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Lifting the B for wheel repairs

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mace56

10-31-2005 16:22:22




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Going to pull the B in the house garage tonight. Displacing the wife's mini-van for a bit. My new garage has no lights yet, another work in progress.

Wondering how I am going to lift the wheel while I work. Even the B had lot of clearance. My drawbar is not here yet so I cannot use that to lift. Guess I will start stacking up 'cribbing' wood while I work and keep the jack in place. Any good tricks you guys can share are welcome.

We had a A-frame hoist on the farm for such chores but it was in a lean-to shed, no walls and only small 110V outlet. I rmember a 'splitting stand' that floated around the neighborhood for clutch work.

We never had air tools on the farm. I have since learned that impacts wrenches are great inventions!

Thought I may invest in a small engine hoist to roll around, would be good for handling rims and wheel weights. Those babies look heavy.

My largest home projects so far have been my wheel horse and a VW woods buggy. Not much lifting required on those.

I am somewhat familiar with heavy stuff. My first job out of college was working in coal mines on wheel loaders at 150 tons or so. But their tools are big too.

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cbp

10-31-2005 18:29:57




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 Re: Lifting the B for wheel repairs in reply to mace56, 10-31-2005 16:22:22  
Good heavy cribbing can't be beat. As far as where you can slip the floor jacks (or bottles too) in, the steel brackets for the plow/cultivator bar will work without damaging it. There's point of danger in there till it's on the cribbing so take caution. You probably know not to jack on the final's pans, they are just heave sheet stock. If the pans are off, it gives you a nice flat surface to put a 4x chunk across but depend on the direction of the wheels in or out, that may not be possible.

I also used a 3/8s chain sling and engine hoist to get it up where I could get the cribbing in and stable. One side at at a time. It sounds like you know about the tendency to "fall over" if you split or pull a final. The front end having a single pivot does tend to make that pretty dicey. You really have to keep your mind working to make sure you grab and support the right points. I made some wedges for the pivot point on a cub since it has the same problem. It worked fine when I pulled the final but they can slip out if you don't find a good way to lock them in place. I always toyed with the idea of making a heavy u-shaped collar that could slip in from one side and be bolted on the other so it was there and solid before pulling any rear end parts off.

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