The previous owner broke the wedge on the dual, trying to remove the wheel for shipping, and the other side of the wedge is stripped out.
I tried to put a "spacer" between the only wedge remaining bolt and the inner wheel, then loosen the screw: No success.
Finally, I drilled and tapped the other wedge. It is hard material on the surface, not hard to drill, but I could only tap 5/8 after I drilled to 9/16. 17/32 did not work. Maybe 35/64 would have worked, but I did not have that tap.
Only 2 bolts and even one would have probably work. It come out very easily. To the point that I am thinking to drill and tap my wedges before butting them back on, as a preventive measure, in case I broke a jack bolt.
Of course, if the wedge is not broken, you cannot get it out because of the pinion, but you can for sure get it loose, and then, the other one can come off.
It was dark when I finished.
I tried to put a "spacer" between the only wedge remaining bolt and the inner wheel, then loosen the screw: No success.
Finally, I drilled and tapped the other wedge. It is hard material on the surface, not hard to drill, but I could only tap 5/8 after I drilled to 9/16. 17/32 did not work. Maybe 35/64 would have worked, but I did not have that tap.
Only 2 bolts and even one would have probably work. It come out very easily. To the point that I am thinking to drill and tap my wedges before butting them back on, as a preventive measure, in case I broke a jack bolt.
Of course, if the wedge is not broken, you cannot get it out because of the pinion, but you can for sure get it loose, and then, the other one can come off.
It was dark when I finished.