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OT: Legacy wheels
Okay, this is a pain in the ass. I have my wife's Legacy up on stands so I can change the oil, replace the belts and rotate the tires.
The stupid wheels (steelies) are always stuck on the car. What the hell? Every time I want to pull a wheel on this car I have to use a gear puller. Anybody else ever run into this? I'd put some anti-sieze or even some lithium grease on the hub surface, but it'd just burn off from the heat of the brakes anyway.
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I thought you could use anti-seiz on header studs, if so I think it would hold up to brake heat.
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I've used anti-seize compound with good results. Never burns away, at least not the suff I've used - which isn't anything special, just that silvery-looking stuff. Smear a real thin coat on the mating surfaces. It lasts a long time.
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I've had to beat the wheels off my old wagon a number of times with a sledge hammer.
Interestingly enough, I've never had this problem again after I moved to the south. Hmmm.
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I imagine living in a more temperate climate has somthing to do with it. It's just odd - I've never had this problem getting wheels off a car before. I've certainly never had to use a gear puller before.
One of them was so stubborn that I tightened up my gear puller as far as I could and then whacked the back of the wheel with a rubber mallet. It came off with so much force, and such a loud bang, that the wheel literally flew off the car and landed a couple feet away.
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i have to deal with stubburn rims at work. we use PB blaster sometimes if its real bad but usally just a rubber hammer. i alway leave one or two nuts on just threaded on a little just to keep the rim from flying off. the cars that do it the most are european cars. i work a NTB
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No hammer solution:
Before jacking the car slightly loosen all the nuts and then rock the car side to side. Proceed to jack the car and wheels will come off no problem.
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Had that happen on I 91 at 2:00 AM a State Cop stopped and tried to remove them finally had to call a repair service, the guy showed up with something you would love to have at the DRAGS. I think you could rebuild an engine in the back if it. He beat it off with a sledge hammer .
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