Helpful tip to save fenders
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Topic: Helpful tip to save fenders
Posted By: gary ny
Subject: Helpful tip to save fenders
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 7:28am
| I am getting a D21 ready for paint and stripping the fenders so I took my air gun to blow out the support ribs on the fenders so that I would not have a blast of dirt come out of the while painting. They were packed solid with yrs of dirt and stone .I took all morning yesterday getting them cleaned out.This tractor was well taken care of and washed regularly but that part gets overlooked on lots of tractors.The steel on the fenders only had one tiny hole where it had started rusting through and I repaired that, but sooner or later it would rust through.Those fenders are really thick and heavy but with that channel type support being open at the top dirt will collect in the as they work. Just to save yourselves rust hole in the future take an air gun and blow up through them a few time a yr ,you will be amazed at how much dirt comes out. |
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Posted By: CTD03
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 11:36am
| Thanks for that tip |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 12:41pm
| Gary IS THE MAN! Thank you Sir! |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 12:58pm
| That is a good tip and another is to put a straw in your favorite aerosol oil and spray it in the top after you blow the dirt out. This is a little messy for shine'em and line'em tractors but then again I guess they wouldn't need worry about dirt behind the braces to begin with eh? LOL |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 1:22pm
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Once you have cleaned them, use JB Weld and fill the ends then you don't have to worry about dirt or anything getting in.
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Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 3:21pm
If I might suggest a reason not to do this, that will trap at least some moisture inside, and if they aren't sealed up completely they will breath, and the condensation will be worse inside, then the will rust faster, or worse freeze and bulge. Great idea, just not sure it is the best way. ------------- Still in use: HD7 WC C CA WD 2-WD45 WD45LP WD45D D14 3-D17 D17LP 2-D19D D19LP 190XTD 190XTLP 720 D21 220 7020 7030 7040 7045 3-7060 Projects: 3-U UC 2-G 2-B 2-C CA 7-WC RC WDLP WF D14 D21 210 7045 N7 |
Ted J wrote:Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 3:26pm
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I was always going to try and fill them up with some kind of gel (naval jelly maybe?) and then weld em shut or seal them some how. Never get around to experimenting with it. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 9:57pm
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I agree with orange blood on sealing them. I would not do that. The fenders on my 175 were filled to the top with compacted soil. I used a steel rod from a driveway marker to ream them out. As you can tell, even the braces rotted through (it trapped the moisture)...   ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |