How to replace a wheel

MissMoppet · 27th May 2024, 10:25

I freely acknowledge this will probably be the silliest post on the entire Forum, but it has taken me 70 years to find the best way to replace a wheel, so have a read, have a scoff if you will - yes I know you will - but hey give it a try.

No doubt all of you have equipped yourself with a screw in peg (arrow B) which does help, but you still have to juggle with lining up the bolt hole with the end of the peg, which when you're as ancient as me nursing a tender back doesn't get any easier.

So my cunning plan is to insert a forefinger - others should be available (arrow A) - so when you lift the wheel you can feel when you're lined up with the end of the peg, so slide in. And breathe out. (Now you can have a laugh).

KWIL · 27th May 2024, 10:48

So what do you say when having used your finger to line up with the hole but then drop the wheel because it is so heavy, but still with your finger engaged?

Naughty word of choice?

daveo138 · 27th May 2024, 10:53

I still don’t have an alignment peg.

Must add it to the list.

wraymond · 27th May 2024, 10:54

A word of caution Dave, please do not poke a finger, or any other body part, into a wheel. I'd rather not go into exactly why, just don't. A suitable wooden dowel will serve as a much better and safer 'tool' than a pinky.

MissMoppet · 27th May 2024, 12:05

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Originally Posted by wraymond

A word of caution Dave, please do not poke a finger, or any other body part, into a wheel. I'd rather not go into exactly why, just don't. A suitable wooden dowel will serve as a much better and safer 'tool' than a pinky.

What body part did you have in mind, specifically?

wraymond · 27th May 2024, 12:38

I'd rather not go into, er, intimate, details. Suffice it to say such a catastrophe is, at best, unsightly.

grivas · 27th May 2024, 15:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissMoppet

I freely acknowledge this will probably be the silliest post on the entire Forum, but it has taken me 70 years to find the best way to replace a wheel, so have a read, have a scoff if you will - yes I know you will - but hey give it a try.

No doubt all of you have equipped yourself with a screw in peg (arrow B) which does help, but you still have to juggle with lining up the bolt hole with the end of the peg, which when you're as ancient as me nursing a tender back doesn't get any easier.

So my cunning plan is to insert a forefinger - others should be available (arrow A) - so when you lift the wheel you can feel when you're lined up with the end of the peg, so slide in. And breathe out. (Now you can have a laugh).

Absolutely not, fingers are precious sensitive and rather essential part of the human anatomy, so please don't insert them in places likely to cause shall we say 'problems' and pain, simply orient the wheel in the approximate position of the studs and taking your time offer it up, if it doesn't work the first time take a rest for a few moments and try again, this way fingers remain where they are ment to be. At the risk of sounding rude, I am only thinking of your health and well being.

T-Cut · 28th May 2024, 08:46

About fifty years ago, I had an Austin Mini Cooper with a wood rimmed steering wheel I'd bought through Exchange & Mart.. That wheel, coincidentally, put me into Bow Street Magistrate's Court as a prosecution witness in a large burglary case - - but I digress. I was driving the Cooper home from work with my mate in the passenger seat . On the way, I stopped at a shop for something and when I returned to the car, my mate had his middle finger stuck through one of the holes in the steering wheel spoke! Try as he might, it was stuck fast. Luckily, I always carried a tool box in the boot, so half an hour later, we'd managed to get the wheel off the splines so he could get out of the car, steering wheel still firmly attached to him. Luckily, hed could hold the wheel as if he was carrying it, so he didn't look as stupid as he felt as we walked into a nearby garage. Using hot and cold water and lots of Swarfega, the finger was finally free. As they say, it could have been worse!

TC

Arctic · 28th May 2024, 08:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissMoppet

I freely acknowledge this will probably be the silliest post on the entire Forum, but it has taken me 70 years to find the best way to replace a wheel, so have a read, have a scoff if you will - yes I know you will - but hey give it a try.

No doubt all of you have equipped yourself with a screw in peg (arrow B) which does help, but you still have to juggle with lining up the bolt hole with the end of the peg, which when you're as ancient as me nursing a tender back doesn't get any easier.

So my cunning plan is to insert a forefinger - others should be available (arrow A) - so when you lift the wheel you can feel when you're lined up with the end of the peg, so slide in. And breathe out. (Now you can have a laugh).

Dave please don't use your finger has suggested a piece of wooden dowel is better, another tip is pop out the centre cap before fitting the wheel, this will help you line up to the pin on the hub

Another couple of ideas for you, maybe a plant pot caddy which the wheel will sit in so you can move it about for alignment and height.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145670409169

Or there is this set which could help.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404276783991

roverbarmy · 28th May 2024, 09:46

Sealey AK7500. Best thing that I have bought in years. Brake on, in gear or have someone hold the brake to stop the hub spinning for best results but I have managed with device at the top and a careful slide. Video on YouTube if you search for AK 7500
https://youtu.be/TnA4JeW4Ges?feature=shared

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27th May 2024, 10:54	#4
wraymond This is my second home 75 Auto 2.5 SE Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Westcliff on Sea Posts: 5,213 Thanks: 423 Thanked 1,680 Times in 1,014 Posts	A word of caution Dave, please do not poke a finger, or any other body part, into a wheel. I'd rather not go into exactly why, just don't. A suitable wooden dowel will serve as a much better and safer 'tool' than a pinky. __________________ member no. 235

27th May 2024, 12:38	#6
wraymond This is my second home 75 Auto 2.5 SE Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Westcliff on Sea Posts: 5,213 Thanks: 423 Thanked 1,680 Times in 1,014 Posts	I'd rather not go into, er, intimate, details. Suffice it to say such a catastrophe is, at best, unsightly. __________________ member no. 235

28th May 2024, 09:46	#10
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,061 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	Sealey AK7500. Best thing that I have bought in years. Brake on, in gear or have someone hold the brake to stop the hub spinning for best results but I have managed with device at the top and a careful slide. Video on YouTube if you search for AK 7500 https://youtu.be/TnA4JeW4Ges?feature=shared Sent from my SM-A127F using Tapatalk __________________ Oil in my veins! Last edited by roverbarmy; 28th May 2024 at 09:50..

27th May 2024, 10:48	#2
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,960 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	So what do you say when having used your finger to line up with the hole but then drop the wheel because it is so heavy, but still with your finger engaged? Naughty word of choice?

27th May 2024, 10:53	#3
daveo138 Gets stuck in Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Chesterfield Posts: 717 Thanks: 206 Thanked 69 Times in 53 Posts	I still don’t have an alignment peg. Must add it to the list.

28th May 2024, 08:46	#8
T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,754 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	About fifty years ago, I had an Austin Mini Cooper with a wood rimmed steering wheel I'd bought through Exchange & Mart.. That wheel, coincidentally, put me into Bow Street Magistrate's Court as a prosecution witness in a large burglary case - - but I digress. I was driving the Cooper home from work with my mate in the passenger seat . On the way, I stopped at a shop for something and when I returned to the car, my mate had his middle finger stuck through one of the holes in the steering wheel spoke! Try as he might, it was stuck fast. Luckily, I always carried a tool box in the boot, so half an hour later, we'd managed to get the wheel off the splines so he could get out of the car, steering wheel still firmly attached to him. Luckily, hed could hold the wheel as if he was carrying it, so he didn't look as stupid as he felt as we walked into a nearby garage. Using hot and cold water and lots of Swarfega, the finger was finally free. As they say, it could have been worse! TC