#1: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:30 am ---- Went to take my front wheel off today, loosened the bolts jacked it up and taken the bolts out no problem. Neither me, my dad or the guy from next door could pull the wheel off, tried tapping it to no avail
The garage who put my alloys on obviously didnt you copper grease. What can I do to loosen the wheel off? I've put WD40 in the centre hole of the wheel hoping it might help overnight for when i try again tomorrow
#2: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Seabook, Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:42 am ---- do you suppose to put copper grease on?
#3: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: chunkielad, Location: LeighPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:44 am ---- Lie on the floor and give the right hand edge of the wheel an almighty boot with your size 10s! It's the only way to break the seal if tapping hasn't sorted it - never put copper grease before fitting a wheel and never had an issue myself unless the bolts have been over tightened by a garage etc.
#4: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Salty_jon, Location: Ashbourne derbyshirePosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:45 am ---- Put a piece of wood on the back of the wheel and tap the wood with a hammer. Turn it and tap again. Or put on bolt in a couple of threads, get under the car and kick it off. Make sure u clean it up and copper slip before you refit it.
#5: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:47 am ---- Lead hammer FTW, doesn't damage the alloy as you smack it off.
Making a lead hammer is also the perfect way to use up all those old lead wheel weights you cant fit on customers cars anymore
#6: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: paulrushton, Location: HuddersfieldPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:49 am ---- Another way if all else fails is to loosen the wheelnuts and then go round the block. That's what an RAC man told me if everything else fails. Normally though a good whack with a rubber mallet frees them off.
#7: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:52 am ---- Thanks for the replies guys
I want to get the problem sorted incase I get a puncture
Im trying again tomorrow, we even tried lowering the jack and not even the weight of the car did anything, we tried the wood and hammer trick
Am I wasting my time with WD40 in the hole?
#8: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Lecktorious, Location: ScotlandPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:02 pm ---- You're not using enough force
Rotate the wheel, tapping the back as it spins and then hit it hard.
#9: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:25 pm ---- Loosen it a bit, reverse back and forth a couple of times. Jack it back up and give it a good strong kick
#10: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Howey, Location: Kings LynnPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:26 pm ---- Rubber mallet.
#11: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: -RAJ-, Location: COVPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:32 pm ---- just done this to mine, used a bit of wood and a hammer
#12: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:35 pm ---- Man up or go to the gym
#13: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Seabook, Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:37 pm ----
Lee wrote:
Man up or go to the gym
or keep kicking the wheel with your foot lol
#14: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Ash, Location: Running from Ant and Lee and Adam...........Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:37 pm ----
Lee wrote:
Man up or go to the gym
He's asking about how to remove a wheel, not your life plans.
#15: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:51 pm ----
We werent knocking it too hard as we didnt want to knock the car off the jack, won't spare no horses tomorrow though just for you lee
#16: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Matt, Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:54 pm ----
Howey wrote:
Rubber mallet.
This ^^^
Jack it up and hit it at the top
Use copper grease next time, lee has some 3in1 if you want to borrow it
#17: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: t110jim, Location: invernessPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:33 pm ---- Try 2 kettles of boiling water this normally works then when off put some copper grease on hub
#18: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Andrew, Location: Black Country Ay IPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:38 pm ---- Will the boiling water ruin the paint on my alloys?
#19: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: t110jim, Location: invernessPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:09 pm ---- no it will not harm paint its just the different types of metel expand and contral at differnt rates it just breaks the seal between hub and wheel
#20: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Tezza, Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:52 pm ---- This happened with my mates Bora and we had to continuouslly hit it with a rubber mallet, eventually it came off
Tezza
#21: Re: Alloy wheel stuck on hub Author: Geoff, Location: Evesham, WorcestershirePosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:52 pm ----
t110jim wrote:
no it will not harm paint its just the different types of metel expand and contral at differnt rates it just breaks the seal between hub and wheel
I've not heard that way before - I shall try that one next time.
But I agree, they can be an absolute bugger to get the wheels off when really stuck.
I resorted once on a trailer taking the bolts out and ramming the trailer into a kerb.... it originally kept coming off the axle stands when I hit it with a hammer
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