I feel like such an idiot!! After reading about how using the stock tapered lugs on after market wheels will cause the wheels to be stuck I went out and tried to take my back tires off. Of course they are stuck!!! I don't need to take them off for any reason (which is good) however, I don't like knowing that there is a problem with my bike. Now for the questions:

- How can I possible get the wheels off ( rear only) without causing any damage to the hubs? If I have to get new wheels than so be it.

- Will using a rubber mallet work?

Thanks for your help!

yup...thats about the only way to get them off now. you did have the nuts flipped around didnt you?

also, they dont have to be that tight. i never torque mine, but i bet i dont have more than 15-16 ft-lbs on them. in over 21yrs of riding atv's(first one was a brand new '88 250r) i've never lost a wheel from the wheel nuts coming off.

Hey,

No, I did not turn the nuts around. Tapered side went into the wheels. I don't have to take them off but since I read about how you can't get them off and you destroy your wheels I am pissed. I guess I will just hammer them off if/when the time comes?

Thanks

There was a good tip on this subject in the latest issue of QUAD magazine.

Pull the hub and wheel off together and prop the wheel up a little ways off of the ground (just high enough that the hub can be pounded completely out before hitting the ground). Then take something like a 2x4 or anything else that won't destroy the studs, and then pound the hub/studs out of the wheel.

I have never had to do this, but it sounds like the best way to do it without destroying the wheel or studs.

Hope that helps.

Take the hub off and use a BFH with a block off wood. Make sure to beat it in an opposing manner (one side then across). It'll take some pounding but she'll come loose.

loosen the nuts and ride around in circles for a few minutes (try to get it on two wheels). Dont go too long or the holes will get reamed out too much.

That's just asking for trouble. It won't take much to mess the threads up. Take the hub and wheel off, and do like they said before with the block of wood.

when i did this, i just used a really big rubber hammer. set the bike on a milk crate,removed the lug nuts and just went to beating the sh!t out of it from the inside. it came off after some time.

Had this happen to me on a quad i bought used last year. I tried taking lugnuts off and hit wheel w/ mallet but didnt work. Ended up taking the hubs off the axle and smacked them out like described above w/ a block of wood and they came out fairly easy. 1 of them i had to smack 2 of the studs out first but then it came right off.

torches will do the job

It is risky and could end up making a bigger mess, but will work in a pinch and did for me.

I would definitely try the other suggestions here before I used my own suggestion again.