Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

rusted on whell

Reply
Created by decrepit > 9 months ago, 11 Oct 2016
decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 12:56PM
Thumbs Up

High seabreeze help line.

Does any body have a better way of getting a rusted on wheel off than this.





I've given it a good spray with CRC, loaded up the jack as much as I dare, hit the protruding axle with a small hammer, (don't want to distort that so I didn't hit too hard). It's now soaking the CRC in as I have lunch. But if this doesn't work is there an alternative better method?

In all my 55years of driving I've never had this happen. Well sometimes the wheel is a bit sticky on the axle but it's never taken very much effort to get it off.
This is solid!

Thought I'd done a really good job of de-salting last time I went through estuary water coming back from Boombas, maybe it's just our salty atmosphere by the beach. Now I'll make sure to ranix and then grease it before it goes back on.

Mackerel
WA, 313 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:00PM
Thumbs Up

You could try putting a bag of ice over it for a bit - works with fishing rods that are stuck together...

Twimby
WA, 483 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:07PM
Thumbs Up

Rusted Reece hitches come off after spraying and working in vinegar

actiomax
NSW, 1575 posts
11 Oct 2016 4:09PM
Thumbs Up

Put the nuts back on loose with say a mm gap slowly drive it im sure it will have loosened up in a 100mtr

Ian K
WA, 4049 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:09PM
Thumbs Up

Hit it all around the rim with a rubber mallet.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:15PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
actiomax said..
Put the nuts back on loose with say a mm gap slowly drive it im sure it will have loosened up in a 100mtr


The thought very briefly crossed my mind of doing 200kms/hr without any wheel nuts, it would be sure to come off at the first corner.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:16PM
Thumbs Up

Thanks Ian, will give that a go now, I'm not sure if the vinegar will get passed the CRC, but it sounds like worth trying if the mallet doesn't work.

Back shortly.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:24PM
Thumbs Up

Great stuff Ian, half a dozen bangs with the rubber mallet and it sprang off, good job I was smart enough to be standing beside it not in front. there was a lot of tension on that jack. An hour or so to let the CRC soak in probably helped a bit as well.
Now to fix it so it doesn't happen again.

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
11 Oct 2016 4:26PM
Thumbs Up

It will come off easier if you jack the car up first to get the wheel off the ground.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:30PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
lotofwind said..
It will come off easier if you jack the car up first to get the wheel off the ground.


It may not look like it on the pic, but the wheel is freely rotating. I don't believe in jacking anything up further than it needs to go. The lower it is the more stable.

cameron2156
WA, 149 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:35PM
Thumbs Up

put heat onto it, eg blow torch works every time

felixdcat
WA, 3519 posts
11 Oct 2016 1:38PM
Thumbs Up

Use plenty of graphite type of grease on the contact surface (Nevercease bran
d?)

Gizmo
SA, 2865 posts
11 Oct 2016 5:41PM
Thumbs Up

Try jacking up the car a bit.... Its VERY hard to get a wheel off with weight on it.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 3:43PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
Gizmo said..
Try jacking up the car a bit.... Its VERY hard to get a wheel off with weight on it.


Sorry mate you're a bit late, lotowind already cracked that obvious one.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 3:48PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
felixdcat said..
Use plenty of graphite type of grease on the contact surface (Nevercease bran
d?)


Didn't have any graphite grease, (would need to put the wheel back on to drive to the shops to get some) so I've just used the ordinary stuff.
Hopefully, if I don't have a puncture in the near future, the next time the wheel comes off will be for new tyres a year or so down the track, the grease will do the job till then.

elmo
WA, 8732 posts
11 Oct 2016 4:18PM
Thumbs Up

Ah the flooded drive out of Boomba's claims a victim

busterwa
3777 posts
11 Oct 2016 4:21PM
Thumbs Up




Tonz
512 posts
11 Oct 2016 4:29PM
Thumbs Up

Get Donald Trump to come near it....It will roll off the axle and run a country mile

gavnwend
WA, 1366 posts
11 Oct 2016 4:36PM
Thumbs Up

Looks like you need bead breaker most tyre outlets have them .good luck! Didn't read the post right l thought you wanted to get the tyre of rim.

surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
11 Oct 2016 8:23PM
Thumbs Up

Just try hitting around the rim with a rubber mallet.
Should work.

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 5:56PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
surfingboye said..
Just try hitting around the rim with a rubber mallet.
Should work.


Yep, Ian beat you to it, and it worked great, wheels been off for about 5hrs now

surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
11 Oct 2016 9:09PM
Thumbs Up

If the mallet doesn't work give it a bit of a drenching in CRC or something....

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 6:39PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
surfingboye said..
If the mallet doesn't work give it a bit of a drenching in CRC or something....



That's the first thing I did!
And you're not reading the previous posts are you?

sn
WA, 2775 posts
11 Oct 2016 6:41PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
decrepit said..
Great stuff Ian, half a dozen bangs with the rubber mallet and it sprang off,.


oh poo.....

I wasn't quick enough

I can suggest using these and some redcord.
[much more funner than dodgy jacks or rubber mallets]





Breaks the bead on loader tyres and de-rusts split rims that were solidly rusted together after many years harvesting salt at Kooly' salt operation.


stephen







decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 7:30PM
Thumbs Up

That's almost as good as doing 200km/hr with no wheel nuts.

Seacht
WA, 376 posts
11 Oct 2016 8:05PM
Thumbs Up

This (among other things) put me off ever owning gm cars again. this rim/hub style can get incredibly rusted on if left long enough

VB MAN
1156 posts
11 Oct 2016 8:54PM
Thumbs Up

Rotate your tyres occasionally !

decrepit
WA, 12161 posts
11 Oct 2016 8:59PM
Thumbs Up

Select to expand quote
VB MAN said..
Rotate your tyres occasionally !


Believe it or not that's just what I was doing.



Subscribe
Reply

Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...


"rusted on whell" started by decrepit