Awesome pics Mike! She needs to go spend more time with mommy!:biggrin2:

Did you get a grade 5 or 8 threaded rod? Regular Threaded rod you just pick up at a Lowes or Home Depot or at a hardware store will not be strong enough to use as wheel studs. Will work for a while until you get in a bind and may just break. You can pick up wheel studs that will work at a autoparts store. Just My two cents.

Shhhhh!!! He will be saying that soon enough... :biggrin2:

Nice work, Mike! Thanks for the update! :beerchug:

Been holding out a bit...
 

My cub penny bank has been empty for a while now, so I haven't gotten much finished on my tractor with this whole getting married thing (which happened this last Saturday), but now that the big day is over I can get back on the horse and continue the project. As was suggested by another member, I put Grade 8 bolts in place of the wheel bolts and left them long enough to add a shaft to hang wheel weights on. Also got the motor mounted up an my engine stand so I can paint it soon.

Decided that I'll keep picking away at a full resto instead of getting it running and pulling it apart again to clean it up later. It'll make more sense to do it this way so I can do the mods I wanted w/o ruining new paint.

New pictures too... Enjoy.

What did you do with those wheel studs to keep them from turning when you tighten the lug nuts? I've been thinking about doing this myself, but the only thing I can figure is that I'd need to put a nut in between the wheel and the hub or weld the bolt heads to the hub.

Neither of which seems like a great idea...

You could put a lock washer under the bolt head, or use some loc-tite on the threads.

I used Permatex Red Loctite under the heads of the bolts. It's the stuff that requires heat to remove the fasteners when you wish to do so.

Thanks for the update. Congrats on being married! :beerchug:

OK, guys. I didnot know untill I got my 100. I'am back at post 20-24. What if my welder was hot and went through? It was a mig with gas. I didnot drill and grind the crack as was suggusted. I ran a bead around any material I could, top and bottom. As I get set to grind my welds nice, I wonder if I should have drilled/grind?