New garage time!

[fatjay]

Thanks. The wheel is rotted, apparently someone tubed it already. Steiner has new ones for $100.

Hay rides for the kids today, rain held out long enough for me to take them around for a couple hours AND long enough for me to get the hay indoors so I could save and reuse it.

 

[fatjay]

Removing a tire suuuuuuuuuuucks without a machine. Breaking the back bead was also not fun. Then it was rusty inside and out so I cleaned up with a high speed grinder. Then I found a steel sheet and started cutting strips on the bandsaw.

Tomorrow I'm going to shape and weld them in place over the hole.

 

[fatjay]

 

[EddieWalker]

I wouldn't have thought to weld in a patch on a rim, but why not? it's not high speed and all it needs to do is hold a tube.

 

[airbiscuit]

 

[fatjay]

I wouldn't have thought to weld in a patch on a rim, but why not? it's not high speed and all it needs to do is hold a tube.

That was my thought. The rest of the rim metal was good. I think water just got in through the valve stem hole and rotted it away.

I cut some strips of steel that I can form to the tire and weld it up.

This is hte unedited verison. The metal bandsaw comes to the rescue again. Although the porta-band makes an appearance. That saw blade is missing teeth, i need to replace it.

 

[EddieWalker]

Why not put the valve stem in another location?

 

[fatjay]

I could do that too. I'm going to inflate the tube to see what angle it wants to be at.