So I picked up a free 1027 off of Craigslist. The guy "said" it ran 2 years ago but now it was taking up space and he wanted it gone. So I decided I would try to bring it back to life. I'm solidly between novice and intermediate when it comes to this stuff. So I'm going to be posting like crazy (as I hit one roadblock after the other) to try to get this thing running and cutting grass. I'm working the standard procedures now...check for oil, gas, crank it, try to get it to start, look for spark, etc. But today's question is...how do I remove the rear wheel? You can stop laughing now. The front wheel is flat and that came off as expected; the rear one is also flat and I foolishly thought that it was a simple matter of removing the single bolt and taking the wheel off, but it ain't budging. So what else do I have to do to get the damn rear wheel off? Any help and advice are appreciated. Thanks!
They come off exactly as you have imagined.
The problem is they don't come off every couple of years and have the shaft cleaned then lubed so they rust on solid.
Down side is there is not much holding the axel in the tranny .
I put a pair of scissor jacks between the wheel & frame to put some load on the wheel then use an air hammer on the axel.
When the wheel shifts a little then it is more pressure from the jacks and more air hammer.
Even like this there are wheels that have taken better than 2 days to get off.
Others heat up the wheel hub to red hot to break the rust seal but that means repainting the wheel which takes longer than spending 2 days removing the wheel
Don't hit the end of the axel directly or you will mushroom over the end and the wheel will never come off.
Lots of penetrating fluid and hot air gun application has been known to work.
Get it really hot the spray lots of Kroil or similar on the axel.
It will cool down and get sucked into the hub.
In extreme cases I have been forced to remove the tranny, split it then press the axel out of the wheel on the big ( 40 ton ) press
