if a rim is rusted onto the drum (97 cavalier).. what to do???

[Artem]

im trying to get a rim off of a 97 cavalier's back drum... its rusted on, we've done the WD-40 trick, whacked it and tried to pull on it... what do we do now?

[krebs128]

lol, idk, but that funny

[EyeCon7]

That happened to me on my '79 Monte. The WD-40 has sat for a while, so try again. Get yourself a hammer, and bang the poop out of it. It took over an hour before I got mine off. If not, then you're going to need a tow to the nearest garage

[chevy_cavalier02]

ok this is kind of dangerous if you dont do it right. ok back all of your lug nuts of about an 8th of an inch on the one that is stuck now drive it like that and turn a corner really sharp and you should hear a slight pop and it should be free I had to do that to an old car I bought once

[EyeCon7]

Yeah, you could do that too. Let's just hope you don't live in an area that has lots of steep, winding roads!! You could probably kiss your arse good-bye!

[Autoflow]

what are you using to get them off? You might just want to ask a garage to loosen them for you and you can finish the rest.

[shhtbyrd]

you can also take the nutz of and lower the car on the jaxk and try to use the cars wait to help losen thhe rust free. did it in school the other day a on pickup with the same problem

[Bridymurphy]

yeah, back off the lugs, an eigth inch and lower it, then just push the car from side to side, try to get some sway into it. Usually I just bang the shit out of the wheel with a mallet (plastic and on the tire).

[joosdawg]

i work at wal-marts tire and lube express and we get those cars in all the time where the back wheels are stuck to the "drum" and what we do is kick the tire all around the outside and then we take a sledge hammer rase the car up so the wheel u want off is off the ground and then hit the tire from the inside and it just falls off and make sure when its off to get the shit off and possiablly anti-seeze everything so it doesnt happen again.