on 3/26/04 12:03 PM, Charles & Peggy Robinson at
ccrobins@ktc.com wrote:
> Could happen, I guess. In my case, while the wheel is stuck on the
> hub, there is some play when I wiggle it whith the nut off.
> The splines
> must be flattened, in part. In any event, the wheel won't
> slide off.
I had a similar problem with a rear wheel on my 68 MGB. I was driving with a
friend back from Palm Springs. While traversing the Grapevine going up I-5
(or, as Californians say for some inexplicable reason, "The Five") the left
rear wheel spun while braking. Try as we might, we could not get that wheel
off, and on a Sunday afternoon in the middle of nowhere in 1978 no garages
were open. So I put the knockoff on good and tight and we managed to drive
all the way back to Tacoma without using the brakes above 10 MPH the whole
way. I think I finally used a gear puller to get the wheel off. I didn't
really care of I damaged it or the hub in the process since both obviously
needed to be replaced. As I recall, I stuck a socket over the wheel bearing
retaining nut to give the gear puller something to push against.
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