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Wheel weights and sledge hammers

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alan

04-18-2000 14:28:47




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I have removed the nuts from the rear wheel weights. I have pulled, wedged and hammered on the weights. They will not budge. I think that I might chain them up and yank on them with my truck. If anyone knows a trick to getting them off, please let me know. This is the last task before sand blasting the rear end! thank you!!!




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Dick Davis

04-20-2000 04:23:13




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 Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 14:28:47  
I don't have a solution for problems caused by years and years of maintenance neglect, but remember ladies and gentlemen, this is why we rescue these machines. As a preventive measure to avoid just such a difficult problem as stuck weights, I rotate my weights. Yes sir, on all of my H & M's, ( one has three sets!) I rotate the weights every 100 hours or every three months which ever occurs first. Sometimes I move the weights from one tractor to another but usually I just put the outer set on the inside and vice versa. Sometimes I remove the wheel/tire and reverse the whole thing but that seems unnecessary. The important thing is to keep things rust free and well lubricated. It also helps that I never take the tractors out in the dirt and mud because, you know, that is just so hard on the floors when you bring them back in. Just my thoughts, Martha

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marvin

04-19-2000 09:06:20




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 Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 14:28:47  
I had two or three people at Les Schwab working for four or five hours trying to get oneof my wheel weights off and were not successful. They were using impact wrenches, 10 lb hammers and 6 ft pry bars. I finally took the wheel and new tire home and sprayed more Kroil into the mounting holes. I finally mounted the tire onto the tractor and went out into the field to do some mowing. About an hour later I notice this big red thing laying in the field and figured out it was my wheel weight. Be mindful that this was a new field and it was like driving through a new plowed field. It worked for me.
Good luck and let us know how you got the wheel weight off.

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john d

04-19-2000 06:37:33




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 Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 14:28:47  
Try working on the bolts with a pnuematic hammer like you'd use to cut off an exhaust system. Put a chisel in it that has a blunt end, and let it hammer on the end of the bolt for a while. The rapid blows and resulting vibration will sometimes loosen things that won't budge with a sledge hammer. If you get a bolt out, put another bolt in the hole as a temporary means of keeping that weight off your feet!

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Paul Shuler

04-18-2000 16:08:26




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 Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 14:28:47  
This is how I got mine off after being on there 47 years.Sprayed lots of oil on them and after much labor got all the nuts off.I took a bolt of the same size and got on the inside of the wheel and placed the bolt with the head faceing out against the bolt going through the weight and wheel and with solid tapping from a claw hammer drove them right out. It screws up the threads a little but I would use new bolts anyway. Oh by the way when you drive out the last one you make sure that your foot,small childern or lap dogs that you want to save are out of the weights path cause when it comes loose its going where it darn well pleases.

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big fred

04-18-2000 19:58:48




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 Re: Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to Paul Shuler, 04-18-2000 16:08:26  
I bet it would help to park on a brand-new never been chipped or stained concrete floor. ;o)



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Pat

04-19-2000 06:08:15




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 Re: Re: Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to big fred, 04-18-2000 19:58:48  
That only works if:
A.) You want the weights to stay on.
B.) You're in someone else's shop.
C.) You want the floor to stay "pretty".



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Dale

04-18-2000 15:46:21




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 Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 14:28:47  
Had the same problem,tried the same things.Ended up with a wedge driven in by each bolt just enough to slip a long sawzall blade in and cut thru the bolt. Scared the wheel only mildly.



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Phil Auten

04-18-2000 14:45:37




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 Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 14:28:47  
Alan,
Tried a crowbar yet? the force from a lever can sometimes break things loose better than that of a hammer. Squirt the bolts with penetrating oil and let it sit for a day then apply the crowbar at several places around the weight. That should get it loose.

Phil



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alan

04-18-2000 15:09:21




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 Re: Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to Phil Auten, 04-18-2000 14:45:37  
Thanks Phil, but I forgot to mention that I tried a crowbar and wd40.



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Ludwig

04-18-2000 15:19:53




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 Re: Re: Re: wheel weights and sledge hammers in reply to alan, 04-18-2000 15:09:21  
Well theres you problem, go out and get a real penetrating oil like Kroil or something, even the NAPA penetrant is better than WD-40.
Keep the WD-40 around for starting fluid or one of the million other uses, but use a real penetrating oil.

Oh, for the wheel weight, maybe try tapping around the edge with a 5# hammer.



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