TJ,

You say that the wheel halves will rotate relative to each other? If so,
Paul's approach may not help, as it is more for stuck together wheel
halves. Sounds like the tire has managed to adhere itself to the wheel.
You can probably get it all apart with a lot of prying. Try not to get
any sharp edges against the wheel. If necessary, sacrifice the tire and
tube (use a sharp knife, and cut away from the wheel). But, you should be
able to pry the tire off of the wheel, as this is where I think the
stickage is.

Was that PIK previously owned by Lloyd Hunter?

Steve Leonard
Wichita, KS

At 02:04 02 September 2008, TJ Johnson \FN\ wrote:
I have a PIK20. The main tire was in need of a change, so I took the
wheel off today, took out the three bolts that hold the wheel halves
together, then spent over 2 hours trying to get the wheel halves to
separate.

I am stumped. Light tapping has proves that one wheel half will
rotate independently of the other, so that seem to rule out being
corroded together, but the two still won't come apart.

It is a pre-production PIK, serial number 2 and there weren't any
markings on the wheel that I could see to tell what kind it is.

Does anybody have any thoughts?

TJ Johnson