I have an old Harvest King 13.6 38 tractor tire that appears to have been a recap from a LONG time ago. The tread is actually holding on pretty good but about half the sidewalls have cracked and peeled free from the tire. Is there any way to fix this? Does anyone make a glue to reattach the flapping sidewalls back to the tire? I've almost tried "Flex Seal" but I'll save that as the last resort.
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old
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- Camdenton Missouri
Flex seal would work for maybe 30 days if your lucky but not even likely to ho;d up that long. There is a stuff put out by Tech which is a 2 part stuff that would help but cost lot for so little. Cat #858 part A and part B
BarnyardEngineering
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Nothing that will restore the strength of the tire, or will last. You can probably find some glue to stick it down, but as soon as you drive it around much most of it will just let loose again due to the flexing of the tire.
Blackhole49
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- White Lake MI
I would just cut them off.
Janicholson
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Urethane car window installation adhesive. Clamping it is your task. Trusting it is fate. Jim
Crazy Horse
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There's only ONE guy on our YT crew that could come up with a real fix ........ ha, LOL !!! Don't worry, he'll eventually respond with something that will defy all laws of physics, chemistry, mathematics, road safety and gravity.
Sean Feeney
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I had a large sidewall cut in an 18.4 x 38 vulcanized this spring. They cut a section out about 18" square, looks like a new one now. Tire repair was about $200 and new tube and mounting another $200. A lot cheaper than new radial.
If your tire is delaminating all over, I don't think it would be cost effective to have it vulcanized. There is a place in Glasgow, KY that repairs and retreads heavy equipment tires (some are extremely large).
If your tire is delaminating all over, I don't think it would be cost effective to have it vulcanized. There is a place in Glasgow, KY that repairs and retreads heavy equipment tires (some are extremely large).
With the size of that tire and age it has I would guess that the tractor is a unrestored antique that is a family tractor that he is just wanting to keeo looking good seting in a barn with possibly a couple of times a year loading it straight to a trailer to take to shows and jus unload to park untill time to take back home so the tire would not be flexing like a working tractor would be.
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