Am I a wimp? (getting 182 wheels off)

[Trail182]

Is there a nack to getting these wheels off? I'm just switching my fronts to back and its as if the wheels have been fookin welded to the hub!

I've done 20k without ever taking them off before, but I didn't think it would be this hard. I don't want to resort to using a mallet, has anyone else found it difficult?

Going to try some release oil before I call Geoff Capes.

 

[182 sport]

ive had the problem before.cant go wrong with a malet and a beam of hard wood.

 

[smiles]

Ive heard this to be quite common on 182's cos in the factory they didnt lube the faces before fitting the wheels (saving money!)

You can shift them by slackening the bolts off then lowering the car back down. This should cause the wheel to twist slightly and so release it. Hope it works for you!

Put some oil on or something before refitting!

Cheers

 

[seb]

mine seemed fine when i swapped mine over. yr just a wimp!

 

[Trail182]

Managed to get it off now and I only suffered a minor hernia

Adding some oil before they go back on definately sounds like a good idea...

Cheers guys

 

[Turkish]

you want copperslip not oil.

 

[bmh.01]

Yeh I had this problem when I first took them off, just got a bit of wood and prised them off. Put some copperslip on and they came off a dream when I did my cambelt.

 

[Steve]

you want copperslip not oil.

Keep oil, normal grease etc away from hubs as heat involved will make it run, creep.

Copperslip is as good!

 

[Munson]

aluminium and steel/iron do not mix. They weld together

 

[matty w]

same as loony said put some copper grease on the hub i always do the wheel studs aswell

 

[Lunner]

As above copper grease...and what all this *****ing about with mallets and blocks of wood, just kick the fucker, lol

 

[Lunner]

It won't let me say f a n n y....f**king gay