MIClassicGirl Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Anyone have a good trick to get a stuck wooden spoke wheel off of a victory six? Of course, the last one to be taken off doesn't want to come loose. Is there a puller that someone has made? Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated! My husband is heating & cooling the metal right now & I'm afraid he'll burn the wood! :eek: We've also tried pounding the metal from both sides & have unhooked the brake lines. We also tried using the tightening bolts on the back side to loosen up the brake pads with no luck. HELP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 You will need the correct size puller that looks similar to this...Model T TT Truck excellent rear hub and wheel puller "Z" tool Ford script | eBayIt has to match your thread size in order to work. There is another post/thread about this with someone's homemade puller somewhere here on the Dodge forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27dodger0 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 There is a guy who advertizes in our GEAA car club flyer. He lives in Bayard, NE. and can and will make any puller. You can call at: 308-586-1930, or go to his web site: gmcmurtry@embarqmail.com. I have no experience with him, but appears to be a straight shooter. Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB-ed Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 You can try jacking up the car on the opposite side, putting the whole weight of the car on the stuck wheel. Put the axle nut back on, backwards so as not to damage it and also to protect the axle threads. Then hit the nut with a sledge hammer several tiomes and see if that works. Otherwise, the puller is an excellent option. You can use it so long as you own and work on that car. You still may need to smack the puller with the sledge hammer, and also may need to jack up the car as above. This sledge hammer trick works because there is always some end play in the axle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I did have George (the guy in Nebraska) make me a puller for my '25. It was reasonably priced and well made. I give him a thumbs up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Anselmo Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The Durant page has a good series on wheel pullers. I built the one for my Fast Four with the info they had. Just went to the local goodwill and found an old grease gun.... Here is the link:http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/...uller-data.htmGood Luck!<!-- google_ad_section_end --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 JB - we did try the axle nut on backwards and hammered on it.... but didn't put the whole weight of the car on that wheel. No luck with that though. My husband has also tried heating & cooling which is what he would do with modern wheels.....again, with no luck. Even tried adding perafin wax on the axle after it was heated. Said he read in Popular Mechanics that was another trick to try. I'll let him know tonight to try putting the weight of the car on the wheel & then hammer on the axle and see what that does.Mike - thanks for the thumbs up. Good to know someone else has gotten one from him & liked it. We may have to resort to that! Thanks guys for all your input and suggestions. If we happen to get the darn thing off, I'll let you know what we ended up doing in case someone else needs another tip! ShannonOh and a quick update......almost ready to pull the body off the chassis!! Just need to get enough people over to lift it & some place to store it! Making progress!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rbardin Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Shannon I could ship my hub puller to you that I used to remove the wood wheels from my Victory 6. It has the proper size threads for the Dodge hubs. It is the best way to remove the wheels and not damage the car. If all else fails drop me note and I will send it to you but it will need to be returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwollam Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Just for general info, the Victory Six & Standard Six use the same puller, the DA is different, and the 4cyl cars are a different puller still! Guess they didn't want anbody swaping hub caps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Thanks for the head's up on that Dave!rbardin - I greatly appreciate the offer! Already got one coming as a loaner! Thank you! If the one being sent to me doesn't work, I'll let you know! It's being a bugger of a wheel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwollam Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I have been amazed more than once when I have tried loosening the nut and driving in a circle, reversing the nut and hammering on, etc., then I finally put a puller on it that threads on the hubcap threads and then while screwing the center bolt in on the puller (with my fingers) that the darn wheel comes right off without even putting a wrench too it! Right tool for the job I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Dave, my husband talked of doing that, but we didn't try getting the car running because it hadn't been driving in over 20 years! He would have done that same thing! I was afraid if he tried starting the car, we would possibly ruin something internally in the motor. We're kinda of wishing now we should have tried, but oh well! Waiting for the loaner puller and see what happens! Who knows, we may go get a 4wheeler from the shop to tow it around & see if that works!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Ok guys.....the puller is not working This wheel is STUCK!! My husband is afraid to tighten the bolt too much cause he doesn't want to break anything or ruin the puller we that was loaned to us. How far can you take one of them? Any other ideas? Shannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Just when you thought you tightened it enough.....you didn't. Those wheels are known to be tough to remove. Just be certain you do not stand in front of it when it lets go. They can really fly off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 ok, I'll let my husband know. This thing just does not want to come off! We can't believe how much of a bugger it is being! Thanks John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 YEAH!!!! I just went to the garage to tell my husband what you posted, John and low & behold.....the wheel is off! And without breaking anything! I don't think that wheel has been off of that car in over 50 years! Thanks for all the ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Do you have an instruction book for that car? Do the brake adjusting cams move at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIClassicGirl Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 The adjusting bolts do move & they really didn't make any difference when we started trying to remove the wheel. But now that it is off, it's on to more deconstruction! We are this close |<_>| to removing the body off of the frame! I'm so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Cool! Thanks for updating us. We get excited about that stuff, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1936 D2 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Please post photos as you go! (We like those too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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