1968 Case 580CK
Senior Member
I am trying to remove both front wheel spindles from my 1968 580CK, and as the pics show below, I am having one heck of a time trying to get one of them off:
This is one of the spindles that came off pretty easy:
Here is a pic of the stuck one. I have tried placing blocks of wood on top of the spindle king nut and wamming the heck out of it with a 16Lb sledge hammer ..but it only splits open the wood blocks. I tried putting the blocks on the lower part of the "L" shaped spindle and wacking the heck out of it with the sledge hammer......no luck, except for making kindling out of the blocks.
I have been soaking the sucker with PB McBlaster for about a week, and spraying more every day......but PB is getting frustrated.
Today I tried a new method......I raised the loader bucket up off the ground, and then used a floor jack to jack up on the steering arm (which is the part that needs to come up and off). So, I estimate that I have a good 2000 lbs of weight pushing up on the steering arm. With this pressure, I again tried the sledge hammer against the King Nut, and busted another piece of 2x4, and no indication that the steering arm wants to move.
You cant really see it in the pic, but there is about 1/4" gap between the cynder block and tractor frame, and also the hydraulic jack and the frame......so all the weight was over pushing up on the steering arm.
I guess the only thing left is to get a torch and heat the steering arm and bang the crap out of it again. Any other wise ideas from the experts????
Thanks.....Im running out of blocks to smash my sledge hammer into.
This is one of the spindles that came off pretty easy:
Here is a pic of the stuck one. I have tried placing blocks of wood on top of the spindle king nut and wamming the heck out of it with a 16Lb sledge hammer ..but it only splits open the wood blocks. I tried putting the blocks on the lower part of the "L" shaped spindle and wacking the heck out of it with the sledge hammer......no luck, except for making kindling out of the blocks.
I have been soaking the sucker with PB McBlaster for about a week, and spraying more every day......but PB is getting frustrated.
Today I tried a new method......I raised the loader bucket up off the ground, and then used a floor jack to jack up on the steering arm (which is the part that needs to come up and off). So, I estimate that I have a good 2000 lbs of weight pushing up on the steering arm. With this pressure, I again tried the sledge hammer against the King Nut, and busted another piece of 2x4, and no indication that the steering arm wants to move.
You cant really see it in the pic, but there is about 1/4" gap between the cynder block and tractor frame, and also the hydraulic jack and the frame......so all the weight was over pushing up on the steering arm.
I guess the only thing left is to get a torch and heat the steering arm and bang the crap out of it again. Any other wise ideas from the experts????
Thanks.....Im running out of blocks to smash my sledge hammer into.