how to remove Stuck front Driverside wheel

[jabrax]

Went to rotate the tires and I cant get the damn front driver side wheel off. Tried kicking donkey kicking around the wheel and cant get the friggen thing off.

Any ideas? Could a stud be bent or something?

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[Road Dog]

This is a trick post, right?

 

[jabrax]

This is a trick post, right?

Nope, not a trick. Some bad typing in there tho (rotate tires). I can not pull the wheel off. Shaking the hell out of the car on jack stands, getting me a little nervous. Seeing on youtube now where apparently this does happen. Haven't seen on any newer mustangs

 

[BlueThunder]

You have to elaborate a bit. Did you get the lugs off? If they're off, are you sure you have it jacked up far enough, like does the wheel spin? If you got it on then there's really no way for a stud to be bent enough that the wheel won't at least have some play in it. Only other thing is possibly some moisture/cleaner/oil got in-between the wheel and hub and is causing some sort of vacuum lock. Get a heavy rubber mallet or use a block of wood as a buffer and try tapping the tire (make sure you got it jacked/standed properly) firmly and it should just come loose.

You don't have spacing adapters do you?

 

[Road Dog]

Well it's late, take a can of liquid wrench and spray the merge line of the wheel and the hub while rotating the wheel. Spray in the lug holes as well. Be very careful not to let it get on the rotor surface. Then go to bed, it should come loose in the morning.

 

[jabrax]

You have to elaborate a bit. Did you get the lugs off? If they're off, are you sure you have it jacked up far enough, like does the wheel spin? If you got it on then there's really no way for a stud to be bent enough that the wheel won't at least have some play in it. Only other thing is possibly some moisture/cleaner/oil got in-between the wheel and hub and is causing some sort of vacuum lock. Get a heavy rubber mallet or use a block of wood as a buffer and try tapping the tire (make sure you got it jacked/standed properly) firmly and it should just come loose.

You don't have spacing adapters do you?

Lugs off - up high on stands - no spacers

Thanks

 

[BlueThunder]

Lugs off - up high on stands - no spacers

Thanks

As Road Dog said, it could also be just some rust built up holding it together, especially if you haven't rotated the tires for a long time. I don't know if an anti-rust spray will penetrate that space. But some solid bumps around the tire with a mallet or hammer against a wooden block should "pop" it loose if that's the case.

Assuming you got the other wheels off, notice any extra corrosion or rust on the hubs/inner wheels?

 

[sonofoldcars]

But lug nuts back on but still loose. Lower car onto ground and rock car. If that doesn't work. Bring a wrench and drive car slowly then tighten then jack up again.

 

[sigintel]

If you get any lubricant on the studs, you need to clean it off with aerosol brake cleaner or isopropyl or tons of soap and rags etc.

You using a shop jack to jack an entire side at a time?

You can probably avoid all that mess though:
Put all the wheels back on w nuts torqued.
On the stuck wheel, after torquing, back the nuts back off one quarter turn from hand tight.
Put car down on the ground and start but dont move.
(Do NOT put jack under stuck wheel while car is on jack stands. You need the solid ground in combination with whats called the scrub radius of the suspension to break the wheel loose).
You are now going to just steer in park at idle using power steering to break loose. Turn left and right a little and then check if one or two lugnuts went tight while others loose.
Work up to sharper inputs and rapid sawing left right on steering wheel.
Still stuck?
Repeat but now Back car maybe two car lengths back then back into garage.
Listen for the wheel breaking loose with a light clunk.
At half a mile an hour it wont damage anything and will be sitting on the hub center lip.
Still not loose?
Try getting on brakes a little harder each time.

If still stuck, its possible that serious corrosion, debris or damage or bad machining created an interference fit between hub center lip and wheel center recess. You can wrap the wheel spokes in tons of tape and cardboard and get crazy with the rubber mallet and a slide hammer.. uggg.

 

[jabrax]

thanks all.... I am going to have at it tomorrow.
Wheels are new and installed in July

 

[Czs550]

Just hit the back of the wheel with a rubber mallet until it pops off

 

[Paul@PKAUTODESIGN]

Take a rubber hammer and wack the tire from the inside going out, its just stuck on there, a bit of force will get it off.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Just hit the back of the wheel with a rubber mallet until it pops off

This ↑↑↑ .

I have to use this method every time on every wheel with my Forgestar track wheels, which use centering rings.

You may have to hit the inside (you'll usually hit the tire sidewall) two, three, or more times before the wheel comes loose.


Norm

 

[Paul@PKAUTODESIGN]

This ↑↑↑ .

I have to use this method every time on every wheel with my Forgestar track wheels, which use centering rings.

You may have to hit the inside (you'll usually hit the tire sidewall) two, three, or more times before the wheel comes loose.


Norm

Elbow grease, you cant go wrong with it.

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