ketchenany Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Any tips on removing seized wheels? They have never been removed. I had tubes put in but now the valve under the rim! Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 You mean taking the rubber tire off the rim or removing the whole wheel and tire from the shaft? Some of those wheels get rusted right onto the shaft, use some rust buster or equivalent to break the rust down for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted July 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Removing the whole wheel to get at the valve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, ketchenany said: Removing the whole wheel to get at the valve. Does it have a removable pin to slide the wheel and tire off the shaft? If so, then the wheel center is probably rusted to the shaft. Post a picture if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, Fisherman said: Post a picture if you can. Thats my job. LOL Albert,put some oil or WD ,on the shaft and the rim area. Let it soak a bit. Over night if you want, that would be better . Then give the rim a few hits with a hammer all around the rim. That should loosen it . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted July 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 All solutions are welcome, I’ll start tomorrow with the lube thing over night soak, ‘rubber’ hammer. I have until the snow comes. This thing is 32 years old (Craftsman) start great and runs the same. Only used it once last year. But want to keep it looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, ketchenany said: All solutions are welcome, I’ll start tomorrow with the lube thing over night soak, ‘rubber’ hammer. I have until the snow comes. This thing is 32 years old (Craftsman) start great and runs the same. Only used it once last year. But want to keep it looking good. Your's is still a spring chicken, mines an Ariens from '68 and still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted July 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Those babies aren’t coming off, I did manage to twist the tire until the valve popped out and now will inflate them. Probably the only way is a torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 29 minutes ago, ketchenany said: Those babies aren’t coming off, I did manage to twist the tire until the valve popped out and now will inflate them. Probably the only way is a torch. Well you got lucky with that one, I would still make the effort to keep putting the rust buster to the axle to get the wheels off and when you do, grease the bejesus out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty55 Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 A mix of acetone and tranny fluid is the best rust buster going, lots of vids on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 deep creep, a blow torch and a sledge hammer...thats how we get rusted on rotars off when doing brake jobs...i hope Dan doesnt see this and tell me that Im a moron for ever doing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanD Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 10:30 AM, AKRISONER said: .i hope Dan doesnt see this and tell me that Im a moron for ever doing this. LOL! You should never force anything; just get a bigger hammer. I broke 3 5lb slide hammers trying to get a rear wheel hub off of a C3 Corvette. I then went and bought a 10lb; just like butter. LOL There's some crazy crap we have to go through in this trade; just to do what looks like a simple job Dan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DanD said: LOL! You should never force anything; just get a bigger hammer. I broke 3 5lb slide hammers trying to get a rear wheel hub off of a C3 Corvette. I then went and bought a 10lb; just like butter. LOL There's some crazy crap we have to go through in this trade; just to do what looks like a simple job Dan. I always said, those car enthusiasts in arizona have no friggin clue what working on cars actually entails. truthfully I feel like 90% of a mechanics job is just trying to get siezed bolts off of your vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 3 hours ago, DanD said: LOL! You should never force anything; just get a bigger hammer. I broke 3 5lb slide hammers trying to get a rear wheel hub off of a C3 Corvette. I then went and bought a 10lb; just like butter. LOL There's some crazy crap we have to go through in this trade; just to do what looks like a simple job Dan. LOL, one of my senior techs told me he needed a bigger hammer. I was about ready to chastise him until I actually saw why he needed a bigger hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 It worked, the valves are out of the rim and tires fully inflated after a week. Lots of good suggestions, the hammer one is ok but it could bend things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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