C-HARTMAN Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 What is the best way to remove the wheels [front and rear on a legacy] and take them into a tire shop so they can mount ag tires? I guess I have to remove the bearings and grease seals from the front wheels. what else? any ideas on how to remove the wheels is welcome. chuck
SimpleMan Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 On the rears, just remove the 5 bolts holding the rim onto the hub, and everything will come off fine. As far as the front is concerned, is your tractor 2 wheel drive, or one of the newer 4 wheel drive ones?
roma3112 Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 charles if it is a 2wd model all you need to do is take off the dust cap, retaining nut ect from the front wheel; and yess the bearings also. before you take them to the tire shop you can put masking tape over each end of the rim where the axel slides through and keep any crud from contaminating the grease when the rims are at the tire shop. ps somthing i never knew about ag's my tire guy told me to make sure i put the correct tire on the correct side, i guess there is a difference. :D good luck
MN_FISH Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 Don't the wheels unbolt from the hubs so you don't have to mess with the hub & bearings? It must be different than the 4-wheel drives being ours unbolt from the hubs like a normal wheel. Make sure you have the tractor blocked up real good so it won't move with all the wheels off!
Kent Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 If it is 2-wheel drive, make sure they mount both the front and rears so that one of each tire points in opposite directions. Then the front ones should be mounted on the tractor to turn the opposite of the rear. The rear lugs are for traction, the front lugs are for steering bite, on the corners... Rears should leave tracks like this, going in --> direction: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Front tires should leave tracks like this, going in --> direction: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For this to work, one of each set of tires has to be reversed from the other, since they go on opposite sides of the tractor. One this way <<<<<< and one this way >>>>>>>, if you think of the underline as the wheel's mounting hub that bolts up to the axle hub. Same idea for the front... If it's 4-wheel drive, the tires need to be mounted to the wheels like described above, but you'd mount the wheels to the tractor so that they all leave tracks like this, when going in --> direction: <<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<
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