This is ridiculous

[Da_Prodigy]

Well I this Sunday I went and changed my front brake pads and my front passenger caliper that all went well but one thing stood in my way in the beginning... My wheels. My wheels would not come of the car like normal. It took 30 minutes of hammering/prying on each wheel to take them off. I've never had that happen before. It seems that the wheels were stuck the center hub of the disk. Usually as soon as I take off my lug nuts the wheels comes off like nothing not sure why or what would cause this. Anyone have any input on this?

Note: these my 16" steelies

[Galantman03]

when is the last time you took them off? Could have been rusted to the center hub... mine where always a PITA to remove after every winter

[wetamup2k3g]

When I started losing my hubcaps I noticed this happening to me too, the exposure to the elements must've made them rust together, I have a 3lb mini sledge that I used, one whack to the inboard side of the tire, and there you go! But when the hubcaps were on, I never had that problem, rain sleet hail snow.

[Da_Prodigy]

Last time I took them off was in December when I installed bridgestone potenza tires. When I took them off there was just a tad bit of rust but nothing huge like to make them stick like that. I was hammering it with a 8 lbs. hammer on the back of the wheel and it wouldn't budge even wasted a whole can of w-40. I almost feel like the metal expanded/shrunk.

[Skyforger]

Very common with imports with steelies, I've seen this more with Hondas and Hyundais though. A good way to keep this from happening so bad, coat a decent layer of anti-sieze around the hub bore, I do it to every car I work on at my shop that has difficulty with rust/corrosion seizing the wheel to the hub.

[RedGalant2k1]

Very common with imports with steelies, I've seen this more with Hondas and Hyundais though. A good way to keep this from happening so bad, coat a decent layer of anti-sieze around the hub bore, I do it to every car I work on at my shop that has difficulty with rust/corrosion seizing the wheel to the hub.

And ONLY put the anti-seize around the hub, nothing else.

[mko]

You guys. Get a pry bar a wedge it between the balljoint and the wheel, and then pry out. It always comes off

[Galantman03]

^lol bunch of panzies?

[RedGalant2k1]

You guys. Get a pry bar a wedge it between the balljoint and the wheel, and then pry out. It always comes off

Hehe, that doesn't work on Semi-trucks though...

[Skyforger]

Nah, best technique is to keep one lug on, and from behind the wheel, attack it with a BFH. Never done me wrong 90% of the time. The really stubborn wheels (usually the Hyundai Elantra 02-06 models) get hit with the Oxy-Acetylene torch. :D

[Galantfan88]

Yeah bro its going to happen...wheels get stuck on. All you need to do is put alil more power into your foot and give the wheel a nice stomp on the side and it should come right off.