Help - Wheel is stuck on hub
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A rubber mallet is about as good as a fly swatter. Get a piece of 2"x6", with a heavy hammer, 2 or more pounds, rest the 2"x6" up on the rim and hit it. It will come off. Be sure to have a helper when the rim comes off it will want to roll away or fall on the center & put a ding in it or, worse, it will roll into someones car door.
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Yep - standard stuff. Keep whacking (make sure the car is secure!) - the mallet worked for me. It can help to rotate the wheels a bit during the process. The wheels are hubcentric and the wheel 'fuse' to the hubs. After you get it off, a thin layer of grease solves the issue. Some recommend loosening the lugs and turning a figure 8, but I'm not comfortable with that approach.
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That would depend on how good the paint on the wheel is ( where the lugs seat ).
"Some recommend loosening the lugs and turning a figure 8, but I'm not comfortable with that approach."
Wow, who thought of that???? That can't be good for the rim or the lugs. I'm with you on that one
"Some recommend loosening the lugs and turning a figure 8, but I'm not comfortable with that approach."
Wow, who thought of that???? That can't be good for the rim or the lugs. I'm with you on that one
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Thanks for the advice. I already tried whacking it and kicking it and prying it and jacking the car up and letting it down "fast" several times -- still no budge. I'm hoping the penetrating oil (like liquid wrench?) will work.
What about heating the wheel so it expands away from the hub?? (Not that I have any idea how to heat the wheel - I don't have a blow torch).
What about heating the wheel so it expands away from the hub?? (Not that I have any idea how to heat the wheel - I don't have a blow torch).
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Thanks for the advice. I already tried whacking it and kicking it and prying it and jacking the car up and letting it down "fast" several times -- still no budge. I'm hoping the penetrating oil (like liquid wrench?) will work.
What about heating the wheel so it expands away from the hub?? (Not that I have any idea how to heat the wheel - I don't have a blow torch).
What about heating the wheel so it expands away from the hub?? (Not that I have any idea how to heat the wheel - I don't have a blow torch).
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Haven't seen you in a while, Brad! How are things?
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I'm glad I change wheels each week so I don't have that problem but I've seen others that don't rotate and the wheels are stuck like yours. Anti- seize on the hubs are fine to use.
Normally I would have suggested all those things tried and usually they do work.
Liquid nitrogen maybe? Don't wack it hard when frozen, it might shatter.
Loose lug nuts and slow figure 8 would be safe approach.
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