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Pulling hubs/ wheels makes me think twice about this hobby!!

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JohnDeereJimOhio

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Just left the garage, got to my parents about 2 and the women and I helped him split wood till dark then headed to the garge. Her b is about ready to pain last fix is axel seal and getting the wheels blasted.. Been preparing for this job for months and have been spraying it down since about July.. First wheel came off pretty easy just minor beating in it.. Was pretty happy.. Second wheel started the same then wouldn"t budge.. Worked on it for 4 hours and gave in.. Went home, haven"t cussed this much in a long while.. Tried all the tricks I know and no luck.. Need a daddy soda to relax lol.. Back at it tomorrow but really hoping someone comes and takes it off tonight.. Had to ask my self a few times tonight isn"t this supposed to be fun..
 
It's a rare restore job that doesn't reach that point. lol Those things make the best stories when it's finnished tho. If it all went good then all you would be able to say is "I restored this". lol
 
If it has the cast center we had to loop a chain thru the wheel weight holes and put a bottle jack on the end of the axle and pull it off. Worked really slick. Jack till it had good tension and give it a medium wack with the sledge and would jump 1/2".
 
That's what I did with first one, isn't working with second, I sprayed it down again good last night and took a break I will finish it off today
 
Run your chain through the top spaces of the 12 oclock spoke. and to the INSIDE of the axle, and around some part of the hitch soit won'r rotate. Spray the inside of the axle. Now spin the tire HARD, jerking the wheel . That should cause rotation of the wheel on the axle and break it loose. Now you can pull it out.
 
The worst one I ever did was the JD "G" I used to own. I had to build a puller out of one inch bolts and use a twenty ton porta power to get them off.

Cleaned the splines and used lots of Anti-seize when it went back together. It still was a job to move the wheels each spring to plow and then back out wide to cultivate.
 
I was trying to move them on a G JD one time. Had been at it quite while when the neighbor stopped in. He was on his way to his lake cabin for the weekend and wanted to see what I was up to. Here I am sweaty and cussing away and he drives up all cleaned up looking forward to a weekend of relaxing on the lake. I had to ask myself again "Why is it I like these old tractors?"
 
I feel your pain. I needed to remove the rear wheel hub on my JD 5020. I thought I was going to twist off the jacking boots. With a lot of heat, and patience I finlly got it to move. Didn't all happen in one day eather. Stan
 
The really bad part about this job is that I have a 1951 gw to work in next that I know have never been moved, and web that's done I have a 3010 to build a puller out of that has been sitting out for a Long time.. Has to be a better way lol..
 
It gets even better when the jack bolt breaks the back ear off the wedge and still nothing moves.We got a jack hammer and ended up taking that wedge out in pieces and it was tight the whole way.I keep a new set of jack bolts to use on the hard ones so that I do not have to worry about twisting an old rusty one off.My son has a 4520 that was a south tractor and we needed to move the wheels and we thought it would be impossible but they went with only a little sweat you just never know.
 
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