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davidat19
30-05-2009, 06:53 AM
Got up at 6 to change the rear pads while it was cool. Got the nuts loose. jacked it up and took the bolts out......you guessed, the alloy won't shift! Too early to clout it so I dribbled some vinegar over tje join and went back to bed. I'll use a chisel (carefully) later.
Anyone got a better idea?
MutantCav
30-05-2009, 06:58 AM
Slowly jack the car back down so the weighs mostly on the wheel (while the jacks still holding it up sufficiently to avoid damaging wheel) till it unsticks then jack it back up??
davidat19
30-05-2009, 07:01 AM
Dropped it off the jack a couple of times....I'll try again!
MutantCav
30-05-2009, 07:05 AM
I'm sure there was something you could do (that I found out AFTER I had this problem a few months back lol) but for the life of me cant remember what it was :(

I managed to prize it off with a crow bar but was difficult to get the bar in somewhere it wouldnt damage the wheel
davidat19
30-05-2009, 07:25 AM
Please try to remember! I have just been told by SWMBO that it's too early to hit it again!
Tried a crow bar, in a bit I will try a block of wood and a lump hammer.
davidat19
30-05-2009, 09:26 AM
Done it....loosened the wheel nuts and drove round the block!
bad_kompany
14-12-2009, 09:30 AM
The stickiness is caused by a metallic reaction between the alloy of the wheels and the metal on the wheel block itself.

I've not had much of a probelm with any of my cars - except for a 2003 Mondeo that was terrible, and I was convinced I could actually remove the wheel nuts and just drive around with the wheels fused to the wheel block instead.

Anyway, the best way to minimise the problem is to splat a good dose of grease on the alloy so you have a protective layer between the wheel and wheel block.

If the wheel's stuck then jacking it up, rotating and whacking it every couple of inches with a rubber mallet works fine. Swearing at it every minute or so seems to help as well.
RatCav
14-12-2009, 11:24 AM
I also take a wire brush to the hub and make sure any and all muck its cleared off. Then a good clean up with some carb cleaner to make sure. Then as bad kompany says a layer of copper slip on the face and lip of the hub.