Reply To: Allen scythe removing the wheels

[rowan-bradley]

I am still struggling to remove the wheels on this machine. Mine does not seem to have hex grub screws in the hubs. I think I can see the surface of the axle at the bottom of the hole. So either I removed these screws in some previous attempt (and forgot doing it), or it never had them when I got the mower. Does anyone know what the thread of these screws is? If so I can try to replace them.

I have tried hammering a steel wedge into the gap between the gib key head and the hub, but the key has shown absolutely no sign of moving. This seems to me a pretty drastic treatment, and if this did not move the key, I’m not sure that a puller would do any better.

Can anyone suggest a more effective way of getting these keys out? If I can’t shift them, then the mower is basically scrap metal 🙁

Thank you – Rowan