wheel caddy

[harryc]

has any one made a wheel caddy to assist us old geysers with limited strength in placing a wheel on the studs?

 

[Keith True]

Northern tool has them.I've had one for over 35 years.I did a lot of truck work,and they make it easy to mount truck tires.I still use it for car and truck tires if I'm working on the ground and not on the lift.

 

[Bruce of MN]

It's a two man job, but I helped a guy change a van wheel by having him lower the jack very slowly until the studs lined up with the wheel holes. I had to clock the holes pretty accurately, but I was lucky and it worked out fine. He was older than me and I had lifting restrictions from the doc then. Not really practical for routine use, though. The Northern Tool wheel jack looks pretty good.

 

[Bob Bidonde]

I am 83 and I install a wheel by lowering the car to just the right height to slide the wheel onto the axle. Get the lug nuts started & jack up the car so the wheel clears the ground. I use a battery powered impact wrench to tighten the lugs to 50 lbs-Ft in a star pattern. Go do it young man!

 

[ModelA29]

Give me a lever and I'll move the world.......
Under $60 on fleabay delivered.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/236760444682?_skw=Tire+Jack+Tire+Lifting+Tool+Lift+Tool&epid=6029796266&itmmeta=01KVNR7MWQ8GX4SQ5JY79B6MDC&hash=item372005af0a:gw0AAOSwZBRn7axd&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCvtkEJRVfTkfWkAaaa2syyttDqWmv1S1JAFhy5MGRFyIxwy%2BZie4xZdJKMXlgBoRCLPtZW8VLeHsrrUYQIlU5jICEHSnBb3zSgl4RVqUJvvAYgh0UhWEDK5pkHFHZuUbLkqT6VbDi1me5UD5wLVhE2Yf75nXcEIS4RxyZeFqz7i3e4N6Kf8Mj5st%2FCNVecLGRlcI1JcQ25rdAN2tPILTRFtGP16kRxlZLLcAo%2B03Hvdier7Wx%2FvBS0c1wZMD6o0qiXUpkzLJwSQX%2BeHxCwVGH8OZnDsbgjyrzuWqMuqWxXpn%2BuJ0dilTVuYGxnSPfIfM0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9LOnrjdZw


a different type - that allows you to rotate tire


https://www.ebay.com/itm/3970170279...eZYSc1v/AFyXGmPjc9B0CqVGfw|tkp:Bk9SR_jJ37fdZw

 

[Big hammer]

Locking the hub with a lug at the top will help align the original wheels, use your feet to raise the wheel as you sit on a milk crate . Lower the car to the height need to match your wheel seams harder than jacking the car up to the wheel height needed . V-8 wheels are harder to see the lug holes in the wheel, along the side of the road on a dark cold rainy night is the pits ! Call triple a !

 

[jeepguy1948]

I like that tool I’m going to have to get one of those. Thanks for sharing

 

[jeepguy1948]

Can you share a link to that tool? I can’t figure out what to use for the search.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

Then there are the "Wheel Buddies" that I shared on another thread. Line up the two buddies with two holes and slide the wheel on. These are no longer made but I have seen similar on Amazon.

 

[Fullraceflathead]

That lever tool is very convenient and handy in those dimensions make it very simple to replicate!!!

 

[Jim Brierley]

i just use a bar, about 2' long, puts the wheel on easily, and no more tool to buy or keep track. I'm 89 years old but don't feel a day over 99.

 

[old31]

Ya but at 89, you still need a reason to just buy one more tool!