mikecl713

i cant take the left rear wheel off due to the powdercoating..
everytime it does this... but the strange thing is i dont remember how i took it off everytime....
ive used wd-40 and a rubber mallet and ive used liquid wrench with a rubber mallet.. im all out of ideas..
help.

l8brakr

I would try removing the lug nuts first Sorry, had to.

No but really, leave the car on the ground and loosen the lugs more than just breaking them loose and the wheel should break itself loose and then jack it up and remove the wheels.

BTW, Have you had a chance to ship the hondata gasket to me yet?

mikecl713

its not the lug nuts
the wheel is stuck onto the rotor
because of the powdercoating...
i just got it off by kicking the shit out of it like 10 times...
never been this bad...

HA U GOT GANKED MY FRIEND





J/k it was sent wednesday u should have it sometime next week
nice doing business with ya.

xviper

Are you saying that the powdercoating was also on the inner surface that contacts the hub surface and around the hole? If so, you should clean off that area before putting the wheel back on (sandpaper or steel wool). Was this on all 4 wheels? Or just on the front? Could you perhaps have a rear wheel accidentally mounted on the front?

l8brakr

Yeah, that's what I thought you meant. I should have provided a better explanation I guess. When the lug nuts are tightened they will "center" the wheel on the hub. If you loosen the lugs with the weight of the car on them still it will allow the wheel to "uncenter" itself and in the process break the corosion or whatever it may be that's making your wheel stick to the face plate of the rotor.

yogi

Smack (not too hard) the inside botton of the wheel with a rubber mallet. My wheel rusts to my hub sometimes and this is all I've gotta do to get it off. You said you tried already, but where were you hitting it?

l8brakr

And oh yeah, like xviper said it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to strip the surface to bare metal like it is intended to be. Also it's never a bad idea to take a wire brush to the mounting surface on the rotor as well whenever you remove your wheels.

mikecl713

ill probably strip the inner side...
i did hit the inner bottome with the mallet.. that sucker was on tight...
im trying to save some miles on my aftermarket wheels for falls colors..
i was switching back to oem wheels

yogi

I don't suggest doing this often, but you can try to loosen the nuts just a bit, drive for a hundred feet or so, and then try to take it off, the driving will probably 'shake off' the wheel. Like I said, don't try this often, and make sure you end up in your garage/driveway before the wheel comes off

I imagine just loosening the bolts and driving forwards/backwards for a few yards would be enough to knock the wheel off the hub...

SpeedxRacer

I usually give it a good kick if its stubburn.. works wonders.