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To me, lubing up the axles would be BAD. Wouldn't the grease tend to compromise the clamp's grip on the axle? I can see cleaning them, but IMHO, NO LUBE. With the wedgelocks, work smarter, not harder. You need a level, solid surface, a 20 ton bottle jack, and plenty of heavy blocking. Securely jack up one side of the tractor. Use the tool that looks like two horseshoes connected at the U-end by long bolts to break the wedgelocks loose. Without the tool, don't even bother trying because you'll never get both wedges to come loose. Once the wedgelocks pop free, rotate the wheel so the keyway is up and the wedgelock is on the bottom. Remove the wedgelock from the wheel. Now, you can gently lower the tractor a little so the axle comes away from the wheel just a smidge. Tip the wheel in the direction you want to go, then jack the tractor back up. Congratulations, you've just moved the wheel with no grunting, prying, wailing, gnashing of teeth, hernias, broken bones, pulled muscles, chains, bars, dirty tricks, death, or grease on the axle. Repeat the process of lowering, tipping, raising until the wheel is where you want it. The more you lower the tractor, the further you can move it per cycle.
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