all went on the 77 front end. Nice day to work
outside for January in New York.
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I don't remember which but some of the old Oliver combines would inter-change, hub, wheel, bearings, and all. One of the goo-roos on here will tell you I bet. Then you can hit a salvage yard and deal. I know, because we did that to our 88, 50 years ago. gm
 

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