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loves80z · Jul 31, 2014

Just wanted to say hay an introduce myself.

I just received my first tractor. It was my wifes grandfather's bought new in 1970. John Deere 2520 with a loader. It was always stored in the barn. When grandpa passed away, it was passed to my father-in-law. After he passed, it was sold to me earlier this week. After shipping it from upstate ny to southwest michigan, it sits next to my taurus.

I have lots of questions. Wish I had talked to my father-in-law before he passed. I grew up in the berbs, so no experience with tractors. Only thing i have going for me is that I have designed one-off machines for 20 years. I'm a practical engineer with a big garage shop with a mill, lathe, weld bench with vent hood, and lift.

Tractor is in good shape. Needs tires. Rims are badly rusted around the valve stem, so I am considering welding in a patch. Thats it from the outside.

I intend to get a brush hog for the back yard and dig a pond. Future to put in a food plot for deer.

Thanks guys,
Kevin

retired farmer · Jul 31, 2014

Just don't weld on the rims with the tires on them. Remove the tires from the rims first. Safety first.

DeltaRed · Jul 31, 2014

Do your self a HUGE favor and order a set of
books.Owners manual at bare minimum.Service and
parts also. Those rims are repaiable.New ones are
expencive.Simply weld a patch in the bad spot.Then
oppisite side,flatten a small area and drill a new
hole.As was said,DO NOT weld on any rim with the
tire still mounted..MAJOR boom! will follow.....

Dave H (MI) · Jul 31, 2014

Welcome! I was born in your area but raised over near Detroit. Been slowly migrating back that way since but I think I am now about as far west as I am gonna go. You should look into new rims. Don't know that much about JD, but rims are not necessarily all that expensive. When you get that rusting around the valve stem the insides can be really bad or clean as a whistle. If you are going to slowly rebuild it from the ground up, rims are a good place to start.

loves80z · Jul 31, 2014

I ordered the shop manual on cd. I have the original owners manual. I am trying to decide on the parts manual. How will the parts manual help me? Just for making it quicker to order stuff, or other reasons too?

I was considering draining the tires then cutting them off the rim with my 7" grinder. Assuming it is difficult to remove them.

ditchwitch · Jul 31, 2014

Hello Kevin, and welcome aboard. You will find
this is a Great website. The folks here are more
than willing to help you with answers and advise
for your questions. I myself am a new member of
less than a year, and the question i have ask i
found out rather quickly these folks have it going
on. The wealth of knowledge here is amazing.
Tractors,crops,how to take something apart and
put back together and make it run better than
new.can even help make a rocketship out of your
tractor if thats what you need the skies the limit
here with all the knowledge. And i think even help
with your love life if thats a problem LOL.
So welcome aboard my friend and enjoy the ride!!!
Be safe on your new tractor.

Mike M · Jul 31, 2014

Good news is that model is really popular and the values are going up up up on them. So you got a good one.

Billy NY · Jul 31, 2014

Welcome, be safe ! As others have already mentioned with welding and mounted tires, remove the tire first.

Here is a safety video showing the results.
Pyrolysis

Ivan in Mich · Jul 31, 2014

I grew up in SouthWest Mich. North of Allegan. I
would get a parts manual as I found it easier to
get an idea of how the part was put together and
how it goes back together. I use my parts manuals
just as much as the service manuals. Good luck with
your new toy. Biggest advice I can give is to take
your time on it and don't use a big hammer first
and then have to pay for it later

CGID · Jul 31, 2014

Glad you are here. The archives of this site are comprehensive. Go back to Tractor Talk, Tire Dangers by Diydave, 07-03-14, before you weld your rim with the tire on or just take everyones advice and DON'T DO IT! By the way, a guy with a shop like yours should include his address. This site is loaded with people who would like to be your friend!

The Dukester · Jul 31, 2014

Yeah, just get new rims.....That 2520 is one of the best
tractors ever built and will always bring a good price if it is kept
in good shape. Patched up rims are a drawback to any tractor,
especially a good, well respected model.

