Removing Farmall A Cast Wheel

Hello. I am trying to remove the Cast wheel on my 1945 Farmall A. Got it all jacked up, put jack stand under tractor and took off the lug nuts that hold the wheel on. Removing wheel due to want to remove Aftermarket weight that is behind the cast wheel. Thought is should just move off the mounting, but would budge. How much of a service holds the cast wheel on? Any ideas of how to proceed now? Dont want to break anything. THANKS

I have removed them from a Farmall B. I jacked it up then loosened the bolts . I left them in loose to catch the wheel when it broke loose. I used a heavy blacksmith hammer . Mine broke loose after about four good hits. Bolt left loose keep it from chipping the floor or maybe getting you when it comes loose.

That thing with weight could be deadly, be careful to hold it up with a lift to assure that it does not smash you! D Beatty is on track with the how. Jim

Several ways to go at it, and expanding some on what's already ben offered.

If the rim is off and you've got a cherry picker, a stout bolt through the wheel and a chain to lift with will get it off.

Lift or not, it can be easier and safer to do it with the tire and rim on. Jack it to the point that the bottom of the tire just kisses the floor -- that spot where most all of the weight of the tractor is on the jack and only the weight of the tire/rim/wheel assembly is on the gorund. Next part is tres important. Have a healthy helper with you. The weight of just the tire rim and wheel is considerable. An added weight will make it even more challenging and a loaded tire to boot can make this job quite hazardous. You want to have room to the side for a) the whole shebang to fall over and, b) more room, side and fore-and-aft, for both you and the helper to spring clear if you should lose control of it. Here again, a cherry picker would be handy with a strap looped around the tire and rim to hold it up and then let it down easily - especially helful if the tire is loaded. Once you're set up, you can pull the six bolts in the center, walk it sideways a little to clear the hub, then roll it away or simply lower it to the floor to work on it. When you do tip it over, it might he helpful to not lay it flat, but prop one edge up on a good-size block, so you can reach both faces with a wrench if that's necessary to get the offending weight off.

You need to replace the 6 bolts that hold it leave them a couple rounds loose now spray the area with some wd-40 or something like it. Now go drive tractor around to get the center to break loose from the hub as i understand thats what your problem is getting the cast loose. That cast weighs 147 pluss the wt on the inside so you realy need to be careful as thats a lot of wt to be messing with.

You're likely dealing with 300lbs (THREE HUNDRED POUNDS) of cast steel there.

Make sure you wedge the front end so it can't pivot, with wooden wedges. Otherwise when you take this wheel off the tractor could flip over.

It's just rusted on to the hub. A couple of smacks on the backside with a BFH, and it'll fall off in your lap.