Rim jammed to hub

[barbon]

I need to get the wheels off my newish t350c and find that the rims are jammed to the hub, have tried penetrating oil and kicking them at the top and bottom plus attacking them with a rubber hammer, the dealer lives 100 miles away, any help/tricks would be appreciated.

[nelly1]

Undo the wheel nuts?



...Sorry, couldn't resist...

Have you tried letting it off the jack so that the weight of the car is on the wheel (one at a time - preferably with some blocks just under the chassis on that corner) - do this a few times and you should be ok.

Edited by nelly1 on Saturday 28th April 08:22

[targarama]

nelly1 said:

Undo the wheel nuts?



...Sorry, couldn't resist...

Have you tried letting it off the jack so that the weight of the car is on the wheel (one at a time - preferably with some blocks just under the chassis on that corner) - do this a few times and you should be ok.

Edited by nelly1 on Saturday 28th April 08:22

That's what I would do - had to do that to get a brake disk off my Chimaera once too (onto blocks positioned everywhere).

Just be careful and use a trolley jack so you can control the descent easily.

[nelly1]

Perhaps a better (read safer) way to do it would be to leave a couple of loosened wheel nuts on.

[Tangoed]

With the wheel nuts off and jacked up , use a mallet/plastic nylon hammer on the inner side of the tyre wall. give it some wellie and turn the wheel to work your way around, and it will come off. Do not hit the wheel rims, just the side walls.

[nelly1]

Any joy today?

[barbon]

Thanks for all your tips, problem solved.

[malman]

barbon said:

Thanks for all your tips, problem solved.

Took 2 minutes with the angle grinder

[YAHOO]

Obviously been professionally serviced by quality dealer not