-6 main wheel installation issue

[jscurlock]

I’m having difficulty getting my wheels/tires onto the axles. I’ve just replaced the engine mount/landing gear assembly so I have (of course) new axles. (The original engine mount cracked beyond repair). The inner bearing of the wheel hangs up on the axle as soon as it gets past the threaded part of the end of the axle. Its probably twenty five+ years since I installed wheels originally when I built it, and I seem to remember the same issue way back then, but I can’t remember how I resolved it. The inner bushing that sits on the face of the bearing fits the axle just fine. Do I need to polish the axle? Super fine sandpaper until the wheel slides onto the axle? And yes I did grease the axle liberally. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Sam Buchanan]

Some quality time with a strip of emery cloth.

 

[jscurlock]

Some quality time with a strip of emery cloth.

Thanks Sam! I suspected as much. I’m pretty sure that’s what I did, probably back in the 90s, now that you mentioned it

 

[Sam Buchanan]

Thanks Sam! I suspected as much. I’m pretty sure that’s what I did, probably back in the 90s, now that you mentioned it

I had forgotten about that little task back in 1998 but your thread jogged my memory.

 

[Dougnabbit]

I had forgotten about that little task back in 1998 but your thread jogged my memory.

Sam, thank you for all your efforts in the Van’s RV community.

 

[jscurlock]

I had forgotten about that little task back in 1998 but your thread jogged my memory.

That did the trick. It took about a half hours worth of elbow grease. The pax side slipped right on, no problems.