The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Chaps,

A word of warning. Henk has Super wheels on his FMD. I had a set of Major wheel discs that came with my Super Major. I gave these to Henk and took them to him when we collected Oscars Dexta for Barry.

Henk has now cleaned and made a beautiful job of painting them for his tractor but....... They do not fit!!!

It seems Ford supplied two types of rear wheel for the Major, there is a difference in the number of holes retaining the rim. There is an 8 hole one for normal work and a 10 hole one for heavy duty operations. I have never come across this before. Henk now has a set of beautiful 10 hole wheel discs and I am extremely embarrassed

Nothing to be a shamed off Brian,

I've send you a mail with my sollution.

Anyone in need for a pair of 10 hole wheel discs?

I had this picture on my computer all the time and never notice the 10 hole discs

Today I drilled extra holes in them and they fit nice. So problem salved.

Emiel his E27N has 10 hole discs. I checked a picture of Meddo. Could it be that these models were fitted standard with them?

Hello,

May be I can shine a little light on this issue.

Our E27N has rear wheels from a 1945/1946 tractor. These rims have 10 lugs and ten holes to the centre. These rims are only used in 1945/1946 on the E27N Major, which were then fitted with 9x36 rear tyres.

After that early period, a tyre change was performed by Ford, tractors were fitted with 11x36 rear wheels and therefore the rims had to be wider. Also the design of the centres was changed, they saved to drill two holes, and fitted 8 instead of 10 lugs into the rims.

We fitted 12.4/11-36 rear wheels on these rims. The rim is in fact not wide enough for this tyre, and that can be seen on some pictures I think, and othwerwise in reel here in our workshop in September, for those who want to visit us when they go to Meddo.

I think it can be possible that Brian's super was fitted with the early type E27N rear wheels.

ps: I'm preparing a proper set 8 lug, wide rims for the E27N at this moment.

Emiel,
The book says the 10 hole wheels were used for heavy duty work from 1952 to the end of production Pt.No E27N 1017A. The 8 stud one is E27N 1017B. Some of the tractors had dual wheels as an extra and the 10 stud wheels were recommended when these were fitted.