My wheels are stuck on.

[Scott-jarvis]

i have had my vtr alloys painted white a few monthes back and put them on a couple days after they were painted, now i have come to take them off cause i want to give them a good scrub and do my calipers, they wont come off, if i remember they didnt sprasy too much paint on the back of the alloy were it sits, but they are stuck on, any ideas ?? :wall:

[andywiddss1]

they will not really be stuck that much mate . make sure the cars on the jack properly then give the tyre a good kick getting ur mate to get ready to catch the wheel when it comes off

[mattg]

Hit the wheel with your hands either side of the wheel and should loosen it up, Probably where the paint as got so hot behind it has made it sticky and now dried on, the wheel should come off thugh if you keep hitting it both sides and rocking it.

[darkslag72]

give em a smack, its just the paint

[Ruffgeezer]

Its called an electrolytic reaction, the difference in material between your wheel and your hub cause a reaction which ends up fusing the wheel to the hub, take the wheel nuts out and wind one back in a few threads, then a good kick or a clout with a copper/hide hammer should see it come free. Remember to clean up the hub and copper slip it before putting the wheel back on.

[Scott-jarvis]

thanks for the replies, i know its a bit harsh but i put a cheisel, on the back of the wheel and twated it with a hammer a few times, and i didnt come off, i thought of putting a couple of wheelnuts in and droppeing it ever so slowly to the floor so the weight of the car pushes it self from the rim, what do you reckon ??

[Lozza_vtr]

Loosen the wheel bolts slightly then lower the jack so the car is on the ground, rock the car a few times, should break the seal. Jack back up remove wheel bolts and remove wheel.

Thats what i have done in the past.

[stu-n-shell]

jack it up put a stand unter it the knock round the back of the wheel as hard as you can wit a rubber hammer turning the wheel at the same time then give the hub a rub with sand paper and copper grease it before puting the wheel back on

[adzer]

jach her up take the bolts off, get on the deck and kick the left side then the right keep going till it slackens off. my mum's astra wheel done that and i kicked the shit out of it for about an hour with no luck, i ended up puttin a power bar thru the spoke and levering it off the disc (rough i know but it worked)

[stevo67]

Jack up car get a mate to push down on the brake pedal,get a lever bar & impact socket should come off.If not a rubber mallet behind the wheel working around it tapping.


Steve.

[Scott-jarvis]

Got them off now, from kicking them for about 5 minutes, lol, cheers

[Predator_R32]

use your feet, leave bolt on, just loosen them a bit, should come off eventually, once off scrape the paint off andthen appy copper grease when you put them back on :y:

[Scott-jarvis]

cheers, done it