Why wheels stickum?

[Al Powell]

Having read this and other comments...

> Nothing you brought will prepare you for this.................These alloys
>were washed, clean and had the center caps on..............  All > bolts
>out, kick with feet, foot, feet, one then the other...........NOTHING.

I'm wondering if I've just been lucky, because it has never happened to me
How often do you guys rotate your tires? Do the wheels really freeze on in
less than 5K miles?  Or is this perhaps the result of being exposed to more
salts and chemicals on the roads in the NE?

Despite having owned type 44s since 1987 and a 93 90Q now, I've never had a
wheel stick on a hub. Perhaps this is because I've driven them in Texas and
Colorado - and Colorado doesn't get too carried away with road chemicals. In
central Texas where I lived, snow and chemicals are not a factor at all.

I have had challenges getting the stinkin' lug bolts out (until I started
using a small amount of anti-seize on them - don't email me about this, as I
will NOT stop doing it) but I've never had a wheel stick on the hub.

So let's discuss a bit more.  Is this problem mostly confined to the NE, or
is it observed nationwide?  And does it tend to occur only on wheels that
haven't been removed/rotated for some time, or can they stick on within a
couple thousand miles?
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Al Powell
apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu
1958 Fiat 1200 Transformabile Spyder
1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo
1993 Audi 90Q
1997 Chebby Blazer
1999 Chebby Blazer
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