Changing a wheel.

[anonymous-user]

10 Pence Short said:

I once had a blowout on the M25, day after the car had been serviced. Got the wrench out of the boot and began trying to undo the nuts. Wasn't happening. Applied more pressure. The wrench began bending. Oh st.

I had the embarrassment of having to call the AA to change a wheel. AA man duly arrives with a smirk and brings out his own wrench (about half as big again as mine). Much blue face later and he decides I'm not a puff in a tie and returns from his van with one 3 times as big. More blue face, then eventually they begin to give.

In other words, the advice above is good advice!

I have never, ever been able to undo wheels with the standard wrench by hand, there simply isn't enough leverage. Both feet carefully on the wrench and a lot of jumping up and down on it usually frees it off.

[minky monkey]

I keep an extending wrench in the boot of mine. Well, I did until I bought a new car which only comes with a can of foam. Grr...

I did a job for the AA a few years back on a transit, God only knows what they fitted the nuts with, I broke two breaker bars and three sockets getting that off.

Had a VW caddy, an old one that required a heavy lump hammer to remove. Very common problem these days.

[Globs]

dcb said:

mrmr96 said:

So when you've had any wheel work done by a garge it's worth getting home then slackening and PROPERLY torquing the nuts to the correct tension per spec using a manual torque wrench.

Better still don't use a garage that uses air guns.

Take your car to a proper place that uses a torque
wrench and knows the correct setting for your car.

The cheapest place isn't always the best place.

Several cars have had their wheel bolts and studs snap after a while after being done up way too tight.
I always tell any tyre place I expect them to use a torque wrench and to be fair National Tyres always does for me.

[EDLT]

JonnyFive said:

Hollywood Wheels said:

I have that Draper wrench, really nice piece of kit.

It seems too cheap to be decent

So it's a good buy?

Something similar to one of these:
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

[NHK244V]

EDLT said:

Something similar to one of these:
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

I allways carry a 3Ft breaker bar, way too handy to not have one IMHO
I allways copperslip hubs BUT i have on the odd occasion been moaned at by customers who have changed the wheel themselves (a rarety nowdays most plebs just call the AA out to do it) cos they got some on thoer fingers and then all over the car, my (polits) sugestion was to carry some latex gloves or hand wipes, you can't help some people

[ManBetterKnow]

Remove all the wheel nuts and go for an enthusiastic drive tbh.

[GreigM]

Don't need a rubber mallet - just get a decent set of boots on and pretend the tyre is the wife - you'll have it off quicker than you imagine