From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Fri Apr 07 2006 - 07:11:28 PDT
I saw a similar tool someplace also, but it had two casters on the ends
Dave
D O wrote:
of the forks - so you could lever up the tire and roll it out on the
casters. But the shovel thing works well enough for me - I've already
got a garage packed with tools that I don't use enough!
> I made a kind of 2 pronged fork that you can slide around a tire, then
> lift up on the handle to use leverage to remove/install/position a
> wheel. The handle is removable for storage. Same idea as the shovel
> trick, but maybe it is more stable. Then again, shovels are usually
> readily available.
>
> For hubs, I made a contraption that has a vee shaped saddle to support
> the hub, and the "vees" are slotted to allow you to bolt it down to the
> wheel lugs. This contraption fits on the base of one of those trans
> jack adapters that sets in the saddle of a floor jack, which has tilt
> adjustments built in. I made this for the deuce, as I was getting over
> a back injury when I was doing the repairs, but then realized that I
> could remove them by hand once I was healed. I did make it in mind of
> getting a 5 ton someday, although I didn't have one to validate on.
>
>
>
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