Thread: winter rims messed up the ebrake assembly?
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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 10:28 AM
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Default Re: winter rims messed up the ebrake assembly?
Originally Posted by Padgett
I've had both and since do not lift weights find studs much more convenient when changing tires. Can just remove all nuts, set wrench aside, and lift tire off with both hands. Know a hub-centric wheel should just hang on the hub but they don't.
You have to lift the wheel onto studs as well as lifting onto the locating diameter of bolted wheels.

My method to install wheels is simple. When you have taken a wheel off you always find that the axle has dropped, I roll the wheel up to the axle and lift the wheel and push the lower part of the wheel under the axle. Holding the wheel at this angle I turn the jack with the other hand until I see that the locating diameters of the wheel and axle are in line. I then push the wheel in at the top. With a little dexterity the wheel will locate on the hub diameter. Holding the wheel in at the top with one hand and at the bottom with the other I turn the wheel until the holes line up and screw in a bolt. Obviously spinning the wheel on the front hub causes the hub to turn but it always slips a little so you get it to line up pretty quickly.

This explanation took longer than putting a wheel on. I find bolts easier to use than studs.
 
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