HELP! Wheel fused to hub

[djt100]

Hi All,

Can anyone offer some help on this, I need to change the brake pads on the misses A clas, but I can't get the wheel off it seemsto have fused itself to the hub. Any advice on you can offer to break it free ???

[B'stard Child]

djt100 said:

Hi All,

Can anyone offer some help on this, I need to change the brake pads on the misses A clas, but I can't get the wheel off it seemsto have fused itself to the hub. Any advice on you can offer to break it free ???

Kick it hard on the outside all round on the tyre

[thinfourth2]

Kick the crap out of it or fit the wheel bolts loosly and go a for a short drive up and down the street.


OR


Explosives

[B'stard Child]

thinfourth2 said:

fit the wheel bolts loosly and go a for a short drive up and down the street.

Can damage wheel bolts, studs or wheel bolt holes

thinfourth2 said:

OR Explosives

Like your style

[B'stard Child]

Point I was trying to make clear is impacts in the inside edge of the wheel never work if it's fused to the hub

Once freed off a smear of copper grease on the hub face stops it happening again

[T33JOB]

Rubber mallet on the outside of the tyre working your way round hitting in opposite places..

[Buzz word]

thinfourth2 said:

fit the wheel bolts loosly and go a for a short drive up and down the street.

When kicking it and tools doesn't work that is the only way I have found success but try kicking first. I have tried to keep the driving to a minimum by a fastish launch on the drive, hard brake, reverse launch, hard brake. That worked too.

[Cheeky Jim]

I had this on my old Jag....


Get under car, Length of 2 x 4 across inside of tyre/wheel and welly it with a lump hammer..... keep working round until it finally gets loose....

Copper grease on plates before refitting!

[djt100]

Thanks all, looks like I need to go buy a bigger hammer.

[Zeemax_Mini]

Put it on the jack, loosen wheel nuts, let it off the jack...wait for cracking noise!

[MarsellusWallace]

Before kicking or hitting the wheel with wood/a mallet etc just make sure the car is supported by a decent trolley jack and not the weedy one out of the cars tool kit.

[thinfourth2]

djt100 said:

Thanks all, looks like I need to go buy a bigger hammer.

You'll only damage the rim

[F i F]

Buzz word said:

thinfourth2 said:

fit the wheel bolts loosly and go a for a short drive up and down the street.

When kicking it and tools doesn't work that is the only way I have found success but try kicking first. I have tried to keep the driving to a minimum by a fastish launch on the drive, hard brake, reverse launch, hard brake. That worked too.

this ^^ is the only sure fire way, nuts finger tight, slacken off one flat and as soon as you hear the wheel loosen then stop immediately and tighten properly. Get back to drive, remove wheel in normal manner, clean up surfaces and thinnest smear of copper grease on the hub spigot when reassembling.

[Captain Cadillac]

Big rubber mallet, but don't hit the wheel hit the tire itself. Opposite strikes... I.E. One hard smack at 12:00 and then one at 6:00 moving around the tire. It'll come loose.

[Pigeon]

djt100 said:

Thanks all, looks like I need to go buy a bigger hammer.

You're new to this DIY thing then?

[davepoth]

HTH

[rash_decision]

Or, get a length of wood, a smaller jack, and jack the wheel off using the opposite wheel as support.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Cheeky Jim said:

Get under car, Length of 2 x 4 across inside of tyre/wheel and welly it with a lump hammer..... keep working round until it finally gets loose....

Copper grease on plates before refitting!

^^^^^^ This is the way to do it.

Make sure the car is very securely supported, not teetering on some spindly jack. More than enough people have dropped cars on themselves in this exact situation.

[CPB31]

Take it to friendly tyre shop, pay £5 to get tyre balances checked...


Or, as already mentioned, jack up and lower car onto a couple of big bits of wood or similar so it won't fall off, length of wood under car and big hammer from opposite side.

[YorkshirePudding]

thinfourth2 said:

Fit the wheel bolts loosly and go a for a short drive up and down the street.

Had to do this fri with mine, soon sorted it out.