Step By Step: How To Replace Pallet Jack Load Wheels

Here is a step by step How-To-Video that will help show you how to remove and replace your worn out load wheels. 

We have load wheel kits for just about every model pallet jack.

Tools Needed

  1. 3/16” pin punch
  2. ⅜” pin punch
  3. Hammer
  4. Pliers

Basic Steps to Replace The Pallet Jack Load Wheels

  1. Turn the jack over
  2. Remove the wheels
  3. Install new load wheels
  4. Install roll pins

Turn The Jack Over

  1. First, raise the jack completely up. 
  2. Stand to the side and rotate the handle away
  3. Put one foot on the back of the jack arm, and one on the floor
  4. Title the jack straight to the ground, and flip over

Remove The Wheels

  1. Use your 3/16” pin punch and drive out the locking pins of both load wheels
  2. Next use your ⅜” pin punch to drive out the axle of each load wheel

Install New Load Wheels

  1. Install the axle
    1. Place the axle into the bracket just about a half inch
    2. Install a washer on the inner bracket side of the axle, the half inch side
  2. Install the wheel
    1. Hold the wheel in the bracket
    2. Slide the axle through the wheel hole
    3. Place the washer on the other side between the wheel and the bracket
  3. Install roll pins
    1. Drive the axle all the way through
    2. Secure the axle while installing the roll pins. Use the 3/16” pin punch to put into one of the holes on the bracket where the roll pin goes
    3. Install roll pin on the side without the punch in it
    4. Remove the punch and install the roll pin in that hole
    5. Repeat on other arm of pallet jack

 

Load Wheel Kit

Load Wheel Kits

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