[AJD] Late Styled G Rear Wheel Removal

[Bill Salisbury]

The answer for the future is Never Seez!!!!!  That stuff works.

Bill Salisbury
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Weeks" <weeksh at bellsouth.net>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Late Styled G Rear Wheel Removal


>I had a similar problem last year getting the bull gear separated
> from the axle on the final drive of a 430 JD.  Two machine shops had
> tried to get it off and both failed.  I had one of them make me a
> round slug about 4" long, hole in middle, and just smaller than the
> axle.  Drive was off the tractor and straddled across two saw horses.
> In other words, the bull gear and the stub were facing upward.  The
> stub was bolted to the end of the axle to provide something to hit.
>
> I had tried several hammers up to 16 pound sledge with no luck.  I
> fished around here and found about a 10' length of 3" plastic
> conduit.  Set that over the slug to act as a guide.  Tied other end
> to step ladder.  Climbed up and dropped half a Farmall axle down the
> tube.  One drop was all it took.  It was loose.
> Red neck engineering but it worked!
>
> Howard in Georgia
>
> On 16 Apr 2007 at 9:55, KWReese at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Bill:
>>
>> I had difficulty removing the hub/wheel from one axle on my 1950 B some 
>> years
>> ago.  Nothing seemed to work.
>>
>> The solution was to use 3 -  3/4" threaded rods screwed into the hub and 
>> a
>> 1/2 inch thick face plate which fit over the rods and held in place with 
>> washers
>> and nuts.  Then between the face plate and the end of the axle, we placed 
>> a
>> 30-ton hydraulic jack.  That did the job. Anything smaller was not strong
>> enough to move the hub.  There was a loud crack when the hub finally let 
>> go.  We
>> would only move the hub about 1/4 in at time and then had to reset the 
>> jack and
>> tighten the bolts.  Of course, once the hub and axles are cleaned the the
>> wheel moved in and out with ease.
>>
>> Sure which I could show you a photo as I find it difficult to clearly
>> describe the process in words.
>>
>> I located the jack at an industrial rental business.  I suspect the 
>> typical
>> rental store would not a jack of this capacity.
>>
>> Ken Reese
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Howard Weeks
> Harlem, GA
> K5JCP
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