kokalit

Your screw drive scissor jack may be able to work in place of a hydraulic jack if you can put the axle on a jack stand. A lot more muscle work but should be able to do it. They can lift at least 2500 pounds (one corner or a truck) or more.

trik396

No help for removal but I also recommend the never sieze on the back of the rim after you do get it off. And I don't recommend taking a file to open the hole or reduce the hub on the axle. I believe our rims are hub-centric. That'd be a no-no...

crobtex

Have you tried putting it on stands, putting it gear, run up a few MPH and then hitting the brake? I've heard that sometimes this will work.

madhat

If you do that, just make sure that the lug nuts are still on a little, so if it does break loose, no one dies.

Dynocon

I used a 12LB hammer and would get a big swing from behind, hard to do when standing beside of the tire. I assume they are aluminum like mine, once I got them off I put a little grease between the rim and the hub, works great.

Hounddog

Factory jack too big?

InfernoB

That is pretty much the way to do it. Go to an empty lot and loosen the nuts. Perform a series of figure eights and check the wheel. You could try it forward and backward. You may also need to loosen the nuts enough so you have a good gap.
Be careful and good luck.

lanwangeek

I had the same problem with me dually when I went to rotate the tires. I put the back axle on jack stands and took off the outer tire. Then I crawled under the truck and kicked back side of the tire on one side then the other. It took several kicks to break it loose. After that I was able to work it off. Anthony

ian515

yeah, factory jack is too big to fit in there. I have tried beating it from the inside of the tire, and driving forward and backward, nothing worked. I havent tried putting it on jack stands, but isnt that the same as driving it around.
I might try driving it in circles next, I like the sound of that. I will have to pick up some anti sieze too, gotta love this forum.

kertoncol

I've had the same problem and what hasn't failed me yet is using a 8' long 4x4. Just just the mass of the 4x4 to hit the tire, not the rim. It should work fine. I've tried using a sledge but the mass isn't there as much as a moving 4x4.

jamesbfishin

This is deffinetly the way to go. We had to do this on my brothers 99 GMC 2500 to get the factory rear wheels loose. loosen the lugs up, then just tighten them by hand, it should be enough to put some side load on the wheel and pop it loose.

Mlucas

I tried taking my left rear tire off on the weekend & it was stuck too. I beat on it for a while with no progress.

I called my dealer & they'll beat them off, rotate them & puttem back on for $20. that's a deal to me. Its part of their customer support.

Plus, they'll put anti-sciese on there for me.

DaveB.inVa

Go for the drive. My S-10 that was just totaled had the same problem. Fixed it with a disc sander to remove just enough material from the hub.

johnh

but they don't to be that tight of fit, after all it's only a wheel with 8 lug nuts to center it

BMH95

Sounds strange, but I had the same problem. I tried the BFH for a while and got nowhere. It actually came off with out much trouble when I tried a 2lb rubber mallet to the inside of the rim. It seemed like the harmonics might have loosened it. I anti-siezed the living daylights out of them before I put them back on, and haven't had a problem since. Alos, a dead-blow mallet works pretty well too. Something about that rubber makes it work better for me.