Trailer wheels are locked up
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Michael H, Nov 15, 2016.
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If nothing works, you could pull the wheels and beat on the drums with a sledge. Just be prepared to buy new drums. I've split 1 in half doing that lol.
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I had a truck with the "lubed for life" s-cam tubes...and they liked to stick. I pulled the pins on clevis, released the brakes (it was on jack-stands) and tried to move the slacks and s-cams...it took a big pipe wrench. An hour later I was back from the dealer with new s-cams, bushings and the proper size bit to remove the threaded plug on the cam tube for the new grease zerks. The cams were rusty...and I drove this truck, it wasn't parked.
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Well, you're not supposed to KILL it.
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I pulled a nasty old steel body dump once that had that issue. The emergency line went on the right side.
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Why is it a bad idea? It works better than half the time. I also do it to pull big rocks stuck between the duals.
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Jerking on anything with two trucks just seems like a bad idea.Roger McG, Highway Sailor, TripleSix and 2 others Thank this.
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You run the chain through a slot in the wheel to pull rocks, instead of just wrapping the chain around the rock?
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LOL... No, I put one end of the chain around the rock, the other end of the chain to the frame of the truck and roll till the chain is tight then the rock pops out.
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Ah, ok. I guess that beats using a crow bar.
...Or worse, a jackhammer.PeteyFixAll, johndeere4020, Guntoter and 1 other person Thank this.
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