calcium chloride on rear tractor rim

Cutting out the story, and getting to the nitty gritty, I need to know if I should use something to neutralize calcium chloride, on my CA Allis rear rim, before painting, or is washing with water enough? New rim, 2yrs old, starting to rust, and bubble the paint, around the valve stem! will have to have Les Schwab, pump out the fluid, and remove tire, and wait a couple of days, while I tend to the rim. Can"t figgure out why a new tube would be seeping out fluid when It"s been sitting for 2 yr"s?

I haven't been having much luck lately with tubes lasting for more than a year. Cheap rubber and most likely made in China like everything else.

If you wash it real well and then let it dry then paint ir real good that should do the trick. Now days I use a spray on bed liner type of stuff on rims so as to maybe make them last longer

Tell me about it.

My D19 Allis had fluid in the rear tires for the 20 years that I owned it. In all that time, I never had to break one down, or had one go flat.

Last fall, one casing split, so I had two used rear tires mounted with new tubes, no fluid, just air. Last week, the left one was flat. Last Thursday, our local Coop came out and fixed it. The guy said whoever mounted it pinched the tube. I used the tractor on a shredder for an hour, and the left tire went flat over night, Friday night. Reported it to the Coop Saturday morning.

Yesterday afternoon, I walked past the tractor and the right rear was flat also. Same fellow from the Coop came out this morning and fixed both. Now, he said it was chips of rust on the rims from calcium chloride that cut the tubes. Said he took care of it.

We'll see what happens. If either goes down again, I think I'll have the Coop pull both tires off the rims completely, and take the rims somewhere and have them sandblasted. Then polish them with a DA sander and put several coats of automotive primer and enamel on them before mounting the tires again.

The joys of coping with this in 100 degree weather.

Never thought of using spray on bed liner. I will have to try it on the next flat. Hopefully I will have to wait a long time.

Ya I started using it years ago to maybe help make a rim last longer. Plus on a lot of them I have had to do weld up of holes and by using the spray on bed liner it also makes for a thick coat that should help keep from hurting a tube if I leave a ruff spot

Ralphwd45,

You'll find the tube (CHINA) Valves are not any good, especially if loaded with calcium chloride.

Mine lasted about 7 months before leaking and the tire dealer wouldn't warranty it.
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I told it on here and, some fellow said stop whining, suck it up and buy a new one.

The other one and the new one need to be replaced now.

I'm thinking of using RV antifreeze, when I change the tubes

I just filled my rear tires with windshield washer fluid. Its rated at -20 below 0.

If I had it to do again sometime soon I would have the rims blasted and treated with metal prep. Then prime and paint with what ever you see fit.

I used rusty metal primer over rims I wire brushed and 3 years later I see some evidence of rust. Not looking bad enough to dismount the tires yet.

I would sandblast first,prime then paint