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[Tankie1rtr]

Hi Guys.
Just a quick tip for removing Alloy Wheels that are stuck on, I was chatting to one of the guys who spent hours hitting the tyres with a hamer, Heres all you have to do. Boil a kettle of hot water, go and pour it over the alloys around the centre hub, the alloy will expand ever so slightly and the wheel should just drop off.  no hammering and frustration

[markey mark]

i normally kick the shite out of them then wire brush the hubs then copper grease the hubs !!  

[waspy]

Excellent, i shall do that next time i get a stuck wheel

[yingtong]

i normally kick the shite out of them then wire brush the hubs then copper grease the hubs !!  

LOL @ you Mark......and ditto.......then again its a bloody good tip, nice one i think i will give it a try next time

Strangely enough all my wheels came off very easily....

[markey mark]

i normally kick the shite out of them then wire brush the hubs then copper grease the hubs !!  

LOL @ you Mark......and ditto.......then again its a bloody good tip, nice one i think i will give it a try next time

Strangely enough all my wheels came off very easily....

i wonder why kev !!  

[hotel21]

Or undoo the bolts a turn ()one turn only, mind...) then drive and do an emergency stop.  Should be just enough free play to allow the wheel to free from the hub.  Dont drive too far or too fast - the wheels only held on by a wish, remember.....  

[Proz]

Hi Guys.
Just a quick tip for removing Alloy Wheels that are stuck on, I was chatting to one of the guys who spent hours hitting the tyres with a hamer, Heres all you have to do. Boil a kettle of hot water, go and pour it over the alloys around the centre hub, the alloy will expand ever so slightly and the wheel should just drop off.  no hammering and frustration

Nice one ..... happened to a mate of mine just a few days ago ...

[Andy B]

Or undoo the bolts a turn ()one turn only, mind...) then drive and do an emergency stop.  Should be just enough free play to allow the wheel to free from the hub.  Dont drive too far or too fast - the wheels only held on by a wish, remember.....  

It don't half make a bang when they let go too.

[willyboy]

Or undoo the bolts a turn ()one turn only, mind...) then drive and do an emergency stop.  Should be just enough free play to allow the wheel to free from the hub.  Dont drive too far or too fast - the wheels only held on by a wish, remember.....  

LOL might try that next time hope you dont read about me in the papers wheels come off car on m-way  

[omegaman2]

Or undoo the bolts a turn ()one turn only, mind...) then drive and do an emergency stop.  Should be just enough free play to allow the wheel to free from the hub.  Dont drive too far or too fast - the wheels only held on by a wish, remember.....  

It don't half make a bang when they let go too.

i had do that once ..........very gingerly round a roundabout

[dbug]

Belt em with a bl**dy great lump of wood - never fails.  
More pleasure than boiling water trick  :-/
Wire brush then copper slip the hubs - will fall off in future!

[MutantCav]

Worth knowing...had one stuck fast the other day...crow bar between and behind the spokes using the brake hub as a pivot point worked in the end where all amount of hitting the thing had failed!