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Does any body have a better way of getting a rusted on wheel off than this.





I've given it a good spray with CRC, loaded up the jack as much as I dare, hit the protruding axle with a small hammer, (don't want to distort that so I didn't hit too hard). It's now soaking the CRC in as I have lunch. But if this doesn't work is there an alternative better method?

In all my 55years of driving I've never had this happen. Well sometimes the wheel is a bit sticky on the axle but it's never taken very much effort to get it off.
This is solid!

Thought I'd done a really good job of de-salting last time I went through estuary water coming back from Boombas, maybe it's just our salty atmosphere by the beach. Now I'll make sure to ranix and then grease it before it goes back on.

You could try putting a bag of ice over it for a bit - works with fishing rods that are stuck together...

Rusted Reece hitches come off after spraying and working in vinegar

Put the nuts back on loose with say a mm gap slowly drive it im sure it will have loosened up in a 100mtr

Hit it all around the rim with a rubber mallet.

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actiomax said..
Put the nuts back on loose with say a mm gap slowly drive it im sure it will have loosened up in a 100mtr

The thought very briefly crossed my mind of doing 200kms/hr without any wheel nuts, it would be sure to come off at the first corner.

Thanks Ian, will give that a go now, I'm not sure if the vinegar will get passed the CRC, but it sounds like worth trying if the mallet doesn't work.

Back shortly.

Great stuff Ian, half a dozen bangs with the rubber mallet and it sprang off, good job I was smart enough to be standing beside it not in front. there was a lot of tension on that jack. An hour or so to let the CRC soak in probably helped a bit as well.
Now to fix it so it doesn't happen again.

It will come off easier if you jack the car up first to get the wheel off the ground.

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lotofwind said..
It will come off easier if you jack the car up first to get the wheel off the ground.

It may not look like it on the pic, but the wheel is freely rotating. I don't believe in jacking anything up further than it needs to go. The lower it is the more stable.

put heat onto it, eg blow torch works every time

Use plenty of graphite type of grease on the contact surface (Nevercease bran
d?)

Try jacking up the car a bit.... Its VERY hard to get a wheel off with weight on it.

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Gizmo said..
Try jacking up the car a bit.... Its VERY hard to get a wheel off with weight on it.

Sorry mate you're a bit late, lotowind already cracked that obvious one.

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felixdcat said..
Use plenty of graphite type of grease on the contact surface (Nevercease bran
d?)

Didn't have any graphite grease, (would need to put the wheel back on to drive to the shops to get some) so I've just used the ordinary stuff.
Hopefully, if I don't have a puncture in the near future, the next time the wheel comes off will be for new tyres a year or so down the track, the grease will do the job till then.

Ah the flooded drive out of Boomba's claims a victim

Get Donald Trump to come near it....It will roll off the axle and run a country mile

Looks like you need bead breaker most tyre outlets have them .good luck! Didn't read the post right l thought you wanted to get the tyre of rim.

Just try hitting around the rim with a rubber mallet.
Should work.

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surfingboye said..
Just try hitting around the rim with a rubber mallet.
Should work.

Yep, Ian beat you to it, and it worked great, wheels been off for about 5hrs now

If the mallet doesn't work give it a bit of a drenching in CRC or something....

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surfingboye said..
If the mallet doesn't work give it a bit of a drenching in CRC or something....

That's the first thing I did!
And you're not reading the previous posts are you?

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decrepit said..
Great stuff Ian, half a dozen bangs with the rubber mallet and it sprang off,.

oh poo.....

I wasn't quick enough

I can suggest using these and some redcord.
[much more funner than dodgy jacks or rubber mallets]





Breaks the bead on loader tyres and de-rusts split rims that were solidly rusted together after many years harvesting salt at Kooly' salt operation.


stephen

That's almost as good as doing 200km/hr with no wheel nuts.

This (among other things) put me off ever owning gm cars again. this rim/hub style can get incredibly rusted on if left long enough

Rotate your tyres occasionally !

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VB MAN said..
Rotate your tyres occasionally !

Believe it or not that's just what I was doing.