Field tricks to remove inside dually wheel?
10 hrs waiting on emergency service for an inside DRW flat. What's the trick getting them free? I have the truck up on a 12-ton bottle jack and the outer removed. Inside is stuck to the hub even thoug...
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I went through that a number of years ago. Try as I may, that thing wasn't coming off the hub.
Here is how I freed mine:
I carry a lot of tools with me including an 8 pound sledgehammer. I put a block of wood across the wheel so it straddled the top of the rim and clobbered it with the sledge. It took a few tries but I eventually dislodged it. Gotta be careful not to hit the rim directly. I rotated the wheel between hits.
Mine was rusted onto the hub at the very back. It was the rust holding it on there.
Here is how I freed mine:
I carry a lot of tools with me including an 8 pound sledgehammer. I put a block of wood across the wheel so it straddled the top of the rim and clobbered it with the sledge. It took a few tries but I eventually dislodged it. Gotta be careful not to hit the rim directly. I rotated the wheel between hits.
Mine was rusted onto the hub at the very back. It was the rust holding it on there.
