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Corrosion from Calcium Loaded Tires
- Thread starter Darryl G
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They're single rears. Must be an optical illusion.
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Wheels are back on. The tire dealer decided to take a different direction and install new tubes and washer fluid after seeing that the rim interiors were in good shape. The problem is that one of them is weeping a little, sigh. It's just a drop or 2 a day. They bent one a little too. I think it will be ok. One of the rims was pretty corroded - the other wasn't nearly as bad. It would have been a lot easier to prep and paint them without the tires installed, another sigh. But at $150 for new tubes and washer fluid installed I don't think I really have anything to complain about. It's interesting to see how this rim corroded in ridges almost. I definitely should have done something about the calcium issue sooner but the visible side of the rims looked fine. I didn't realize how bad things were on the inside side.
I've got the battery box and grill painted - both also pretty rusty - and I've got a new battery I'll be installing and I'm about to run out and get a new seat. Yellow ones are available at Tractor Supply. The original was black for my model/year but yellow will look fine I'm sure. Then I can finally turn my compost pile, get some more wood up on the deck and do some other chores/projects. I'll be in for under $500 total. Well worth it to have a tractor/loader/backhoe around.
I've got the battery box and grill painted - both also pretty rusty - and I've got a new battery I'll be installing and I'm about to run out and get a new seat. Yellow ones are available at Tractor Supply. The original was black for my model/year but yellow will look fine I'm sure. Then I can finally turn my compost pile, get some more wood up on the deck and do some other chores/projects. I'll be in for under $500 total. Well worth it to have a tractor/loader/backhoe around.
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I won't disagree but I've got so many things to do that just getting the tires holding air/fluid and not having to buy new rims makes me happy. There are 2 coats of primer and 2 of topcoat on them. The front grill was pretty rusty at the bottom too - common problem with them. That got painted last night. 2nd time for that. They're really pricey! I went thin on that with the paint - didn't want to plug up all the perforations.