Re: Help! How do I get rear wheel off

[Schuyler Wrobel <sky62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've never tried this, but I heard you can quickly remove the nut by  
freezing it,
like with liquid nitrogen, or turning one of those compressed air  
cans upside down
and shooting the frosty vapor that comes out on the nut.  then  
whacking it with a hammer
it should break off? may be just hear say though?

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On Feb 12, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Herb wrote:

> Their is always the fire wrench.  I get the stud hot and blow the  
> stud out
> of the center of the lug nut just before the bottom.  Then when  
> it's still
> hot using a socket and long extension break it off or knock it out  
> with a
> punch, that way you wont hurt the wheel.  Or pull the hub off the  
> axle with
> the drum and burn the back of the studs off.  That said, the drums,  
> I once
> had a drum & axle I could not get off and for a last ditch effort I  
> loosened
> the axle nut a couple of turns with the wheels & tires on and took  
> it out in
> the parking lot and did figure 8s heard both hubs pop pulled in and  
> pulled
> drums & hubs.  Be Very Carful doing this and DO NOT remove the axle  
> nut just
> back it off 1/4 inch at the most and have an observer to keep an  
> eye on them
>   Use antiseize on the splines when reinstalling the hubs for the next
> time!!.
>
> Herb
> St. Louis, MO.
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: laborboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 2/12/2009 8:46:32 AM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Help! How do I get rear wheel off
>
> Not only do I have the infamous tapered rear axle spline in my 1964
> Dodge Polara, I also have rear wheel studs that rotate when you try to
> take the nuts off! I am dying for ideas here on how to remove the  
> wheel
> and brake drum at the same time off these crazy tapered axle. Any and
> all suggestions will be very much appreciated! Zack
>
>
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