Tx Jim · Jul 31, 2014

Welcome to this forum. I'd advise to replace rim or section out the bad part with a good section from another rim.

BradyW · Jul 31, 2014

Maybe a good idea to change all the fluids and filters. Grease front end and grease the "throw" bearing under the inspection cover under the tractor not to much don't want grease all over everything in their .... Nice Tractor.. Good Luck

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2014

Find the nearest sandblaster. Remove the rims and tires from the tractor and take them to him. He will likely remove the tires in order to blast them. Give them to him as part payment.
Have him sandblast just around the stem holes first. If you can weld them up do that and then drill new holes away from the weld.
Then prime and fill with quality product and prep for paint.

Roger in Iowa · Jul 31, 2014

Parts manual is on line at JDPARTS.com . If you register at a local dealer on line you can also get prices of parts in cart. Can always delete cart.

Bruce from Can. · Jul 31, 2014

Tractor tires are pricy . Unless they are toast ,I wouldn't be cutting them off. Tractor tires come off fairly easy, with a bar and big hammer. Tire repair men leave the rim fastened to the tractor when removing the tire. Just jack up the one side, deflate , and whale on it with a big hammer till the bead lets go!

loves80z · Jul 31, 2014

Tires are totally toast. Real bad dryrot. I am afraid to dig or pull till i replace them, so short of a sandbox, i think they are junk.

I have a pressure sandblaster and a nice compressor. I like the idea of patching and putting the new valve hole in a new place. Does anyone know if i should put a flat spot around the valve hole. Machines I have done for truck rims put a flat and a small bevel toward the rim center for a standard valve stem. I am planning a tube tire, so i don't know about that.

How much would a new rim cost? I don't see many used avalible and what i do see is not much better than what i have. A section out of it would work, but i can work steel pretty good so not much advantage.

Anything beside checking fluids i should do before firing up the PTO?

rrlund · Jul 31, 2014

There's a bunch of us from Michigan on here. Look us up at a show some time.

jennifer408 · Jul 31, 2014

welcome aboard loves80z,
remember safety first and have fun playing with your new toy and working on your projects.

loves80z · Jul 31, 2014

Thanks all for the support. Sure, lets hook up at show

TomH in PA · Jul 31, 2014

I saw a tractor rear blow apart due to a rusted out rim. If it's just corroded around the stem decide for yourself, but rims aren't all that expensive (especially compared to the price of the tires).

loves80z · Jul 31, 2014

Do I get a rim from the jd dealer? Or another source?

Pair-a-dice farm · Jul 31, 2014

(quoted from post at 09:58:43 07/31/14) I ordered the shop manual on cd. I have the original owners manual. I am trying to decide on the parts manual. How will the parts manual help me? Just for making it quicker to order stuff, or other reasons too?

I was considering draining the tires then cutting them off the rim with my 7" grinder. Assuming it is difficult to remove them.

A parts book comes in handy for a breakdown of how some of the components are put together. John Deere has the parts listed on their parts website
http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/com.deere.u90490.partscatalog.view.servlets.HomePageServlet_Alt

Steve@Advance · Jul 31, 2014

Welcome! Good to have a new member.

I just went through this with the old Ferguson. It
needed new tires, knew the wheels were showing
some rust. After paying to have the tires removed
and disposed of, then retrieving the wheels,
poking and pondering the rust situation... Ended
up starting over with new aftermarket wheels and a
set of tires.

Would have been money and time ahead to have done
that from the start!

loves80z · Jul 31, 2014

yea, i'm getting the parts catalog and looking for aftermarket rims. Seems like i could spend a lot of time and some money by repairing the rims. I know they are shot where the valve holes are. To fix it i gotta get the tire off, sandblast, assess, repair, grind smooth the repair, clean thouroghly, paint, then get neew tires. I'm gonna bet it will be pitted unless i bondo them. Seams like a lot of trouble and if they don't come out real nice in the end Ill fell like i wasted my time.

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