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Front wheels came off easy-peasy but.......the rears are still on the car,I'm estimating 30 years.. pb.. hammer -screw drivers..blue words..no Baptist Minister for help..Anyone have a solution?

Are you removing the wheels or rims/tires? Some rims are not 100% round and can be a challenge to remove from the wheel. If wheels, are they metal disc or wood spoke? Wood spoke wheels have to be removed as an assembly with brake drum attached.

You will need a wheel puller. The best and easiest one, if you can buy or borrow one, is the type which screws onto the hub cap threads, and has a bolt in the other end which, when screwed in, pushes on the end of he axle and pulls the wheel off the axle taper. These are easily made if you have acess to a lathe. The thread on the hub is 2 3/8 inches diameter by 16 threads per inch. Several other makes of cars other than Chev, for example at least some 20s Chrysler products, also used the same pullers.

If the hub threads are damaged so the puller will not screw on, with disk wheels you still have the option of making a simple wheel puller which screws onto two opposite wheel hub bolts. The thread on these is 7/16 SAE, but the modern equivalent, 7/16 UNF will fit. These are simple with no really critical dimensions. If you are interested in making one, PM me with your e-mail address and I will send you photos of both types with a short description of each - sorry, no proper engineering drawings, but none really needed.

Frank.

As stated, the rims are disc rims.. can,t loosen the retainer disc off lug bolts..the wheel puller will work if I can get that deep. Bill

Thanks for the replies and pm s I think I'm on the right track. Bill

Squirt the studs and edge of the retainer with PB Blaster several times over several hours or a day or two. Take a board or brass drift against the retainer midway between the wheel studs. Whack the board or drift with a large hammer. It likely will take a bunch of whacks as you work around the wheel. What you are trying to do is get the retainer to move just the slightest amount. Once you get any movement then you can begin to wiggle it off.

If the above suggestions do not work, try the Rube Goldberg approach...

;-) Dean