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Post by trav on Sept 26, 2005 11:51:57 GMT -3
So i finally got new tires , when i went to take off the factory tires 2 of the 4 are rusted on to the jeep, all the lug nuts are out , but the freakin tire wont budge. I got one off by beating it with a plastic dead blow hammer. thats probably how I'm gonna have to get the other one off.
Now with that said here are my questions 2
1, is there a better way to get the tire off?
2, How can i prevent this from happening again?
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Post by J.T.Woody on Sept 26, 2005 12:05:03 GMT -3
With the Jeep on jackstands, sit on the ground and kick one side of the tire, either left or right. This should crack it loose.
As for prevention...rotate your tires more often! ;D
Seriously, I rotate all my tires every 6k miles or so.
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Post by jps4jeep on Sept 26, 2005 12:28:50 GMT -3
also a little litheum grease on the mounting service will make taking them off in the future easier, also consider putting a lite dab on the stud threads.
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Post by kaiser on Sept 26, 2005 15:06:23 GMT -3
never sleaze
ya know, the tin man paint
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Post by trav on Sept 26, 2005 17:00:26 GMT -3
HA HA VICTORY !!!!!! 1 wooden base ball bat (now broken) , 1 can of PB Blast , 1 dead blow hammer, 2 pry bars, 1 bottle jack, 1 propane torch, 4 1/2 hrs of pounding burning sweating and swearing. It popped off like nothin ;D
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Post by jerryhipp on Sept 26, 2005 21:23:24 GMT -3
lol. that was easy.
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Post by trav on Sept 26, 2005 22:53:52 GMT -3
well worth it!
i wire brushed and anti seized, so hopefully next rotation will be painless.
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Post by PatriotYJ on Sept 27, 2005 19:59:43 GMT -3
next time dont drive around in the ocean. it usually has effect on STEEL
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Post by sidriptide on Oct 2, 2005 22:33:57 GMT -3
when i got my current XJ last fall the aluminum wheels were stuck on real bad. i gave up on beating them. i loosened all th elugs and drove it around town for 30 minutes before they had all broken loose. stopping every few minutes to check them of course. a bumpy pot-holed dirt road works great.
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Post by mikeswrangler on Oct 2, 2005 22:40:56 GMT -3
It took me and another kid with (2) 4 foot pry bars to get each rim off my girlfriends 98 xj. It was on the lift and we wer both hanging from the prybars and nothing, had to use a 3lb sledge to help us out.
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Post by muddy88yj on Dec 19, 2005 19:27:51 GMT -3
no need to sweat with all this work. just loosen the lug nuts and drive around the parking lot until they break loose
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Post by JoGumby on Dec 19, 2005 19:42:38 GMT -3
I usually put a copper base antiloc on my lugnut threads to prevent this from happenning.
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Post by J.T.Woody on Dec 20, 2005 11:45:37 GMT -3
I usually put a copper base antiloc on my lugnut threads to prevent this from happenning. I don't think the problem was with the lugnuts rusting solid, but the rim rust-welding itself to the hub. |
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Post by cheech on Dec 22, 2005 1:16:05 GMT -3
This happens on my F150 when I have the aluminum stockers on.Have to do the drive like a maniac with the lugs loose trick.Next time I put the stockers on i`m gonna use Neva Sieze.
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Post by bchcky on Dec 22, 2005 6:57:14 GMT -3
1 bottle OF jack would have probably helped too ;D |
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