Hi all,

I have a Cub Cadet 1864, which has some pretty standard 12" rims. I
recently bought a set of wheel weights on Ebay. The weights actually
came off a John Deere- I had checked in advance to make sure they fit.

Anyhow, I am almost done changing the color of the wheel weights from
JD green to CC white. My question is, what do some of you do to keep
your rims (as well as weights) from getting paint chips or scuffs from
the metal to metal contact where the two objects touch? My weights
will touch the outside part of the rim, not the inside where the rim
mounts on the hub.

I was thinking that I might try tying an old bicycle tube around the
wheel weight before installing in on the rims.

I'm putting a link to the ebay auction so you can get an idea of what
the wheel weights look like.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Thanks much,

David

wrote:

Hi all,

I have a Cub Cadet 1864, which has some pretty standard 12" rims. I
recently bought a set of wheel weights on Ebay. The weights actually
came off a John Deere- I had checked in advance to make sure they fit.

Anyhow, I am almost done changing the color of the wheel weights from
JD green to CC white. My question is, what do some of you do to keep
your rims (as well as weights) from getting paint chips or scuffs from
the metal to metal contact where the two objects touch? My weights
will touch the outside part of the rim, not the inside where the rim
mounts on the hub.

They're for usin', not lookin'...

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Hi all,

I have a Cub Cadet 1864, which has some pretty standard 12" rims. I
recently bought a set of wheel weights on Ebay. The weights actually
came off a John Deere- I had checked in advance to make sure they fit.

Anyhow, I am almost done changing the color of the wheel weights from
JD green to CC white. My question is, what do some of you do to keep
your rims (as well as weights) from getting paint chips or scuffs from
the metal to metal contact where the two objects touch? My weights
will touch the outside part of the rim, not the inside where the rim
mounts on the hub.

I was thinking that I might try tying an old bicycle tube around the
wheel weight before installing in on the rims.

I'm putting a link to the ebay auction so you can get an idea of what
the wheel weights look like.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Thanks much,

David

I never worried about the paint behind the wheel weights.

i enjoy usin', but i also like to keep my things lookin' nice and
lastin' long without rustin' up.

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i enjoy usin', but i also like to keep my things lookin' nice and
lastin' long without rustin' up.

Worryin' over what can't be helped gets in the way of usin'...

Re-read original post (age is a terrible thing ) and now wonder--if
you're talking about the outside diameter of the weight rubbing agains
the inside diameter of the rim, not the mounting holes, then the weights
are too large for the wheel--they shouldn't touch.

No, not quite talking about that. Hard to describe them. Trust me,
they are the proper size, but they aren't completely flat. I'll have
to take a picture to show.

wrote:

No, not quite talking about that. Hard to describe them. Trust me,
they are the proper size, but they aren't completely flat. I'll have
to take a picture to show.

Well, ok...most are formed to specifically match the contour of the
wheel on which they're intended to fit--if you're putting a set of JD
OEM weights on a Cub, I don't doubt they don't fit as well as they would
if you had a set of (C?)-IH weights designed for the purpose...

Cut up an old inner tube, and make a spacer out of it.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..


"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
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wrote:

Hi all,

I have a Cub Cadet 1864, which has some pretty standard 12" rims. I
recently bought a set of wheel weights on Ebay. The weights actually
came off a John Deere- I had checked in advance to make sure they fit.

Anyhow, I am almost done changing the color of the wheel weights from
JD green to CC white. My question is, what do some of you do to keep
your rims (as well as weights) from getting paint chips or scuffs from
the metal to metal contact where the two objects touch? My weights
will touch the outside part of the rim, not the inside where the rim
mounts on the hub.

They're for usin', not lookin'...