Taking 1 wheel of row crop front end?
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Topic: Taking 1 wheel of row crop front end?
Posted By: Brampton 02 gt
Subject: Taking 1 wheel of row crop front end?
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2012 at 9:56pm
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WD45 row crop - can I take one wheel of the front safely? I would like to take out snapped off wheel studs. Does any one have tips how to get hub off spindle? thanks
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Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2012 at 10:03pm
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Shouldn't be a problem. The hub comes of with a nut under the dust cover on hub end. Repack your bearing while it is off. Might be a good time to put new seals and bearings if needed. HTH Tracy Martin ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: Brampton 02 gt
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2012 at 10:11pm
| Thanks, i plan on replacing the bearings and seals as well. Will the snapped studs be difficult to drill out. I will use a drill press. I also have some easy outs to try. |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2012 at 10:53pm
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Easy outs will NOT work. The studs are splined and pressed in place. So you push them out, when you get the hub exposed you will see the heads of the studs. NAPA stocks lots of studs. They need to be pressed in place though with a stack of lubricated washers they might pull in with a wheel nut. Pick up some spare nuts when you get the studs. Gerald J. |
Posted By: Brampton 02 gt
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2012 at 11:01pm
| I should have called them wheel bolts. I think they screw in - not stud type. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2012 at 11:17pm
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Might be long enough to weld a nut on first. It will work much better than an easy out. Either side will work, as long as threads only are showing. HTH Tracy Martin ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2012 at 8:57am
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Wheel bolts are exactly opposite of wheel studs. Why did they break? Gerald J. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2012 at 10:01am
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While most wheel bearing covers/dust covers are just pressed in, if I remember right the WD/WD-45 ones are screw on. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Brampton 02 gt
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2012 at 3:38pm
| Not sure how they broke. Some are broken and others have been replaced with a bolt and washers. I might try and weld onto the back of the bolts. They are sticking through out the back of the hub. |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2012 at 7:39pm
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WD/WD45 have wheel bolts that screw into the hub, could have broke from being loose and/or shock from front end lifting off ground and dropping as in tractor pulling or hitting a rock. i have taken one wheel at a time off without lifting front, makes it a bit easier if you let the air out of the tire you're removing and pump up the other tire a bit more
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Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2012 at 7:47pm
Good thing you don't have one of those fancy John Deere "Roll-O-Matic" front ends!  
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Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2012 at 9:01pm
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Rather than changing the air pressure, why not roll the tire to stay on up on a 4x4, that will give you more than a couple inches clearance for the other with the rigid narrow front. Gerald J. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2012 at 6:02am
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Just a 2x4 will work fine. You may want to loosen the lugs first. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |