Wheel assembly for a soil compactor

A method of carrying out maintenance work or repair work at a soil compactor, said soil compactor comprising at least one wheel assembly, said at least one wheel assembly comprising a plurality of wheels mounted in succession on a main wheel carrier in the direction of an operating wheel axis of rotation, wherein at least one third wheel, which is arranged between a first wheel and a second wheel in the direction of the operating wheel axis of rotation, forms an auxiliary assembly wheel and is mounted on the main wheel carrier by an auxiliary wheel carrier, wherein the auxiliary wheel carrier is firmly coupled to the main wheel carrier in an auxiliary wheel operating state and is pivotable about a pivot axis and displaceable in the direction of the pivot axis in relation to the main wheel carrier in an auxiliary wheel assembly state, wherein said pivot axis is oriented substantially parallel to the operating wheel axis of rotation;

• wherein said method is for carrying out maintenance work or repair work at said first wheel or said second wheel of said at least one wheel assembly and comprises the steps of:
• a) loosening fastening elements firmly coupling said auxiliary wheel carrier to said main wheel carrier in said auxiliary wheel assembly state for providing said auxiliary wheel mounting state;
• b) pivoting said auxiliary wheel carrier in said auxiliary wheel mounting state about said pivot axis for moving said auxiliary wheel out of alignment with said first and second wheels, such that an auxiliary wheel axis of rotation no longer coincides with said operating wheel axis of rotation;
• c) displacing said auxiliary wheel carrier with said auxiliary wheel being pivoted out of alignment with said first and second wheels in the direction of the pivot axis.