Harvey, This may work. Start by removing the dust cap or bearing buddies from the center of the wheel. Wipe away the grease from the end of the axel and pull the cotter pin. Next remove the nut-keeper, washer, and nut, from the end of the axel. At this point the whole wheel assembly should slid off the axel. As you do, the outter wheel bearing will drop free. There may be variations to this with different axels. A trick my brother showed me to remove the inner wheel bearing and seal is to; after removing the outer wheel bearing place the wheel assembly back onto the axel and thread the axel nut back onto the axel several turns. Then grasping the wheel assembly with both hands, give it a firm-straight pull towards you. The nut passes through the center of the wheel and contacts the back bearing: The wheel comes off and the inner bearing and seal are left on the axel. Hope this helps, Randy Graves M-15 # 407 From: Harvey Wilson Sent: Fri 1/23/2004 9:13 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: M-17 trailer wheels Hi gang.. The studs on my Trailrite wheels are rusted in place, as the previous owner used it in salt water. Is there a way to easily remove the whole wheel?? So far, no real problems, but knowing this, I no longer wish to trailer Stargazer more then the 2 miles to the ramp!!! Regards, Harvey/Ga M-17 Stargazer #294 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats