I need Help

[Forenzic]

I can't get the back rims off my car :mad2:


anyone have any sugestions?

P.S. yes I took the bolts off :help:

[BillyGman]

I can't get the back rims off my car :mad2:


anyone have any sugestions?

P.S. yes I took the bolts off :help:Put 2 or 3 of the lug nuts back on, but very lossely, and drive your car a few feet. That should break the mags free of the hubs.

[Marauder8]

A Big Hammer

[Haggis]

A Big Hammer


You stole my idea. :lol:

...A bigger hammer!

[Forenzic]

Tried em both .... no dice .... them suckers are welded on there good

( drove to the store and back with 2 bolts not even hand tightened )

( 20 lb sledge to the tire and nothing )

( tried a berring puller but couldn't get the dang thing to hook on to the rim )

:mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

prolly take it to the mechanic

[GarageMahal]

Just so you don't feel bad, I think it is a common problem. Driving back and forth a few feet with loose lugs worked for me last fall.

I think it is caused the aluminum on iron thing (forgot the technical term) so I use some anti-seize on the hubs when I reinstalled the factory rims this spring. Hopefully they will come off easily this year when I switch to the winter setup.

Note that I have never had problems with the front, only the back.

jta

[ultravorx]

I had the same problem, i just kept hammering on the tire at "4 corners"( i know wheels dont have corners! :P ) and it eventually broke free.
Frank

[Forenzic]

Just so you don't feel bad, I think it is a common problem. Driving back and forth a few feet with loose lugs worked for me last fall.

I think it is caused the aluminum on iron thing (forgot the technical term) so I use some anti-seize on the hubs when I reinstalled the factory rims this spring. Hopefully they will come off easily this year when I switch to the winter setup.

Note that I have never had problems with the front, only the back.

jta
yeah the fronts came off real easy, like normal .. and last year we didn't have any problems either .... but it snowed on saturday and its still snowing so I have to get the winter tires on before I think about goin home tonight.


:)

[MMM2003]

I had trouble with that last year. I ended up purchasing a set of these:
http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPDFF?PMPAGE=2260PARTPG=NNSRA R2&PMPXNO=1668145 - Part# 00538231 on the bottom left of the page.

Very handy tool. I used two of them to pry on the back side of the rim, using the axle mounting surface as a backing.

When I mounted the OEM wheels in the spring, I used a healthy dose of anti-seize. PITB the whole thing. Imagine this happens to you on the road, and you have to replace a tire.


Just so you don't feel bad, I think it is a common problem. Driving back and forth a few feet with loose lugs worked for me last fall.

I think it is caused the aluminum on iron thing (forgot the technical term) so I use some anti-seize on the hubs when I reinstalled the factory rims this spring. Hopefully they will come off easily this year when I switch to the winter setup.

Note that I have never had problems with the front, only the back.

jta

[GarageMahal]

.... but it snowed on saturday and its still snowing so I have to get the winter tires on before I think about goin home tonight.


:)

It's snowing somewhere and not here? I didn't know that could happen, then again it did snow/sleet a bit this weekend here too. ;)

jta

[Hack Goby]

Just take it to the dealer there the pro`s plus it will be coverd if anything happends

[CRUZTAKER]

Your problem is not new, nor is it unique among members.

As BillyG suggested...I will reiterate. Put all the lug nuts back on and hand snug them only.

Get onto a side street or otherwise less busy busy road and steer the car left and right similar to the way the nascar drivers warm up their tires while under caution.

I assure you, they will break loose. I have done this on three such occations to mine, and friends Marauders.

Put a light coat og grease or no-ox on the hubs next time and they won't 'weld' up on you.

[rayjay]

yeah the fronts came off real easy, like normal .. and last year we didn't have any problems either .... but it snowed on saturday and its still snowing so I have to get the winter tires on before I think about goin home tonight.


:)
Ah, snow, that four letter word. I have the snow tire setup. Just ordered the CVPI center caps today. Hopefully I won't need them for a few weeks yet. :shake:

[the_pack_rat]

Yea me too ... people tell me this all the time.

Oh wait ... this thread is about removing wheels & tires.

Sorry, my bad.

:lol:

Eric

[Marauder8]

Electrolysis is the problem....the two different metals.........bonding........ ohhhh

[Krytin]

Been using never sieze compound on mating surfaces of wheel & hub as well as studs for 20+ years - works good!

[RoyLPita]

Could someone post a pic of the rear end from the back with the tires on???? I might be able to help here.

[rookie1]

Electrolysis is the problem....the two different metals.........bonding........ ohhhh

I think it's called a galvanitic reaction

[bryanknie]

As he said, I used a rubber mallet and beat the $hi+ out of the back of the tire, finally came loose.

Bryan

[chrish]

Electrolysis is the problem....the two different metals.........bonding........ ohhhh



the answer to the problem is simple , & it also explaines whyit only happens in the back of the car ,& only to a small # of cars....


Vern.... Who works at the facility in Canannada ,that was making the vehicle. is a big gum chewer...........union reg does not allow time brakes to refresh his nicoret induced HIGH.......So, Vern..............[who installes the rears.........,BY the way Darrel [who does the fronts] told me all this so, you know im not just lying or dreaming this up].....takes his gum & applies it to the rear of the back wheel...this causes the problem you are all in a quandry about.............


Leave it to vern :banned: :P :P


Thank you & Good Night :beer:

[Petrograde]

Electrolysis is the problem....the two different metals.........bonding........ ohhhh

Electrolysis?.... never heard it called that, I have heard of Galvanic reaction,. or 'dissimilar metal corrosion'.

... anyway.... I gooped grease all over my rear axle ends the first time this happened to me, and it hasn't happened since. :bandit: