Removing rear tires

[EntryOpr8tor]

Anyone else out there have trouble removing the rear tires from the hubs? I know aluminum rims have a tendency to stick to the hub if they've been bolted on a while, but I couldn't get mine off today no matter what I tried. I even had the car jacked up and was kicking the tire from under the car toward the outside w/no luck. They wouldn't budge. Anyone have any suggestions? :banghead:

[-db-]

Take a wooden baseball bat to the tires, from outside and out from underneath the car being careful not to strike anything else, to try to pop the wheel off. Once you get them off smear a bit of anti-sieze to the backside of the inner wheel where it mates to the rotor/hub. Apply it sparingly as you want none to fling off onto the actual braking contact area of the rotor/pads. No more stick.

Hope you had the car on a whole bunch of jack stands as you were under the car trying to kick the wheel off from underneath it...

[sccaGTO]

Anyone else out there have trouble removing the rear tires from the hubs? I know aluminum rims have a tendency to stick to the hub if they've been bolted on a while, but I couldn't get mine off today no matter what I tried. I even had the car jacked up and was kicking the tire from under the car toward the outside w/no luck. They wouldn't budge. Anyone have any suggestions? :banghead:
I would say if you could get the center cap off, spray something called PB Blaster in the hole. The wheels marrying themselves to the car is what alot of us have dealt with. Do you have a good 20-lb. sledge hammer? Go back under the car (with jack stands) & hit the back side of the tire. Be prepared, there will be some bounce back. If you have someone to help you, have them hold a thick piece of wood against the back side of the rim & use the sledge to hit the wood. That way, you don't ding up the rim.

[-db-]

I would say if you could get the center cap off, spray something called PB Blaster in the hole. The wheels marrying themselves to the car is what alot of us have dealt with. Do you have a good 20-lb. sledge hammer? Go back under the car (with jack stands) & hit the back side of the tire. Be prepared, there will be some bounce back. If you have someone to help you, have them hold a thick piece of wood against the back side of the rim & use the sledge to hit the wood. That way, you don't ding up the rim.

I know you're trying to help but, jackstands or not, beating and applying this kind of force should not be done while underneath the car at all. I'd rig up a bottle jack mounted horizontally from outside before I'd crawl under a car and try beating wheels off with brute force. Every time I'm under a car with wheels off I find myself staring at bare front brake rotors and imagining how sharp those edges are and what they'd do if the car were to come off the supports...

[sccaGTO]

I know you're trying to help but, jackstands or not, beating and applying this kind of force should not be done while underneath the car at all. I'd rig up a bottle jack mounted horizontally from outside before I'd crawl under a car and try beating wheels off with brute force. Every time I'm under a car with wheels off I find myself staring at bare front brake rotors and imagining how sharp those edges are and what they'd do if the car were to come off the supports...
Perhaps I trust my method since I did things like this countless #s of times. That is how we did it at the tire shop I used to work at for 8 years. The final decision is always up to each owner. He asked for some other ideas, I supplied one.

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Perhaps I trust my method since I did things like this countless #s of times. That is how we did it at the tire shop I used to work at for 8 years. The final decision is always up to each owner. He asked for some other ideas, I supplied one.

No problem. I really don't care a whole bunch but I'd hate to see a rookie take some other rookie's advice and end up injured or dead. 8 years you've been beating wheels off from the inside out underneath the car on nothing but a pair of jackstands, eh? Balls? Sure. Brains? Questionable...

At 6'1" and 250 lbs. I could probably kick the damn car over an inch or two with all 4 wheels on the ground if I really tried. I'd be damned if I'm going to wind up and try to kick just as hard on something from underneath the car when all I have is maybe a total of 2 or 3 square inches of slippery base steel holding the car up and in place.

How's that redneck joke go? "Hey, watch this!..." lol...

[sccaGTO]

8 years you've been beating wheels off from the inside out underneath the car on nothing but a pair of jackstands, eh? Balls? Sure. Brains? Questionable...
No. Most of the time we didn't take the time for stands, we just used the jacks. We have had more close calls that I can remember. At least I feel safer using stands.

[Lothar]

You're all wusses. Just hold the car up with one hand and pull the wheel off with the other.

[Papa's Goat]

How about loosening the lug nuts about 2 turns, and a quick trip around the block?

[sccaGTO]

You're all wusses. Just hold the car up with one hand and pull the wheel off with the other.
I forgots to eats me spinach.

[ZappMan]

How about loosening the lug nuts about 2 turns, and a quick trip around the block?

I've used a very similar technique, but I never left my driveway. Loosen the lugs a few turns, then drive forward and backward a few times, applying the brakes firmly each way. Works all the time! :)

[GMH GTO]

Once you put white lithium grease on the hubs you won't have this problem. Oh yeah it took a few jabs with the mallet to remove the rear wheels.

[EntryOpr8tor]

Take a wooden baseball bat to the tires, from outside and out from underneath the car being careful not to strike anything else, to try to pop the wheel off. Once you get them off smear a bit of anti-sieze to the backside of the inner wheel where it mates to the rotor/hub. Apply it sparingly as you want none to fling off onto the actual braking contact area of the rotor/pads. No more stick.

Hope you had the car on a whole bunch of jack stands as you were under the car trying to kick the wheel off from underneath it...


Only had one corner jacked up at a time...other 3 tires were on the ground...with jack and jackstands under the side that was up. Been under cars enough over the years to know better. Wasn't worried about it coming down.

Then again...I've done...and do..crazier things. Work comes to mind.....:wall:

Thanks to all that chimed in....Appreciate the responses. :hail: