Bent Axle?

[ovrszd]

Obvious by your pic that wheel was never properly welded.

You don't need to take the tractor to a shop unless it's a warranty fix. If not warranty you just need to buy a new wheel and transfer the tire.

 

[traderfjp]

Called the dealer. It's a warrant item. I'll bring him the tire and he'll remount the rubber on the new rim. Glad it was a simple fix. We need the tractor to spread stone on our driveway before company comes. The seat ripped too. I forgot to mention that.

 

[ovrszd]

Glad to hear it'll be taken care of.

Do you have a backhoe on this tractor?

 

[traderfjp]

U bet. I don't use it all that much but when I need it I'm happy to have it. Great tractor. I had no experience when I bought it. If I had to do it again I'd probably go up one size. Paid under 16k with delivery. Can't beat that

 

[ovrszd]

I'm trying to diagnose why the wheel failed. Hoping it's just a bad weld.

The backhoe would put a LOT of stress on the rear wheel. That probably sped up the failure.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Interesting. That is something I never heard discussed here with all the talk of Hoes. Always the integrity of the hookup and so forth.

 

[ovrszd]

A backhoe puts a lot of lateral stress on the rear wheels. Lateral stress is what caused this wheel to fail.

 

[Diggin It]

This is my left rear wheel, inside and out. No sign of width adjustment.



I've been pretty rough with it. All I have is slopes, so these have been at all different angles, loaded FEL or not, with and without BH or Tiller. Lots of uneven ground due to moles and rain runoff.

 

[CobyRupert]

A backhoe puts a lot of lateral stress on the rear wheels. Lateral stress is what caused this wheel to fail.

When you’re traveling on a side hill and cornering; or do you mean when using?

 

[ovrszd]

When you’re traveling on a side hill and cornering; or do you mean when using?

Because of the added "swinging" weight when carrying the hoe and because of the side drag on the tractor when using the hoe.

 

[Diggin It]

There's side load when driving around, especially on slopes. Using the outriggers to lift the rear wheels, even if only a bit helps when operating. I try to just take the weight off, not lift fully off the ground.


But we don't know if any of this caused the OP's situation, or if it was just a bad weld.

 

[ovrszd]

I think it was a bad weld that showed up when loaded with a BH.

 

[traderfjp]

Took the tire off today and there are two bad welds on the hub part that is inside the rim. The part is on back order and I'm having a hard time finding out when it will be in stock. Called LS and they were suppose to call me back but no luck. The dealer can fix mine for 125.00 and I'll have a backup when the other one comes in. Just a real pain in the arse. I'm in the middle of putting in a patio, moving dirt, installing a pump and installing a driveway. The tractor picked a bad time to fail. Pavers are going in Next week so I may have to bit the bullet and get it fixed at the dealer. I could take it to a welder locally but not sure if they can weld with the tire on and not too many welders have tire machines.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You don't use a tire machine to remove a rear tire on a tractor!

SR

 

[Doofy]

I'd expect your Dealer to loan you a tire and wheel until yours came in.

 

[bnold]

$125 spare sounds decent to me.

 

[the old grind]

I think it was a bad weld that showed up when loaded with a BH.

So sure to be the cause, and why replacements are scarce if it's a vendor quality issue. ('legendary lemon', recall, etc)

$125 spare sounds decent to me.

I don't think there's a tractor so 'small' that this isn't a bargain.

Because I aspire to be like SR and a few other members I'd consider jacking the wheel, truing and tacking it, and taking it to a welder that IMO should only need to ground his - lead ok (some paint removal?) vs remove the tire to fix/replace the weak OEM welds.

 

[traderfjp]

It's not the money. Not that thrilled driving on a repaired rim that is cracked and has cracked welds.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It's not the money. Not that thrilled driving on a repaired rim that is cracked and has cracked welds.

A good welding shop will make it stronger than a new one.....but I understand some folks just don't like repaired things on their tractors, they just want it like new again.

SR

 

[the old grind]

A good welding shop will make it stronger than a new one.... SR

This ^^ And for eye openers here is an extreme example of rim repair and a good insight into what a skilled fabricator can do.

Rusted out Tractor Wheel Repair - YouTube