not a landy,but a dunnydore question

[disco gazza]

Hi all,
A mate just bought a 99 vt dunnydore ute,V8 nmanual,not a bad beast to drive,but prefer my disco :D.
Anyway,the aeriel was broken and we went and got a new one today to put it in. Got home,jacked the vehicle up,undid the wheel nuts and then tried to get the blasted wheel off.We tried every trick in the book to try and get the blasted wheel off, but it remains stuck-more like glued on.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Does anyone know of a way to get the wheel off,but was thinking it its happened to one,it will probably be all wheels that are stuck on.
Its only done 186 thou,so the wheels probably havent been off since new.

[Disco Inferno]

Personally i'd lower it with the nuts backed off a turn and wobble the steering wheel but thats me.

Cheers

[PhilipA]

It will be stuck on the centre spigot with most probably corrosion.

Whack the tyre with a rubber mallet one side then the other etc , or get down and kick it from under, which is probably difficult.

Once off, make sure you clean up the spigot and put some never seize on it before assembly.
Regards Philip A

[disco gazza]

Hi disco inferno,
We couldnt even get the tyre to wobble on the spiggot,its like someone glued it on permanently :censored::rocket:

cheers
disco gazza
92 disco tdi :D

[Tombie]

Hi all,
A mate just bought a 99 vt dunnydore ute,V8 nmanual,not a bad beast to drive,but prefer my disco :D.
Anyway,the aeriel was broken and we went and got a new one today to put it in. Got home,jacked the vehicle up,undid the wheel nuts and then tried to get the blasted wheel off.We tried every trick in the book to try and get the blasted wheel off, but it remains stuck-more like glued on.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Does anyone know of a way to get the sxxxxx wheel off,but was thinking it its happened to one,it will probably be all wheels that are stuck on.
Its only done 186 thou,so the wheels probably havent been off since new.

Best lasting passenger tyres in history then :cool:

Loosen wheel nuts a turn... Lower to ground...
Reverse - Brake hard - Forward - Brake Hard - Wobble steering side to side...

Its corroded to the centre spigot ;)

[PAT303]

If you think getting the wheel off is hard wait till you try and replace the aeriel. Pat

[p38arover]

Put the wheel nuts back but don't tighten them fully. Drive around the block turning left and right to put some side loads on the wheel.

[Mick_Marsh]

If you think getting the wheel off is hard wait till you try and replace the aeriel. Pat
What he said.
Use a wire coat hanger.

[Bigbjorn]

If you think getting the wheel off is hard wait till you try and replace the aeriel. Pat

Had to do this to my Falcon after the aerial was snapped off flush with the guard by a tumbleweed on the way to Winton. Half a day pulling the centre console out and putting it back as the lead is fixed to the antenna and plugs into the rear of the radio, and well concealed by all the panels and crap.

I lost another one on another trip to a cockatoo and have not bothered to replace it. Too much trouble.

[disco gazza]

To Pat303,
Thats the reason of getting the wheel off,to replace the aerial..................
SO its going to be a bugger of a job huh......
Think I'll leave it then.....!@!#@$(**^&%$$#@!$#@^%%(*&

cheers
disco gazza
92 disco tdi :D

[Bushie]

Concentrate on getting the wheel off :D
Otherwise the next time you go out you'll get a puncture - and you know which wheel it'll be :D:D


Martyn

[rovercare]

Best lasting passenger tyres in history then :cool:

Loosen wheel nuts a turn... Lower to ground...
Reverse - Brake hard - Forward - Brake Hard - Wobble steering side to side...

Its corroded to the centre spigot ;)

My old boy got 90k and 110k out of monarch 225's on his vs ute when he had it, but pulling out with an open diff on wet roads in traffic was a delicate affair! Man what a hard compound tyre:eek:

[Davehoos]

lots of rust penitration oils or loctite freeze can.

i wouldn't drive a commodore with loose nuts as the studs arent all that good and the pannels are easily damage when the wheels fall off.

often had these so tight that the timber board damaged the rim when struck with the big hammer.i once popped the bead and still didnt get the wheel off.

plenty of silver never seize on the spigiot so it wont get stuck again.

[disco gazza]

Thanks for all the hints and tricks guys..much appreciated :D

cheers
disco gazza
92 disco tdi
99 dunnydore V8 ute

[TDman]

To Pat303,
Thats the reason of getting the wheel off,to replace the aerial..................
SO its going to be a bugger of a job huh......
Think I'll leave it then.....!@!#@$(**^&%$$#@!$#@^%%(*&

cheers
disco gazza
92 disco tdi :D

Don't give up yet!
There is one thing you have not tried, Explosives.
A mate used to remove 200mm id bearings from shafts in underground mining by raping a sausage around said shaft and bang, no bearing.
Therefore, using the formula PE4 (plenty of extra formula) rap / pack as much as you can fit behind the wheel and behold!
This is guaranteed to remove the car from the rim and should make fitting an areal simple too...
Whats the worst that can happen!?!:eek:

For a less complex fix just park it up in a rough part of town and they will be of in 5mins flat! Then all you have to do is buy them back on ebay!

:wasntme:

TD