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Customizing Tips & Tricks; Submit Or Request A Trick Of The Trade!
Topic Started: Dec 3 2006, 12:21 PM (19,406 Views)
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^^^ I made a set of these after you posted this tip before, this is seriously a great tool for removing wheels especially the larger diameter or more delicate wheels. Great Tip!
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Feb 12 2017, 09:20 AM
Once again, with a little more explanation how to get those press on wheels off without breaking:

A great tip for removing and swapping pull off wheels:
I have broken a few wheels by trying to pull them off with my fingers. I took two screw drivers and cut slots in the ends of both:


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Use the larger one to pry between the chassis and back of the wheel. It will fit completely over the hub on the back of the wheel to pry out enough to get the smaller one between the chassis and over the axle :

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Use the smaller one to fit over the axle and pry all the way off. You may have to pull a little on some wheels. This cuts down big time on broken wheels!!!

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Hi Steve. Can I commission you to make a set of these for me?
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Also related, cut a sideways notch in a thin flat bladed screwdriver for wheel straightening. Slide it in and then rotate so you're perpendicular to the base. Put your thumb on the face of the wheel and then you can tweak them a little at a time until they're straighter. Make small adjustments at a time and check the roll each time until you get the hang of it.

Pick up cheap but decent quality metal screwdrivers from the table tools at flea markets or possibly pawn shops and cut a notch with a Dremel cutting wheel as opposed to trying to do so with a saw. Actually now I'm posting this, I think I'll pick up some more next trip and make a bunch if people are interested for a couple of bucks each.

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This is more for junkyard cars, but if you want to make the car look like it has smashed its fender into a tree or pole, place the car on one side in a vice or clamp, and choose which fender you want damaged. Now, hold the shank of a good size screwdriver on the middle of the fender and give it a few good hard whacks with a hammer. this will produce a dent in the fender similar to what a tree or pole would do to a real car fender
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