Wheels won't come off....?

[thismonkeyhere]

Feel like I'm missing something obvious, but this is a new one on me - and I've had wheels on and off this car before.

Jacked it up, took out all the nuts - couldn't shift the wheel?

Any ideas?

[p1stonhead]

What car?

Given the wheel a good kick?

[Henry Fiddleton]

A few taps with a rubber mallet, or but two studs back on, loose, and drive VERY slowly on your drive. The wheel should pop off easily then.

[andburg]

do a search this was covered fairly recently

kicking /hitting the wheel and rotating it
lowering car with nuts loosened and driving a few feet

quite a few methods were discussed

[SuperchargedVR6]

They're corrosion bound. Usual solution is to kick the tyre from behind until it frees off.

[Conscript]

Sounds like it's just stuck to the hub.

Replace wheel nuts, but do not tighten them right up.
Lower the car gently back onto the wheel
Weight of the car should cause the wheel to break away from the hub.
If not, roll the car back and forth slowly until it does.

Disclaimer: If you die, not my fault.

EDIT: Roundly beaten to it.

[andburg]

forementioned thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=6&a...

[thismonkeyhere]

Gave it a few kicks, but was afraid to 'go harder' for fear of causing damage to the car, or more likely, me.

Considered the driving idea but thought it risky. Will give it a go. Maybe try the mallet first, I've got one at home.

Thanks.

[thismonkeyhere]

p1stonhead said:

What car?

2008 Avensis.

[aeropilot]

thismonkeyhere said:

Gave it a few kicks, but was afraid to 'go harder' for fear of causing damage to the car, or more likely, me.

Considered the driving idea but thought it risky. Will give it a go. Maybe try the mallet first, I've got one at home.

Thanks.

Stand with your back to the car/wheel and reverse kick it with the base of your foot/heel.....hard as you can. Make contact with the tyre and then repeat working your way around the diameter to loosen it.

If that doesn't work, try the other methods.

[framerateuk]

Had this last year after my car was sat at the insurance repair place for a few months.

I tried a rubber mallet and nothing would remove the wheel.

Eventually, I undid all the bolts a tiny amount (just enough to allow movement), and drove out of the garage, off the curb, and back in. This was enough to get it loose.

[quiraing]

And smear the back of the wheels with copper grease to help prevent them sticking to the hubs again. Repeat - copper grease, not ordinary grease.

[andy-xr]

tt it from behind the wheel with the jack handle

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Henry Fiddleton said:

A few taps with a rubber mallet, or but two studs back on, loose, and drive VERY slowly on your drive. The wheel should pop off easily then.

This.
If it still doesn't work try a handbrake turn. Not too fast, 40mph should do it*

• Don't do this..

[Chunkychucky]

Buff Mchugelarge said:

This.
If it still doesn't work try a handbrake turn. Not too fast, 40mph should do it*

• Don't do this..

Copperslip is your friend OP

[B'stard Child]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

They're corrosion bound. Usual solution is to kick the tyre from behind until it frees off.

This is not necessary - kicking it from the front has the same end result and is just as effective as the tyre is acting as a lever on the opposite side

I say this because you have no idea how the OP has supported the vehicle while the car has one wheel in the air and getting under the car whilst supported by a std car jack is frankly a stupid idea.

[Krikkit]

Copper slip on a bolted joint? Hmmm...

[Centurion07]

Krikkit said:

Copper slip on a bolted joint? Hmmm...

Explain the issue then...

[McWigglebum4th]

Centurion07 said:

Krikkit said:

Copper slip on a bolted joint? Hmmm...

Explain the issue then...

As it means that you die INSTANTLY

Though strangely enough for what is a common practise i don't see loads and loads of people lying dead in a ditch with no wheels

Edited by McWigglebum4th on Friday 6th March 17:43

[Robb F]

Centurion07 said:

Explain the issue then...

Bolted joints rely on friction, which is increased by bolting the wheel to the hub. The bolts don't take the load, just provide clamping force.

However, I use copper grease, and often slide sideways into gravel, over bumpy track curbs, spin out, do burnouts etc, and never had an issue, so for me, it's pretty safe to assume greasing the joint makes precisely no difference in practice.