Ford 1220 MFWD Hydro switching to turf tires and front wheels hit the spindle

AZFord1220 · Jun 19, 2022

After looking for literally years to find them I finally got a set of turf tires to fit my tractor. The tire sizes are correct front being 20x8.00-10 front and 29x12 -15 rear. The rears fit perfectly and the front bolted right up but would not turn. It turned out the inside of the rim was hitting the top of two bolts in the spindle. To clear, the wheels would need more offset towards the outside. My question is this: Did the 2WD version use a different offset than the MFWD? I am puzzled as to what I have. It looks like I will need wheel spacers or a new set of front wheels. Any one have other ideas?

I will also soon have a set of AG wheels and tires plus rear wheel weights.. The rear are foam filled and very heavy one side has extensive sidewall delamination but still some how works the other side is okay but both should be considered junk. The front tire have very few hours on them. Where I live in the desert our "lawns" are covered in 1/4" minus granite gravel. The AG tires tore this up.

LS Tractor Owner · Jun 19, 2022

Any possibility of turning the rims around? That should put more of an offset away from the spindle. Some rims cannot be reversed though.... spacers would then be more appropriate.

TractorTech · Jun 19, 2022

The 2WD and 4WD shoud not be compatible as the wheel patterns were always different. As LS said, possibly turn around? You could space them out with some thick washers as long as the pilot center is still in the wheel.

AZFord1220 · Jun 20, 2022

The valve stem interferes when I try to flip the wheel. I have ordered some 6 on 120mm spacers that are 1 1/4" thick. My plan is to see if I can get them on a lathe and turn both the inner and outer faces to stay hub centric if possible. I am pretty sure these wheels were used on a different application.

AZFord1220 · Jun 20, 2022

This is what is stamped on the wheel

AZFord1220 · Jun 20, 2022

From the backside of the mounting area to the edge of the tire mounting flange is 3 5/8" It looks like it would need to be no more than 3" to clear. If anyone has this wheel Correct front wheel on 1210 or 1220 MFWD) I would like to verify the correct specification.