Re: Wheel stuck...help!

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Usual technique is with a short piece of 4x4 and '"stabbing" the tire/wheel
with it.  Since you have nice and pretty wheels, I'd smack it on the inside
of the tire and hope it pops off.  Then, try and figure out why the bloody
ting sticks.  Anti-seize will work wonders with keeps the wheels from
freezing onto the hubs.

I remember an old girlfriend getting a flat and me on the side of the road
trying to get the bloody tire off the car.  -10 degrees and a totally
crappy part of Detroit and about midnight.

At 11:29 AM 9/28/1998 ,  MSV96@aol.com was inspired to say:
>  I know, sounds trivial but...the left front wheel on my 87 5ktq is stuck to
>  the hub and I am seeking advice on how to remove it without damage (15 x 7
>  Fuchs wheel).
>  
>  The last place to install this wheel was an alignment shop who rotated my
>  tires and aligned the car back in April. The shop is a one man
independent who
>  is well known as an excellent alignment tech in local P-car circles. He
>  mentioned that he had a "very hard time" removing the left front when he
>  rotated the tires...I think he had to use a puller maybe. I will call hime
>  today and see. I sorta feel like he shoulda taken some steps to ensure
that it
>  didn't get stuck again. The problem seems to be with the hub, not the
wheel.
>  
>  I was rotating tires (well was trying-got the right side done) while
doing an
>  oil change Saturday and the wheel is stuck but good. I did not try real
hard
>  yet to get it off as I am suffering from the flu and wanted to get back
>  inside. I can see there is no way I would have gotten this wheel off in the
>  event of a flat though and want to "fix" this problem. Any and all
advice will
>  be much appreceated! TIA


Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q - <insert pithy witticism here>
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally