Siezed Wheel

[chris454bb]

Had a flat in the bush on the weekend, tried to change tire, wheel would not come off of hub (20" Ford polished alum), seems to be siezed on there, anyone else ever have this problem?

Thanks Guys!

[chris454bb]

Forgot to mention, even beat on tire with mini sledge .. it still didn't come off

[HunterJ]

Originally Posted by chris454bb

Had a flat in the bush on the weekend, tried to change tire, wheel would not come off of hub (20" Ford polished alum), seems to be siezed on there, anyone else ever have this problem?

Thanks Guys!

Yes happened to me 2 days ago. Break the lugnuts loose but leave them on and drive around in figure eights. Try a half an 8 then check then a whole eight then check.

[HunterJ]

Originally Posted by chris454bb

Forgot to mention, even beat on tire with mini sledge .. it still didn't come off

Yeah A large(larger and heavier then normal) sledge couldn't get mine off.

[dmbrichie]

Same thing happened to my buddy last winter, he slammed into the side of a curb slidiing on ice... Stopped at my house to change it in my heated garage... Had to beat on the tire for about 20 minutes, finally popped loose using a chunk of 4x4.. It was crazy..

[breuer69]

Used to have this problem with my F150, especially when it got cold, put a little anti-seize compound on where the wheel and the hub and rotor come together and came of much easier next time I rotated them.