thedaddycat Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 I was doing some work on the 3415 H today, putting a front PTO on it so I can use the EZ Rake along with the mower and vac system....... I started out with it not wanting to run worth a hoot. I got it down to the garage and fiddled with it for a while. I got as far as gas pouring out the carb when I idled it down before getting the carb from the 3416 engine. Bolted it up, didn't even have to adjust the jets to get it to run way better.... Now that it'll run decently, I get a strip of fine emery and clean the rust off the crank by letting the engine idle while I gently pull the strip back and forth. Looking good and smooth, just have to clean up the keyway a tad.... Now it's time to mount the bracket to the engine. Well I guess I have to move the automotive type coil since it's using one of the bolts that the bracket uses. No problem for now, just move it out of the way and mount the PTO. So far so good.... It took a while and several tries before I got things set to where I think they'll work. The pulleys are set, the linkage works, the handle.... won't work right. OK, I'll just look at the 3416 and see what I'm doing wrong here. Oh, I routed the rod wrong. No big deal, but took a while to thread it back through all the other stuff and get it working smoothly. So now it runs decent but that "tin pot" muffler is a bit loud for my tastes. Back to the 3416 engine for the OEM muffler. After wrestling with getting the tin pot one out and the OEM one out I got to dry fit and it sure looks like a winner to me. Put the OEM muffler in place and guess what?? It hits the coil..... GGrrrrrrrr..... I relocate the coil, get the OEM muffler to fit, hood closes and everything. Engine runs and nothing flies apart!! Hey, wait a minute..... what's this flat tire.... I got the tires and wheels that came with the B-112 and put them on. They have the 23X10.50-12 turf tires, but I got to looking at the width of the wheels and it looks like they are as wide as the tire bulges out. The others that I have the wheel looks like it's slightly narrower than the bulge of the sidewall. Could these be 12" wheels with 10.50 tires on them?? The mounting flange sits pretty far back from the outer edge when sitting next to the ones that were removed.
PatRarick Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Kirk, they look like the 12" wide wheels that, to my knowledge, were standard only on the 3112. No "dish" on the rim center, just a flat plate. Those are the rims that my 23X10.50X12 ag tires fit the best on. Pat
HubbardRA Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 On a 10.50 tire, the tread is not 10.5 wide, it is the outside bulge of the tire. The wheel you are showing is the size wheel I would choose to use. You can run more pressure in the tire and still get good traction. The tire will remain flatter across the tread, with more rubber in contact with the ground. On many of the factory tractors these 10.5 tires are mounted on wheels ranging anywhere from 7.5 up to 10.5 widths.
thedaddycat Posted November 8, 2003 Author Posted November 8, 2003 Thanks guys!! My concern was that I didn't want to be in the middle of something and have a tire fall off the wheel because the wheel was too wide...... If I ever get the 10.5 ag tires I'll use these rims.
HubbardRA Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 Kirk, I would also recommend use of tubes with the wide wheels, since the tires are made to fit narrower wheels. I run tubes in all my wide tires. It allows pressure variations without worrying about the tire being knocked loose.
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