Rear wheel adjustments

UncleCarl

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Hey quick question. I know you guys will know this. My manual says to loosen the middle and outer two bolts, screw in the two pusher bolts until they meet the line, etc. But why would you not loosen the three other bolts holding the wedge in from the back? Will it hurt to loosen them? Does it matter? Thanks.
 
The other half can not move as it has the gear in it that moves the center on the axle. Maybe I should say it has a hole in it for the gear. A trick that we use is to tighten the two pusher bolts then take a big sledge hammer and hit the end of the axle as hard as you can several times then tighten the pusher bolts. Not had one yet we could not get but have had to beat long and hard on them. Tom
 
you are on the right track loosen the 3 inter bolts that hub will slide out about about 1/2 // from the wheel center. thats the way Deere said to do it
 
I have been using your method for almost 40 years and there aren't many I haven't moved quite easily. Instead of a sledge hammer I use a steel shaft for a battering ram that is about 4" in diameter and 40" long to strike the end of the axle. The shaft delivers a heavier blow than the sledge, it doesn't beat up the end of the axle, and it's easier to aim. An old axle shaft to a 4020 would work real well. What I have was a torsion bar out of the undercarriage of a case dozer.
 
Ok thanks. So from what you are saying it doesn't hurt anything to go ahead and loosen the three on the wedge on the inside?
 
When at home with Dad and plenty of help we would put a four ft piece of pipe over the axle and we had a eight ft piece of a cultipacker shaft that we would use like a slide hammer. Took two people but you could pound. Had a 4010 once that we could not get so we finally drove on the three big bolts and broke the ears off the wedge. Took that one out with a torch. It was the only one I ever encountered that we could not get and we have done way over a hundred of them. Tom
 
I get the real tight ones here that no one can get loose,,usually a few twisted off bolts too..I jack from the hitch A-frame against the inside of the casting,,smack the end of the axle with a sledge and it's loose,,of course I left out some of the "getting ready" stuff...I clean and oil the wedges..
 
When you twist the head off the bolt and the long shank of the bolt is dairy farm rusted into the cast center, then it's a project.
 
Okay, thanks Tom. I used the sledge hammer on the axle trick like to related and got it loose after about 3-4 whacks. But....it's all been sitting in break free for a couple weeks. But I finally got it loose! Now for the other one.....ugh
 
I have drilled them out before,,I have a good Milwaukee drill, and I arrange a ratchet strap through the wheel and tighten the strap over the back of the drill..as I hang onto the drill,,it can get a bit 'Dicey',,and the drill gets hotter than a 2 dollar pistol in a gun fight,,but it makes things happen...
 

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