Help!! Front Wheel stuck on

[wiganite]

Wanted to swap my front and back wheels around to try get a bit more life out of my tyres...but my front wheel is well and truly stuck. Think it's rusted to the hub.

Anyone got any ideas how I can free it off?

 

[jesus]

mine were a little bit like that, i got the tool and stood and put all my weight on it to spin it then they just unscrewed normally lol

 

[DrR]

Big rubber mallet, just t**t the fook out of it.

 

[MarkCup]

Get a big rubber mallet and t**t the wheel hard? Do that a few times and you should break what's binding them together.

 

[MarkCup]

LOL

 

[d4ve86]

kick it, thats what tyre garages do when the wheel is stuck on,

 

[Beef-Mc]

kick it, thats what tyre garages do when the wheel is stuck on,

Agree with that.

 

[wiganite]

kick it, thats what tyre garages do when the wheel is stuck on,

LOL... Guess I was being to gentle. Haven't got a mallet so looks like I'll be kicking it!

Thanks for the quick reply's

Mark

 

[AlexG]

hit it hard with the palm of your hand at the top on the sidewall of the tyre. if not kick it, but be quick to grab it otherwise it might fall off and straight onto its face scratching the f**k out of it.

 

[MarkCup]

hit it hard with the palm of your hand at the top on the sidewall of the tyre. if not kick it, but be quick to grab it otherwise it might fall off and straight onto its face scratching the f**k out of it.

Leave a couple of wheel nuts still threaded in a few turns...won't drop then, kick it as hard as you like.

 

[d4ve86]

make sure its secure on the axle stands/jack before u give it a good kick!

 

[AlexG]

hit it hard with the palm of your hand at the top on the sidewall of the tyre. if not kick it, but be quick to grab it otherwise it might fall off and straight onto its face scratching the f**k out of it.

Leave a couple of wheel nuts still threaded in a few turns...won't drop then, kick it as hard as you like.

:approve:

 

[cat171]

Sorted yeah ??

The wheels on vee's do this a lot, flippin right pain in the backside.

 

[Ren01]

Loosen the wheel bolts slightly, roll the car a few metres. That should do it.

 

[Russ_16v]

VW's are terrible for it mate, a few wacks with a rubber mallet WILL get it off, though a prob with leaving wheel bolts on slightly is iv seen threads damaged that way, id take the bolts off, make sure its very well secured then a few hits on the tyre will get it off

 

[Turkish]

When you put it back on give the raised part of the hub and part of the disc the wheel sits against a thin smear of copperslip. That will stop it sticking on again, reet pain in the arse having to kick the f**k out of a wheel to get it off.

 

[AlexG]

When you put it back on give the raised part of the hub and part of the disc the wheel sits against a thin smear of copperslip. That will stop it sticking on again, reet pain in the arse having to kick the f**k out of a wheel to get it off.

clean it first and a quick wipe of sand paper before the copper grease will make it better

 

[Hutchie]

i have to over come this problem every day

undo all wheel nuts

then screw one back in a few threads with fingers

then hit/kick back of wheel

wheel will come loose but not fall off and scratch cause still a wheel nut in

hutchie

 

[wiganite]

Thanks for all the tips!! Hopefully it'll be dry at the weekend, so i can sort it.

Cheers people

Mark

 

[Turkish]

When you put it back on give the raised part of the hub and part of the disc the wheel sits against a thin smear of copperslip. That will stop it sticking on again, reet pain in the arse having to kick the f**k out of a wheel to get it off.

clean it first and a quick wipe of sand paper before the copper grease will make it better

Yup 50 grit and/or wire brush to clean the fucker up.

 

[cat171]

^ did all that with the vee, a few months later they may aswell have been welded on, the sods !:dapprove: