What do i need to change a wheel?

A 10-ton jack, 1 inch impact, and 33mm (I think) socket. You could do it with a breaker bar, but you'd need a 3-4 foot long cheater.

 

Depends...drive or steer??...Pilot or Budd??

If its a drive tire or on a trailer you can used an angled timber and drive the other axle up...it its high enough the one needing to be changed will be off the ground...

If its a drive you'll also need an extension or like said already a 1" impact...its built to where you can get it into the wheel. They are very tight and you'll need a good cheater to get them off.

you'll have to have a jack if its a steer tire. Also if its a bud wheel...two piece lug nut design you'll also need the square socket....unless you have or can get the one that has the square socket recessed down into the large nut socket.

Are you in a bind on the road or just trying to do this at home??

 

Yep 33mm, 32 mm are used in EU.

 

I think when we first got hub-piloted here, one of the manufacturers used eight stud hubs that used the 32mm. I remember having to find a different tire shop to get a tire changed because the first one couldn't find the right socket as they rarely used it.

 

You don't need a 1" socket. Been doing my own tires 'round here for years with just a 3/4" drive impact. Hell, there are even 1/2" guns with enough torque to change a truck tire. I've also got a 40" breaker bar, with which I can break even the most stubborn lug nut loose (even if my 3/4" gun won't budge it). If I'm home, I use a 3-1/2 ton floor jack to lift whatever tires I'm trying to work on if I'm empty, and a 20 ton bottle jack if I'm not.

If you've got stud piloted wheels, you'll need a 13/16 square drive for the inner nuts, and a 6 pt. 1-1/2" socket for the outer nuts. If all you're doing is an outside tire, you don't even need a jack...just roll the inside tire up onto a 2x4 and pull the outside wheel off. Keep in mind that one side of the truck will be righty tighty lefty loosy...and the other side of the truck will be lefty tighty righty loosy.....so look at the threads to see which way you need to turn 'em to get 'em loose.

For hub piloted wheels, either 1-5/16" or 33mm should work to get 'em off, but you'll have to jack up the tires since the same 10 nuts hold both wheels on.

 

As I can see all new rims are hub piloted now with ten lugs)))

 

Yes, the eight's were rare even then... I don't think they made it to the 2nd generation. Most likely an acceptance issue, as they worked just as well.

 

What do you need to change another wheel? Another wheel!

Seriously, is the wheel ready to change? Is it prepared for the hardship change brings? Does it realize the reason behind the change? Frankly, is the wheel willing to commit to the change?

All joking aside, everyone above me has provided all the information you need to change the wheel. That's why I felt a little humor would be fun.

And Aftershock hasn't weighed in yet.

 

I'm not the old trucker. I'm 34 now, so old rigs with inner tube tires are exotics for me