Why wheels stickum?

[Brendan K. Walsh]

ime, after any tire shop puts on new ones. these guys are gorillas when it
comes to tightening things. combine that with NE roads, low temps and high
humidity. you have an almost certain recipe for that sucker to get stuck.
I've never had a problem in the summer, just winter...

brendan

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Powell" <apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: Why wheels stickum?


> 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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