How to Remove Wheels on a John Deere 3020

Rear-Tire Removal

• 1

  Drive the John Deere tractor onto solid, level ground and then set the parking brake to immobilize the vehicle. Turn off the mower and remove the ignition key.

• 2

  Loosen each of the nuts that secure the wheel to the hub of the tractor's axle with an air-driven impact wrench. If you do not have an impact wrench, use a socket and ratchet with a breaker bar attached to the ratchet. This will give you the leverage needed to break the nuts loose on the wheel studs. Do not remove the nuts. You simply need to loosen them.

• 3

  Position a 5-ton bottle jack under the rear axle, near the tire you plan to remove.

• 4

  Jack the tire off the ground. Never position yourself under the tire or under the axle when jacking. Always leave yourself an escape route just in case the tractor slips off the jack. Do not jack the wheel far off the ground. Only jack it up until the wheel just leaves the ground.

• 5

  Remove the nuts from the wheel studs and then pull the tractor tire off the studs. Again, when removing the rear wheels, it helps to have a person on each side of the wheel to balance it.

Front-Tire Removal

• 6

  Drive the John Deere tractor onto solid, level ground and then set the parking brake to immobilize the vehicle. Turn off the mower and remove the ignition key.

• 7

  Place a 5-ton bottle jack under the front suspension, near the front tire you plan to remove.

• 8

  Loosen each of the nuts that secure the wheel to the hub of the tractor's axle with an air-driven impact wrench. If you do not have an impact wrench, use a socket and ratchet with a breaker bar attached to the ratchet. This will give you the leverage needed to break the nuts loose on the wheel studs. Do not remove the nuts. You simply need to loosen them.

• 9

  Jack the tire off the ground. Never position yourself under the tire or under the axle when jacking. Always leave yourself an escape route just in case the tractor slips off the jack. Do not jack the wheel far off the ground. Only jack it up until the wheel just leaves the ground.

• 10

  Remove the nuts from the wheel studs and then pull the tractor tire off the studs.