Stuck wheel

[SeniorCitizen]

I removed a stuck wheel using a 1/2" drill bit in a drill motor and a sawsall. When finished I put the wheel back in service with the saw kerf still in the hub and that's been a few years ago. I could have welded the kerf closed but it works just fine.

For those of us that aren't familiar with your wheel construction, a photo or two would be worth a thousand words and maybe more, depending on the photos.:biggrin:

 

[jross]

I removed a stuck wheel using a 1/2" drill bit in a drill motor and a sawsall. When finished I put the wheel back in service with the saw kerf still in the hub and that's been a few years ago. I could have welded the kerf closed but it works just fine.

For those of us that aren't familiar with your wheel construction, a photo or two would be worth a thousand words and maybe more, depending on the photos.:biggrin:

Now that is a brilliant suggestion!. I don't have time now to take pics since I am home for lunch and have to get back out on/in the berry bogs. Before I came in, I put the torch on the inside of the hub, and the wheel popped out 1/4 inch to the jack foot. I put the wheel puller back on but it will not move. I will put the jack back on. The wheel is a typical MTD, where the inside of the hub is round and two flats are machined on opposite sides at the outer end of the axle. The hub is stamped on the outer end to match the flats with a 1/2 inch cap screw and washer to hold it on.

 

[rmancini]

Years ago I used to fish in the bogs between Lakehurst and Tom's River and the ones out by Fort Dix. Is that where you are by any chance?
Rich

 

[jhwentworth]

Failing that get a mechanic in, if the mechanic breaks the axle or any other part you have someone else to blame and I'm sure the mechanic would be insured anyway if anything were to break.

I see you're from the UK. In the states, the mechanic would charge parts and labor for the job. A good mechanic would bring a higher level of experience to the problem, but in the end sometimes things break.

 

[macky]

Hi guys! I'm new here I was browsing the forums and this one caught my attention. Anything with wheels can really infuritate us at times, eh? Here's a suggestion i saw in the internet that may help:

There's a trick to freeing a stuck-on wheel that almost never fails. You already have the lugs removed, but now reinstall them leaving about 5 turns before they start to get snug. Now lower the car to the ground, get in and start it up. Drive back and forth 4 or 5 feet a few times. Now jack the car up and test the wheel. It should be nice and loose now, ready for you to replace with your spare so you can move on down the road.

I think I've done this trick once before But if you really think about it, the procedure makes sense. Why try to use our own muscles to loosen it up when the weight and motion of the tractor can.

 

[briggs]

Now that is a brilliant suggestion!. I don't have time now to take pics since I am home for lunch and have to get back out on/in the berry bogs. Before I came in, I put the torch on the inside of the hub, and the wheel popped out 1/4 inch to the jack foot. I put the wheel puller back on but it will not move. I will put the jack back on. The wheel is a typical MTD, where the inside of the hub is round and two flats are machined on opposite sides at the outer end of the axle. The hub is stamped on the outer end to match the flats with a 1/2 inch cap screw and washer to hold it on.

they are a pain i repair lawn EQ and have fought with many of them darn things all you can do is keep trying it will free up sooner or later ..Just be easy on the shift i got PO and bent the shaft and rim it was to hot when i gave it the hammer opps ...It will also wreck the plastic bushings that go in the trans as well

 

[indypower]

When you do get the wheel off, make sure you put some neverseize on the shadt and inside the wheel hub so it won't rust on again.

 

[jross]

Years ago I used to fish in the bogs between Lakehurst and Tom's River and the ones out by Fort Dix. Is that where you are by any chance?
Rich

I know where you are talking about. Fished there myself. My neighbor has 4 small bogs in Southampton and I help him harvest the berries. Those guy's in the Ocean Spray commercials don't mention the gazillion spiders trying to crawl up your waders.

 

[KennyV]

Those guy's in the Ocean Spray commercials don't mention the gazillion spiders trying to crawl up your waders.

Ha ha ha... I'll bet, .... that sounds like all kinds of fun... :laughing::laughing:
:smile:KennyV

 

[jross]

Wheel update. Put a Porto-Power hydraulic ram between the wheel puller and the axle. Pumped it up and ripped the wheel almost off the hub. A little cutting and it'll be off, then I can cut the hub off the axle.I am not concerned with the wheel as I intend to replace all of them if the rest of the mower works ok. I am more concerned that the axle is not bent, which it doesn't appear to be. A note about the Porto-Power. It was given to me at work because the mechanical boss said it was no good. I hung it up in the fuel shed and hung there for 20 years ( I know-packrat). I put some tractor hydraulic fluid in it, pumped it up a few times until the ram cleaned itself, tightened one leak at the coupler and it was good to go. Go figure.