In message , Steven
Campbell wrote

I also came up with a few sites suggesting that Alloys are especially prone
to sticking as they sort of weld themselves to the wheel hub with the heat
generated!!!



When I took my car in for new tyres the wheels were stuck on as
described. The fitter used brute force - in a constrained way.

He sat on the ground and with both feet he first kicked (with the heels
of his boots) the bottom of the tyre and then turned the tyre through
180 degrees and repeated. From the other side he hit the tyre with lump
hammer, turned the tyre trough 180 degrees and hit it again. He repeated
this twice before the wheel came off.

This was one of the only tyre places that I've used where they don't
just rely on the air gun to do up the wheel nuts. The nuts were first
done up with the air gun and then the fitter went around with a torque
wrench on all wheel nuts.


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Alan
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