I went outside today to jump in the rig, and I heard a hissing noise coming from somewhere. upon investigation found I had driven over a nail at some point in time and have a slow leak. I went to pull the tire off......its stuck.


anyone ever had this happen? all the lug nuts are off, ran some WD-40 around the bolts and anywhere the metal touches, let it sit, and still nothing. It is almost like there is some mysterious set of bolts holding it in place.

any ideas? I need to get it taken care of tonight, have to go on the road tomorrow.

thanks.

 

Get a big hammer and block of wood and hit the block of wood while paced against the back side of your rim. A couple of blows should break it free.

 

You should be able to plug it on the truck.

 

Thats what i do...

But, if you need it off, either take a sledge and beat on the tire on the outside or kick it with the heel of your boot. This usually does it for me weather it be on my truck or one of our big dump trucks

 

it didnt seem like something I could plug. I pulled the object out, and it was half of a razor blade, so it was pretty much just a long line that was letting air out. I also didnt have any plugs to play with, so that changed things a bit. Still havent knocked it off yet, tried a sledge, my boot, WD-40, screaming at it, throwing things at it, and it just laughs at me. maybe tomorrow will be a better day.

 

I ve had one or two stuck so bad, you d swear they were welded on. Its just rust.......soak it soak it and soak it.....hit it hit it hit it......repeat.

Actually a 6 ft or so jack handle used as a pry bar from the back works ok too. The problem is lack of leverage, and hitting the tire doesnt put much of any forces on the hub portion of the wheel. Try jack handle or other very long pry bar on the back side, if its a rear, between the leaf spring and tire maybe.

 

i big piece of wood works wonders. try something bigger than a 4x4. had one laying around in the shop i was working at just for things like this.

 

use a sledge hammer on the inside dont hit the tire hit the rimnot too hard but youll get the idea

 

Put the lug nuts back on loose, drive forward slowly then apply the brakes hard. Should loosen it up.

 

I know this posted problem Is a little over a month old, but I just want to put my 2 cents In. Papaduck Is correct In his solution. I've done what he says to do with our municipal borough truck a one ton. I'll loosen the nuts and drive slow in around and back up and the trick works. If your woundering, I've just been going through all the post here and reading problems that may be what I may have.

 

I've had two tires that absolutely would not come off. Dunno if you have either of these handy, but the first time I heated up the lugs with a rosebud then walloped it with a 10lbs sledge. Came right off.

Second time I was at the ranch when I wanted to rotate my tires. I couldn't get the front driver side tire off, so I threaded a tow strap through the holes in the rim, attached it to the hitch on the 4wheeler, and took off in 4hi with both diffs locked. Gave it one of those take up the slack quick type pop, as if you're pulling a truck out of the mud. Though on reflection you might want to wear a helmet if you try this method. You just might see your life flash before your eyes like I did when you look over your shoulder and see a mounted and aired up 39x15x17 TSL soarin straight towards your noggin. Took the hat clean off my head...

 

Try the driving with loose lug nuts trick. It's by far the safest.

Why? If ya don't mind me asking..

 

Heating the lugs takes the temper out of them, could result in streched/broken lugs down the road.

Pulling the tire with the quad just sounds dangerous, from flying tires to pulling the truck off the jack, to having a chain or strap come loose adn smack you. Actually sounds like "Darwin Award" potential (award given after death to people who do really stupid things, named after Darwin as it cleanses the gene pool).

 

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=179122 This is a thread about the same thing. Guess I need to start rotating my tires more often.

 

Might a brass drift wacked with a 10 lb'er on different spots around the hub work to loosen it? When you do get it off put some Copper Cote on the hub and the studs. Good luck.