Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 been asked to post this up by a couple of members so here goes how to convert tims 4260 wheels to fit the new style stub axel britains chassis stage one remove the donor wheels of the tims chassis,can be a little harsh doing this but try and keep part of the old axel hole for ref stage 2 ,drill through from the innerside of the wheel right through with a drill bit the same size as the axel hole (3mm)_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 stage 3 drill through the new pilot hole now from the front side in progressivly larger drill till you gat a 9mm dia hole in the centre of each wheel, i used 3 passes ,if you drill from the front you will be able to leave the rear "spines" to bond the new axel hub onto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 stage 4 cut two 12mm long sections of 9mm extrenal dia hollow plasti strut tube which will become your new wheel centre,try and cut square as this will be the running edge to the chassis stage 5 insert these into the wheel centre holes ,pushing into place until they are flush on the outside of the wheel centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 stage 4 final pic stage 5 once this is done,take a pair of the britains stub pins and cut the old x section of the rear leaving a round disc with the wheel nut patter left,file flat on the cut side and glue 2 x 4mm dia plasti strut tube ,12mm in lenght to them,using the marks from the old bit to centre them it is important to use 12mm long as the old stubs are not long enough and this gives just enough reach to repalce the new wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 now to the fronts stage 1 agin drill a hole into the cerntre to give you a marking pooint,drill out until you have enough to fit a file or if you have one a small dremmel sanding disk into it stage 2 sand l out the old wheel cetre until you have just the old tims outer rim,the part the tyre is on left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 stage 3 take a pair of old mf362 front wheels centers,and remove the tyres tkae your sander and file down the outer raised tyre retaining section until you have just a round wheel centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 stage 4 this is a little tricky now but not difficult sand down a small section at a time from the tims wheel untill the hole is the same size/dia as the mf wheel centres,takes a bit of care not to overdo it,but is easy stage 5 once matched push the mf centres into the tims wheels untill the inside of the rims is flush and level,test by spinning on and axel stub to check the true ness of each wheel,same can be done on the rears to check buy doing the fronts this way your not struggling to drill the tims wheels out to the 9mm hole like the rears,as the wheel is very fragile on the centre and hard to drill crnterally and no modifactation is needed of the front stub pins them either paint in a fetching mf silver mist from nigel green,and fit see tractor convo section for new pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Well presented TM, and a very informative guide, thank-you for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 er ...............i'll send my wheels down if i ever have to get them done \ thanks for the pics & info sean . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 no probs marcus,it is pretty easy to be honest,they took me 25 mins total inc taking the photos,hopefully someone will find them usefull to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 i'll definately give it a go mate , i just hope i get it right \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 as long as you drill out the centres of the rears slowly and in 2/3 passes getting larger each time they are easy,do it from the front and you keep the up right spines as i called them on the rear which gives to a good centering point and more area to glue onto as well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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been asked to post this up by a couple of members
so here goes
how to convert tims 4260 wheels to fit the new style stub axel britains chassis
stage one
remove the donor wheels of the tims chassis,can be a little harsh doing this but try and keep part of the old axel hole for ref
stage 2
,drill through from the innerside of the wheel right through with a drill bit the same size as the axel hole (3mm)_
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