Super C rear wheel rim split - Ouch

I have a Super C. Rear tire size 11.2-36. My left rear wheel rim suddenly developed an 10 inch long split running around the center beginning at the valve stem. A lot of fluid poured out of the tire (a Farm Chief) too. My parts book indicates the part number is most probably 352 806 R92. I found new rims at miller tire, but ow at the price, $290. Since I doubt my ability to remove the tire without damage, I guess I will also need a replacement tire. A similar ow at the cost of new 11.2-36 tires, about $450. I see the new smaller rims for Cubs that would supposedly fit a C at about $140, but of course then a tire downsizing would be needed along with purchasing a pair instead of just one. The rim looks like it is aluminum rather than steel, so it will be beyond my capability to weld the split. I guess what I need are options. Option 1, remove the wheel, remove the rim, then find someone set up for welding aluminum and have the rim fixed. Option 2, buy a new rim and a new tire and spend almost 800 which is what I paid for everything (including a plow, a bush hog, a tiller, and a corn planter) 25 years ago. Somehow the economy of s new rim and a new wheel is lost on me compared to just junking the Farmall and getting another one. Option 3, haunt Ebay in the hopes that someday, hopefully before spring, someone lists such a pair for sale at a more affordable price. Is there an option 4?

Unless someone "pimped your tractor", the rims should be steel, not aluminum. Some of the new replacements are a guage or so thinner than the originals, and the mounting loops will be welded on most new ones, not riveted like the originals.

No 24" stock Cub wheel/rim will ever fit a C sized tractor, and if you could make them work, it would make the tractor near worthless for most applications. Without drop housings like the Cubs have, you'll be dragging drawbar on the ground.

Before you junk it, see if someone is junking theirs. C/SC/200/230 should all have the same rims. Good used rims are out there. Tires too.

AG

It's very unlikely your rims are aluminum. They are steel. Never heard of any aluminum rims on a farmall. That would be a modification for pulling or something like that. If your tires are at all decent, a good farm tire shop can save and reuse them. There are other sources for rims besides Miller. Do some looking in your local area. If you have a farmers co-op, try there. They may be able to tell you a source. Also look for a salvage yard for a used rim. The c rims are more expensive because of the lugs. Never heard of any way to use Cub rims on a C. C uses 36 inch tires, Cub is 24. No way I know you could make Cub tires and rims fit.

Rim is steel. Used rims are cheap and easy to come by down here in Houston. I've started using them as planter boxes around my fruit trees. I pd $35 each for the last 2 I needed.

We don't load our tires with NaCl down here so we don't have many rusted out rims.

What part of the country are you in.

It has been ten or twelve years but I paid 35.00 for a new blank rim. I ground off the rivets and welded the brackets on the new wheels look around. I doubt you hurt the tire, just split the tube.

As was said,the wheel is steel.Weld it.If you cant,take it to a welding shop.I've welded a number of rims.My 1256 is wearing a welded rim as we speak.A tire shop can dismount/remount your tire,Here they do both operations for $20 total.You say that the repair will cost $800,more than the tractor is worth...Can you buy another tractor that is in otherwise as good shape as your tractor is?NO.And you know what you have.A 'replacement' is an unknown.It could go 'boom',then you would fix it too.There is lots more than just "dollars and cents".Fix the old tractor.

> We don"t load our tires with NaCl down here...

Nobody loads tires with NaCl. It"s CaCl.

Try to save as much of the fluid as you can.

The rim probably split due to rust, caused by the fluid leaking from the tube.

There probably isn't enough left of the rim to weld, and the time and materials to patch it up will cost more than another rim.

I don't know why you think you can't get the tire off without destroying it. Do it before you pull the rim off the tractor so you have some leverage.

Calcium chloride not sodium chloride.

A rusted out rim is not safe and you should get rid of it. A rim that has been damaged by abusive use could be welded up, but not a rusted out rim.

ya, those 36's and tabbed rims are really tough
to find used in my area.
I usually just haunt auctions and CL when I need a set and
buy another complete tractor to get them...cheaper
Course, I then end up fixing the 'parts' tractor, so I'm always a set short

If you can't get your tire off, have a shop do it. If the tire is good, don't hurt it, as you know those 36's are $.
Take the rim home with you and fix it. most can be.
It doesn't have to be pretty, just strong.

You didn't mention your area, but there are a couple, used, new on ebay now. Typing in the ebay search for:
'farmall 200 rim'
will bring them up

Where are you located? I have a good used rim I would sell you for $75.00. ( Saginaw County, Michigan )