[C38] Ease of wheel removal - in our case

Steven Ribble steve.ribble at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 08:16:45 EDT 2011


Marcy, as long as you keep the nut tight it should be fine...mine is the
same way and would definitely be a time advantage in an emergency.
On Jul 8, 2011 11:09 AM, "Marci Brown" <mb at seafor.us> wrote:
> Our wheel fits on the shaft snugly, but because it was nicely lubricated
by
> the previous owner - it comes off easily when necessary. I did it back in
> May when I was working on our autohelm. Is this normal?
>
> Marci J. Brown
> PO Box 520549, Winthrop, MA 02152 USA
> Ph: 757-502-7422 | Email: mb at seafor.us
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tdtron at earthlink.net [mailto:tdtron at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:29 PM
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve
> Subject: Re: [C38] Solvent for removing wheel
>
> Hello Pierre and forum,
>
> The first time I pulled my wheel, I had not planned on pulling the wheel
so
> I didn't have my puller set with me and I had to improvise. I have a full
> set of technician tools but they were 500 miles away but we managed to get
> the wheel off anyway.
>
> After spraying the shaft with PB Blaster for a day, I made an improvised
> puller by making use of the spokes of the wheel by strapping pieces of
steel
> flat bar across the shaft and nut with the nut slightly loosened.
> Leaving the nut on helps protect the threads and helps steady the steel
flat
> bar.
>
> I used many hose clamps around the spokes and steel flat bars to pressure
> the pieces of steels against the shaft and nut at the center of the wheel.
>
> I layered several of these Rube Goldberg pullers until I felt I had as
much
> pressure as my rig would muster.
>
> I then hit the center of the mess right over the shaft and nut with a ball
> peen hammer. The vibration impact of the hammer loosened the wheel so that
> I could continue tightening the hose clamps until the wheel was off.
>
> If you have access to a gear puller, the work would be much more simple
but
> as I stated, that option was out for me and since I have ever size and
shape
> of puller already, I really didn't feel very much like buying another one.
>
> After the wheel was off, I cleaned the shaft and hub and coated the shaft
> with marine trailer bearing grease. I have removed the wheel several times
> since and each time the wheel has come off easily once the nut was
removed.
>
> I think Catalina must have installed our wheels dry with no oil or grease
> and after a few years of corrosion, they get pretty well welded onto the
> shaft.
>
> Tom Troncalli
>
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Pierre Patino <pierre.patino at gmail.com>
>> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
>> Date: 7/7/2011 2:40:30 PM
>> Subject: [C38] Solvent for removing wheel
>>
>> Hello All
>>
>> Can anyone recommend the best solvent for disengaging the wheel (from
>> the binnacle) ? I removed the nut but I couldn't pull the wheel off
>> and I used a hammer to try to tap it out but I gave up.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your time.
>>
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