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Topic: 200 wheel wedges

Posted By: Fritz
Subject: 200 wheel wedges
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024 at 5:11pm

What’s the trick to breaking them loose? So far have the puller holes cleaned and lubricated, and the bolts pushing on flat pieces of steel so as not to mar the holes in the wheel… but nothing is moving yet. Someone before me had been pounding on the wedge so I took a few half-hearted licks with a 20 pound sledge but nothing still. Thanks Fritz

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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024 at 5:20pm

Put alot of tension on the bolts- hit the end of the axle with that sledge,,

Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024 at 6:08pm

Flat pieces of steel ??? You must not be using the official A-C axle wedge removal bolts because they don't require any such thing and you'll probably be unsuccessful until you have the correct tooling.

Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024 at 7:17pm

I've done what Doug suggested and had success every time. OneNinety's -D21.

Now the two piece takes the special pusher bolts for sure

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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024 at 10:06pm

You were lucky. If the wedges are truly extremely TIGHT, that method won't work, so quit encouraging him. Beating on the wedge with a sledge hammer is counterproductive. Beat on the end of the axle shaft while using the CORRECT pusher bolts under pressure.

Posted By: Hurst
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2024 at 5:47am

Be careful pushing against flat steel. I tried it back in my younger days once and 2 things happened... First it mushroomed the end of the bolt so I had to cut it off to get the bolt back out. Second it pushed the steel into the hole some, but luckily it didn't mess up the threads, but definitely could have if I had gone to town on it. Get a set or make a set of pusher bolts if this is the first time getting it off. I did pop the wheel off after tightening it down that same day with a piece of plate steel and a bolt, but it was coated in anti-seize and had just been tightened that same day (had already returned the pusher bolts I borrowed).

-Hurst

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1979 Allis Chalmers 7000
5800 Hours

Posted By: Dale Hardtke
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2024 at 8:05am

Hey Fritz : I have a wheel wedge puller that does not use pusher bolts. If you do not have Allis Chalmers pusher bolts and the wedges are super tight, i may be able to help you out. Be carful beating on axle or other wheel parts. Dale Hardtke Watertown Wi.

Posted By: Fritz
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2024 at 9:31am

I do not have the official bolts. I took the steel back out and sure enough, they were about to be punched all the way through.
I did wonder why the bolts never came to a hard stop… it did doink up the threads a little but I was able to reach through with a 5/8-11 tap and get back to square one.