Re: mf65 rim- weld or buy a new one

Posted by Billy NY on March 30, 2015 at 15:36:19 from (104.228.35.235):

In Reply to: mf65 rim- weld or buy a new one posted by rkh on March 30, 2015 at 15:19:53:

I have successfully repaired a rim that the valve stem hole compromised by a leaky valve core,(over a period of years). If the rim is in reasonable condition, I don't see why it could not be cleaned, repaired, painted and or coated with finish. DO NOT weld the rim with the tire on it, tire should be completely off, (see link below).

I was faced with a similar cost, familiar with larger tires a bit, but not a tire repair person, I bought a pair of spoons, broke the bead with the loader, then used the spoons a few inches at a time, also had some rim glyde (sp?) from napa and the cotton swab applicator to lube the bead, (soapy water will work just fine). Welded the the old hole, both sides, left the raised bead of weld on the outside, then ground and smoothed the inside, painted mine with zinc rich galv spray. Re-assembled, installed a new tube, just partially inflate, let the air out, fully inflate, and that was it, been 7 or 8 years now. Getting a tire off the rim is no big deal, breaking the bead can be, I used some small lumber under the loader bucket, some down pressure and that was it. You can run an edge over with a wheel on a truck or something, if the tire is old and compromised you may want to use care. I thought it was worth learning, no harm done, just some time to do it, as I have watched the tire guy closely in the past, figured it worth doing, given it was always $500 when he showed up. There is a valve you can get at TSC, gemplers for loading CACL, lets air out, fluid in, I used a garbage can and a drill pump, then another pump, CACL is hard on things not meant for it, both those pumps went bad, not sure if it was the CACL, or what, both were flushed, drill pump went half way through. Even the tire pressure gauge went bad, so use care with those kinds of things, or have the tire guy load it, he will have the expensive brass like pump meant for it. Probably take 150lbs of CACL flake ($20/ 50lb.bag) if I recall the chart on a tire similar in size. (look up the tire on an ag tire ballast chart, it will tell you how much ballast and for what temperature it is good for) Tube might be $50+, they have gone up, find a good quality one if you can.

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