WHEELS STUCK!!!

[krazyrican76]

My OEM wheels get stuck either to the front discs or rear drums? Anyone else having that issue. My 17"s that got stolen didn't do that shit... Any Advise??? :roll:

[Eee Pee]

Other than a little kick?

Anti seize the area. Just a tiny bit.

[krazyrican76]

Man I have to hammer them off, it's really hard if I don't have it in a lift. Like I said it did not do it with the 17s...

[SilentWrath*]

could it be that your 17's didnt have the 56.1mm hub bore that perfectly fits around the civic hub??? and now that your stock rims are back on they have that tight of a fit and since your hub might be a lil dirty its sticking????

just a thought

[f00ker]

my front left wheel got stuck, dont kick it unless you want to replace the bearing!

[D16Z6racing]

Is it possible that you're torquing them too much?

[specialED]

I once bought a fix-it-up-and-sell-it '89 Civic at an auction. I think the steel wheels had never been removed in over 10 years. They were rusted to the hubs/brake discs.

I had to jack the car up and whack the wheels with a big sledgehammer for like 5 minutes on the front two. It was amazing. I had never experienced anything like with all the cars I have owned/worked on.

I kept looking for hidden welds or something (in case some paranoid MF actually welded his wheels onto the car).

[theyoungone]

I've seen it happen before. It's just rust building up on the inside of the wheel. Next time put some lube on that part and make sure NOT to get any on the rotor.

[BseriesKllR]

i just got kick the top right of the wheel and it comes off..only does it on front driver side though....

[HondaCivic90ED]

using a piece of wood, have someone hold it on the edge of the rim w/ most of the wood, preferably a 2x4, on the wheel, have the person stand on the opposite side of you and take a good ol' sledge hammer and whack at it, it will come off, and any damage that you inflict will be on the wood, not on a bearing, and not on your wheel, this didn't happen to my good car, i woulda been pissed, it happens to my winter beater, the 1990 Toyota Corolla Dx sedan

[krazyrican76]

I've been using a rubber mallot at the shop, anyways I got some OEM 15's from a 03 EX that I will be using now. Thnx for the info will try the WD-40 before mounting them...

[mjb811]

using a piece of wood, have someone hold it on the edge of the rim w/ most of the wood, preferably a 2x4, on the wheel, have the person stand on the opposite side of you and take a good ol' sledge hammer and whack at it, it will come off, and any damage that you inflict will be on the wood, not on a bearing, and not on your wheel, this didn't happen to my good car, i woulda been pissed, it happens to my winter beater, the 1990 Toyota Corolla Dx sedan

yep thats how to do it. its sucks. especially when trying to change a flat on the side of a highway and the rim wont break free :twisted:

[Deck]

I just give my rims a swift kick on the rubber and they come off no prob.

[Honda4VW]

Just loosen up your lugs and drive up and down the street, guarantee they will come off easily then!

[Deck]

Dont you run the risk of bending your wheel studs by doing that?

[Honda4VW]

Sorry.... I was being very sarcastic, hard to tell over the internet

However, and i believe this would not be harmful, you could loosen your lugs, then bring the car down to the groun so the tires meets the ground, but with the jack still engaged. The weight of the car and the tire meeting the gtround surface should break it loose. As long as the luigs are not leaving a large gap to the wheel, you should not run into any bent studs

[Deck]

Or you could just kick the tire. :)

[almskidd]

If your hub is hot (you were just driving), the hub has expanded. If it is rusty on the little cylinder that surrounds the nut that holds the axle in, then the wheel will stick until the hub is cool. Splash some water on it. Once you have the wheel off, put some WD-40 on it before you put the wheel back on. Maybe that will reduce help next time.

[hondaz4me]

just tap em with a 2x4