Re: Wheel corroded onto hubs

[Crazy Cajun <astros@WPI.EDU>]

> Hello all, I have a question about removing the wheels on a 
> 100 S that is a recent acquisition. The wheels seem to be 
> corroded onto the hubs. The car has 45k on it and did spend 
> it's early life in Wisconsin and now is in Washington State.
> 
> I wanted to check the brake pads so I removed the lug bolts
> but the wheel would not budge. The same thing happened to the 
> V8 but to a much lesser extent. I yanked and pulled and tugged
> on the wheel and got no movement at all. The wheels must
> have been removed at some time in there life as the tires are 
> newer than 45k.  

If you have the car up and steady (not on a spare jack), take a pipe or 
your foot if you can reach and whack it from the inside outwards.  You 
can leave one of the bolts (preferably the top one) in part way to keep 
the tire from flying.  This is my technique, anybody got a better way????

					-Noel 85 5ks
					 Auburn, NH