Help needed! I'm too scared to touch!

[cheng]

i just saw this thread and have a question for everyone....can't one of the wheels be pulled out from the metal axle safely without cracking the hub? if you tug at both the wheels, the looser hub might just release safely..I supposed you might have tried but it was too tight to risk? (usually do that for toy cars where there are holes for the axles instead of just hooks)
or are all kinds of PM wheels glued to metal axles?

[Ismene]

i just saw this thread and have a question for everyone....can't one of the wheels be pulled out from the metal axle safely without cracking the hub? if you tug at both the wheels, the looser hub might just release safely..I supposed you might have tried but it was too tight to risk? (usually do that for toy cars where there are holes for the axles instead of just hooks)
or are all kinds of PM wheels glued to metal axles?

The one I have, the wheels simply will not come off the axle.

[Keesinho]

i just saw this thread and have a question for everyone....can't one of the wheels be pulled out from the metal axle safely without cracking the hub? if you tug at both the wheels, the looser hub might just release safely..I supposed you might have tried but it was too tight to risk? (usually do that for toy cars where there are holes for the axles instead of just hooks)
or are all kinds of PM wheels glued to metal axles?

Necro thread! But worthy on an answer.. Sometimes you can pull the wheels off..and other times they are so stuck you end up destroying the wheel because the spikes (?) break as a result of the force.

[Hadoque]

So, the 2 small wheels were on the back and the 2 big wheels on the front?
Then why trying to pull off the wheels, instead of just removing the axles from their holders - with the wheels still on - and putting them in the right place?! 
These waggons came with the wheels already attached to the axles. Swapping the front and aft axle should be no problem, normally the axle-holders won't break or something if you handle it with some care ...
If the holders loosen too much so the axles might drop out, add some small bits of thin invisible tape around the axle in the right place and voilà.

[Keesinho]

So, the 2 small wheels were on the back and the 2 big wheels on the front?
Then why trying to pull off the wheels, instead of just removing the axles from their holders - with the wheels still on - and putting them in the right place?! 

Err that's what I did.

[Rasputin]

I was thinking you were removing the whole axil with wheels and swapping them. Taking off the actual wheel is difficult due to the metal shaft (axil) having the grooves and the glue.