Abstract: A drumbar apparatus and method that allows one mechanic positioned at the frontside of a wheel on a trailer, truck, bus or any other vehicle that utilize Dayton Wheels™ or spoke wheels to hold a bolt head of a bolt located on the backside of the wheel to prevent said bolt from rotating while simultaneously removing or replacing a nut located on the frontside of the wheel that comprises a wrench end located at a second end portion of the drumbar apparatus used to hold a socket and wherein the socket is used to hold the bolt on the backside of the wheel, a handle located at first end portion of said wrench end, a middle section connecting the handle and the wrench end wherein the mechanic positioned at the frontside of the wheel holds the handle of the drumbar with his/her first hand and extends the drumbar apparatus through the axle housing of the wheel and holds the bolt located on the backside of the wheel with the socket and wherein the mechanic rotates the nut located on the frontside of the wheel on