Hello...Hope yall can help..<br><br>I have alluminum wheels on my truck that don't want to come off.(front only) I have tried soaking them with penetrating oil, driving a little with loose lug nuts, and of course hammering/prying...NOTHING is working! Any ideas would be great!

 

Try driving with the nuts loosened about two or three turns. Don't drive in a straight line but do a few figure 8's in a parking lot with progressively tighter and faster turns. Once the wheels break free then tighten the nuts a little for the drive home to avoid damage to the wheels.

 

When you say hammering, do you mean taking a sledge to the tires? I had to get the wheels off my Mom's Ford stawag that way once. ;D After you get the @#%&amp;ing things off, make sure you smear a good coat of anti-sieze on the mating surface so this doesn't happen again. Hammering on things feels good, doesn't it?

 

[quote author=wannadiesel link=board=10;threadid=15401;start=0#144641 date=1054517778]<br>When you say hammering, do you mean taking a sledge to the tires? I had to get the wheels off my Mom's Ford stawag that way once. ;D After you get the @#%&amp;ing things off, make sure you smear a good coat of anti-sieze on the mating surface so this doesn't happen again. Hammering on things feels good, doesn't it?<br>[/quote]<br><br>Feels great ... until the sledge comes back and smacks you in the forehead or ricochetes off the tire and puts a nice crease in your fender (done them both). <br><br>PISTOL

 

I had a sticky tire on my daulie rear when I changed rims. I just used a little violence and it came right off.

 

&quot;Little Violence&quot;

 

Thanks for the help guys, but I have tried all of this and nothing is working!! Any more ideas???

 

I use a 4x4 about 4 feet long to knock off my tires, All mine stick after removing the lugs.

 

[quote author=PistolWhipt link=board=10;threadid=15401;start=0#144731 date=1054554856]
Feels great ... until the sledge comes back and smacks you in the forehead or ricochetes off the tire and puts a nice crease in your fender (done them both).

PISTOL
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Thats what happen to ya. j/k
I had it happen to me too.Makes you say every cuss word then some. &gt;

 

Have 2 dodges one on each tire and wrap a chain arouond the tire and tell them to pull. J/K Dont do that.I would say use a ford but thats just too much Power. lol

 

It happened to me with a set of steel wheels and brake drums. My solution was to raise the tire off the ground and fully deflate the tire. Then I used a long 2x4 against the inside rim of the wheel and wailed on the end of it from the other side of the truck with a 15 lb. sledge. Finally popped loose. Just remember , &quot;The bigger the doubt, the bigger the hammer.&quot; .... ;D

 

Try jacking it up before you try pulling the wheels off....and be sure you loosen the lug nuts.

 

Well...I got the rim off!! I ended up cracking it up pretty bad though! The 8 pound sledge hammer works great for getting rims off, if you don't mind buying new rims...<br><br>Thanks guys!

 

[quote author=MNYPDRBLT link=board=10;threadid=15401;start=0#144986 date=1054593843]
Well...I got the rim off!! I ended up cracking it up pretty bad though! The 8 pound sledge hammer works great for getting rims off, if you don't mind buying new rims...

Thanks guys!
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Nice name....that's what all my friends call my truck &quot;Mini-Peterbilt&quot; probably because none of them drive diesel powered trucks

 

yeah, with my yellow grill and bumper on mine, all my friends call me the school bus! ??? 1 friend inperticular said it sounds like the school bus he rides to school in,,- I no it don't,- they don't put these motors in them shortbuses!!! ;D