stuck wheel trick

[Blylock]

whenever you have a wheel that is stuck after you remove the lug nuts, heres what you do.

1- put 3 lugs back on, but not all the way, at least enough to hold the nut on the stud

2- drop the truck back on the wheel

3- rock the truck side to side until it frees itself\

4- raise the truck and remove the wheel

i cant tell you the damage you can cause by prying. a dented rim or bending a bearing is not in your best interest.

work smarter not harder

[scootr]

excellent tip!!!

[wafrederick]

A waste of time!It will not work with aluminum rims,Aluminum rims are the worst to get off when stuck on.I have removed rims by prying the rim off with no damage,dents,bending a bearing at all.At my father's shop,he has a big sledge hammer that is named "Bertha" and used that to remove rims also with no damage at all

[Sledrock]

Blylock, I like that idea... Makes sense. When mine was stuck, I couldn't 'drop' my truck since all I had was a bottle jack. (I've since bought a heavy-duty, Sears floor jack.)

After I got my 'stuck' wheel off, I smeared some of that gray, anti-seize paste on back of rims where they contact the hub.

[fredjacksonsan]

The anti-seize is a good idea. The metal fusing is caused by dissimilar metals reacting with each other (steel on steel is just rust ). There are also products to put in between your wheel and the hub to keep this from happening.