Thread: My wheels won't come off

It's all about preserving the muddies for when they are actually in mud, not much of that between Manly and Camperdown!, they have to come off!

with about 5mm play in all the nuts. I had to be a bit violent with twisting the whee. It'll definitely get em off eventually!

Dave

Right, am off to try it, will report back, that's if i don't kill the car on the way home!

Originally Posted by 4bee

I read here sometime ago that someone had slackened the nuts & gone for a short drive. Seemed to work for him.

That might have been me, as we had this prob with the Futura...the (front) alloy wheels wouldn't budge...

...loosened the nuts a turn and drove it (slowly) for a few minutes... then 'CRACK!'

problem solved.

GQ

Our F250 used to do this. I put the bottle jack between the inner wheel arch (on the tray) and the tyre (with a block of wood) and started jacking.

at work......this was a common occurance with alloys on the steel hubs......a tiny bit of surface rust and they are seized on......

we used to just hit the back of the tyre outwards with a lump hammer......this used to work almost everytime.....
with the really severe cases......we would have to actually hit the rim......CAREFULLY.......



driving on loose wheels is not recommended......it can damage the rim or even snap off the studs......if the wheel doesnt fall off first......

so your intention was to get the wheels off until the wheels fell off that plan??

Best o luck ray them buggeres would bestuck on with medowie mud and that stuff sets like concreat


Tho id go the loose nut theroy but at low speeds as like tony said studs can snap i have broken plenty in the past no big rover ones tho