Tony Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 To remove the stuck wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Aluminium wheel and has oxidised and got stuck hard against the steel hub? They are a bugger to shift... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 That's what i think as well..... In my day working on commercial vehicles the wheels were metal meaning they rarely get stuck on the hub and if one did we just heated it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 Could have done with that on my BMW , was a hell of a job getting the wheels off when I first bought it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 No.... What i would do is remove all the studs bar one. With the remaining stud lose we would hammer the rear of the wheel with a mallet..... Then clean the corrosion from the wheel and the hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 When wheels have been stuck for me I undo all the nuts 2 turns then lower the car. The weight of the car on the wheel normally unseat the wheel from the hub. Jack the car back up and then remove all the nuts. If extra persuasion is required, whilst the car is lowered with weight on the wheel, give it a kick or wobble the car and that's been enough to do it. (above has always worked for me, but only had to do it on 2 cars) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 It's surprising how common this is now because most cars are on alloys and the servicing of the car might be 40k, meaning the alloy hasn't been removed for 40k miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted May 18, 2020 Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 18:15, adam_r said: When wheels have been stuck for me I undo all the nuts 2 turns then lower the car. The weight of the car on the wheel normally unseat the wheel from the hub. Jack the car back up and then remove all the nuts. If extra persuasion is required, whilst the car is lowered with weight on the wheel, give it a kick or wobble the car and that's been enough to do it. (above has always worked for me, but only had to do it on 2 cars) Years ago my mate bought a Capri and the rear wheels were so stuck nothing we tried would shift them , in the end we loosened the wheel nuts a few turns and got him to drive around the block and over those really severe rubber speed bumps , still no joy, in the end we tried a handbrake turn and that did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 Sounds like fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 I've never had a wheel that stuck before, a bit of copper grease on the hub helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted May 20, 2020 Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 Its getting them off in the first place , I had to remove the rear wheel on my mums Polo GTI and it was well stuck and needed a mallet to get it off , the car is a 19 plate with around 2000 miles on it . It wont stick again I'm sure as ive cleaned and sprayed the hubs with fluid film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 When i worked for STS some years back i held a free "how too" day mainly for females to educate how to use the spare tyre in the event. From day one at wim I never allowed air guns to remove or fit wheels.. Now not everyone understands why but air guns use a hammer type of tightening which most times is way above the correct torque. My main mission was to explain how to undo the over torqued wheel nuts.....? "How?"...... A simple method is to place the wheel nut/ lever remover and the use the jack to apply a undo force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Its surprising how few people know how to change a wheel. I had to teach a 50yr old neighbour how to safely remove his wheels the other week as he wanted my opinion on his brakes. He covers about 30k miles per year and didnt have a clue When I was taught to drive in the military changing wheels and basic checks (POWER) ie (Petrol, oil, water, electrical and rubber) were taught before you got behind the wheel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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