How do i take off the wheels on my inline skates using an allen wrench?

Only some skates need two wrenches, usually the lower end ones.





For most of them, hold one wrench still and turn the other.


As they start to loosen, one side will be an axle and the other a small screw.


It is usually easier to spin the screw out. Then use the wrench to push out the axle.


This is one form of the "two piece axle". The other form only has a screw on one side and the axle locks into the frame on the other so that a 2nd wrench isn't needed.





Occasionally you will find a skate with "three piece axles". One screw will come out and you can turn the other one forever without it comming out or being able to push it out.


Stick the wrench into the hole where the first screw came out and turn it till it drops into a socket inside the spacer. Then you can hold that wrench and unscrew the other screw.





Higher end skates tend to come with single piece axles. You unscrew and remove the whole thing from one side.





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If you have a heel brake, pay attenention to the axle holding that wheel on. They are usually different and may have extra parts that have to go back together.





When you take the axles out and remove the wheels, watch out for small spacers between the wheels and the frame. If they are there, they have to go back like they came out.


The big companies (Rollerblade, K2, Salomon) got rid of them because they confused people but if the skates are older, a different brand, or are set up for hockey, they might have them.

How do i take off the wheels on my inline skates using an allen wrench?
Take two allen wrenches... put one on one end of the wheel, and then take the other and put it on the other side of the wheel and rotate one.





Make sure your holding the one your not rotating strongly...





not too hard.
Reply:you should have gotten the necessarily hardware when you bought the skates, assuming you got them new or from a shop
Reply:make sure you have two allenwrenches... then one goes on each side of the skate. if you have the option of a long one and a shorter one, it is easier to actually turn with the longer one, because it passes above the side of the skate. Also, it is easier to turn, and a lot easier on your hands.





While you are taking the wheels are off your skates, it might be a good idea to also clean the hardware that goes through and the bearings, which will keep them in better shape for longer. Especially if they are in the higher ABEC numbers or even Swiss bearings



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