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Hello all.

I have searched throughout the forums and cannot find the answer to my question.

As a new Packard owner, I am working on the brakes of my 1949 2262. The front is done, but, when I went to remove the left rear wheel, after removing the skirt, jacking up the back and putting it on stands, the tire and wheel will not come off the car. I did read one thing about the shocks maybe being too short and preventing it from lowering far enough, but, we disconnected the shock and, while the shock had plenty of additional travel available, I still can't get the wheel off the hub.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

- Take off the fender skirt.

- Deflate the tire.

My guess is someone put ill-fitting radials on it that are a fair amount too wide. What is the tire size as indicated on the sidewall?

Are your stands under the frame or axle? On my 53 I need to jack from.the frame so the axle is low enough to get the tires off.

If you did jack from the frame do you see anything pulled tight such as a brake hose or emergency brake cable that could be preventing a drop? Since the issue is on the left side how about the 5th shock/horizontal stabilizer. Could that be a repro or repaired unit that possibly doesn't have enough travel.

Well, traditionally, I've always put them under the axle, but I've never had a car with fender skirts on it, so I didn't even think about putting the stands under the frame itself. I will try that in the morning.

Thank you!

I read your question several times as the answers so far didn't seem to match what you were asking. You said you couldn't get the wheel off the hub (paraphrasing) which has nothing to do with clearance so if it's simply stuck to the drum, pull harder or tap the back side of the outer edge of rim with a mallet or even a hammer to break it free. These do sometimes stick. If I've misunderstood and it is already loose, then it should come out following the pointers given.

Hi and thanks for your reply.

Well, I guess I didn't the state it very well.

I'm able to get the lug bolts out, and release the tire that's attached to it from the hub.

My problem is, even after having taken off the skirt, there is not enough clearance to get the tire/wheel out of the wheel well. It is hanging up somewhere (and I ran out of daylight so I'm not sure exactly where), but I think it's hanging up because there's not enough clearance between the inside edge of the Fender and the end of the axle. I am guessing that what others have suggested, namely, that instead of jacking up the back end and resting the axles on jack stands, that I should put the jack stands under the frame and rest the vehicle on the jack stands using the frame, thereby allowing the axle to lower enough to get the wheel/tire out of the wheel well.