D-10 Power shift rear wheel...eccentrics STUCK

In my effort to change the width of the rear wheels, I cannot get the eccentrics to move.  I can't get a socket to fit snugly on the 1/2" square drive.  I have tried a 1/2" drive extension reversed with a pipe wrench on the male end to no avail.  Anyone have any suggestion as to how I can break them?   

Edited by D10ACNC - 24 May 2011 at 7:24pm

Like Norm says. Take the wheel off, lay it down, unbolt the clamps, and knock the center out with a sledge. The ecentrics are much easier to loosen without the pressure from the wheel on them.

As mentioned above, best to separate the wheel center from the rim and unbolt the eccentrics from the center.  The ones on my D14 and D15 were so rusted that the cutting torch would not even loosen them.  I threw them in the wood stove for a day - worked great!  Everything came apart real easy after that.

Thanks for all the replies.  Looks as if I'll need to take the wheel off for sure.  Wonder if that power shift worked well when new?

Link to a previous post (with pictures and good instructions) on this subject. Patience and persistance will save the eccentrics; heat and extensive force can ruin them.

I had the same problem on my CA. I placed a 1" socket 1/2 inch drive on the eccentric. I welded a bolt into a 4' length of pipe, placed the bolt into the socket, once it moved a little I worked it back and forth until free. 

I take mine off like mentioned and then remove the snap rings and press the pins out. You can press them out long before you can turn them.  Dave.

 
[/QUOTE] Big Fit Heman[/QUOTE]

????   Still unsure!

Bull wrote: I placed a 1" socket 1/2 inch drive on the eccentric. I welded a bolt into a 4' length of pipe, placed the bolt into the socket

Great idea. 

Ha, ha.  Thanks Dave.