remove wheel without removing fender?

Gkopan · April 21

Is it possible to remove the wheels from '21400 boondock without removing the fender?

NorthIsUp · April 21

I have a 2019 400 Boondock with 235/75-15 original tires. I went to remove them to bring to my local tire guy to replace them one at a time and, at first, had the same issue that you appear to be having. Jack up each wheel higher than you think is enough and you'll be able to wrestle it out without too much difficulty. It does have to be jacked up high to give yourself enough room for it to drop down and angle out. Work on it, and it will eventually clear the fender.

I replaced the tires, that shouldn't have lasted this long (7 years), with Goodyear Endurance 225/75-15 tires. Even though it is slightly narrower, it's a load class E tire vs. the originals at load class C. The replacement tires cleared the fender slightly easier due to their slightly smaller width.
Good luck.

Gkopan · April 21

Thank you! The heavyweight match is scheduled for this week!

Gkopan · April 24

I did my best, but could not make it happen. The tire would not slip be the fenders, even with bending the lower ends of the fender, trying to sneak it by. Even if I had got it by, don't think I'd been able to get it back on. Maybe the 21 fenders are enough different than the 19to make the difference. Have no idea why they didn't design it to be easier. Some of the screw holes holding the fender on are already a bit stripped. Do newer models have the wheel easier to get off?

TourDeForth · April 24

Just curious, did you try deflating the tire before attempting to remove it?

NorthIsUp · April 24

Get ahold of your favorite handyman/handywoman neighbor and have them assist. That's what I did and we figured it out together and shared the heavy weight of the tire between us. It'll twist/manipulate off. It was jacking it up higher than expected that did the trick.

I do agree that the only two videos that I could find showed users removing the fender, but I didn't do that.
Maybe someone else can chime in here about that. Here's one of the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csZXsDlDE-g

I don't think that deflating it will help because the sidewall is pretty rigid.

subkron · 1:11PM

To the OP @Gkopan, in my '22 400 BD with original Rainier tires the answer is yes, it is possible to remove tires without removing fenders. That being said, it does require making sure you are jacked up high enough to manage a bit of finagling.

Bayliss · 9:20PM

@Gkopan, when I had the Rainier tires on my 320 S Boondock (I now have Goodyear Endurance tires), I was able to remove the tires/wheels by jacking the trailer up enough to provide some extra ground clearance. I then angled/pulled the lower part of the tire outward toward me from the bottom. With sufficient ground clearance, you should be able to slip the tire/wheel downward and out without removing the fender. It won't come out if you try pulling it straight off the wheel drum, because the fender blocks it.

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