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Originally Posted by safe View Post
Rubber is useless, it just bounces and will hit the fender or the face... without transferring much energy to the object you are hitting.
Use a plastic mallet that is filled with steel pellets.

If the spacer is a "bolt on" spacer: After you remove the wheel have someone press the brake pedal to lock the wheel.
I've never had a problem with using a rubber mallet. Although a dead blow hammer works just fine too.
Old 12-05-2012, 08:23 AM
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