Valve stems on inside of rims

[dgrapes59]

Originally Posted by Shrewcub

One front wheel on my 102 has the stem on the inside. Guess I need to find a wheel as I am fixing it up

Not meaning to be smart, but does it just need to be flipped around?

[PaulS]

I have one on the inside too on my 102. I bought it at a cadet dealer as a replacement for one that broke out the hub. No you cannot just turn the wheel around as there is an inside and outside. In other words they are an offset rim.

[dgrapes59]

Got ya! I have two 102's and 2 122's and only one has the wider, offset rims, I somehow had it in my head the narrow rims could go either way without much difference. (and you both may be talking about the wide ones) I do have several odd rims, including one on an Original with valve stems on the inside (which I notice when playing with some hubcaps and thought inside valve stem could be an advantage here).
I also have some "odd" rear rims with inside valve stems, thought they might be handy for the inside set in a dual wheel situation.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by red56turbo

Cubs came from the factory with valve stems on the outside. If they are on the inside, they are from another manufacturer. Wheel weights were made with a notch in them to allow for valve stem clearance.

I got my info from a guy thats been selling cubs since the 70s, im not saying hes right or wrong but if they really did come with the valve stems on the outside than just about every cub in western pa has the wrong rims on it.

[DoubleO7]

Originally Posted by olds45512

As far as im aware all internal brake cubs came from the factory with the valve stem on the inside which is the way alot of older farm tractors were, when cub went to external brakes they put the valve stem on the outside because the valve stem would hit the brakes. If that info is incorrect someone please chime in.

At least my Dad's 125 had the stem on the outside.
But that would be a late model internal brake CC.

[juniors1282]

I've bought a lot of early cubs in western PA and I've yet to buy one with the valves on the inside. They all came from IH with valves on the outside. I'm betting Mike would agree and he has 20x's the cubs I have and I have a lot!!! Hehehe

[Cub Cadet 123]

Originally Posted by TheSaturnV

They could also be Sears Suburban/David Bradley type rims. If you can find really short valve stems, they may clear the brakes.

That is the way that I have always seen them, too. I had a 169 with Sears rims and the brakes would hit the valve stems and make the tires leak whenever it rolled.

Cub Cadet 123

[Maxwelhse]

My grandpa bought his 102 new in 1965 (I think the first year for them?), other than being inherited by my Dad after grandpa passed away, its a 1 owner tractor and should be one of the earliest of its kind.

The valve stems are on the outside.

I have no reason to believe the wheels were ever changed out unless grandpa demanded that such a silly design NOT be part of his tractor at initial purchase time. Grandpa didn't tolerate stupid too terribly well so that's possible but far fetched. He would have probably just bought something else instead.

[olds45512]

Looks like I stand corrected, thanks for the info.

[Yosemite Sam]

To the best of my knowledge IH never used wheels that had the valve stem on the "inside" (front OR rear wheels).

Narrow Frame tractors with wide wheels have the deep dish side of the wheel pointing outward with the valve stem on the outward side (deep dish side) Wide Frame tractors have the shallow side of the wheel pointing outward with the valve stem on the outward side (shallow dish side).

If your valve stems are on the wrong side of the wheel then you have the wrong wheel on your machine.

If you have narrow front wheels with the valve stem on the inside... Take the wheel off and turn it around.