SOS. Can’t remove wheels 😢

[kaladeth]

Hoping for some advice. Have been running with these wheels for weeks and I think I may have over tightened when installing them?

Rear left, when I turn the tire jack, just causes the diff to turn, even when I hold the tire immobile.

There is some gooey mess in the hex area.

The front right does not want to budge no matter how much force I put on the tire jack (12 inch lever). The hex seems to be at an angle with the wheel hex.

I’m out of ideas. Any help appreciated!

 

[Armarookie43]

Hoping for some advice. Have been running with these wheels for weeks and I think I may have over tightened when installing them?

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Rear left, when I turn the tire jack, just causes the diff to turn, even when I hold the tire immobile.

There is some gooey mess in the hex area.

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The front right does not want to budge no matter how much force I put on the tire jack (12 inch lever). The hex seems to be at an angle with the wheel hex.

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I’m out of ideas. Any help appreciated!

Grab a rubber mallet and hit them as hard as you can from behind . Works every time for me

 

[Hammer Down]

I’ve had to use a 3-jaw puller to remove wheels from my infraction before. It was as if the plastic wheel got warm enough to melt onto the hex.. Not even a hammer could get them to budge.

Pic of puller for those unfamiliar.

Edit:
Found the pic!

 

[Armarookie43]

I’ve had to use a 3-jaw puller to remove wheels from my infraction before. It was as if the plastic wheel got warm enough to melt onto the hex.. Not even a hammer could get them to budge.

Pic of puller for those unfamiliar.
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Edit:
Found the pic!

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I think that the rubber mallet would do the job just as good and faster. And most people probably have a rubber mallet rather than a puller.

 

[Hammer Down]

I think that the rubber mallet would do the job just as good and faster. And most people probably have a rubber mallet rather than a puller.

Maybe.. I was using a framing hammer and that S.O.B. Wouldn’t budge!!!
Unusual problems sometimes require unusual solutions.

 

[razorrc]

I think his problem is he can’t get the wheel nut off. Wheel looks like it’s rounded off.

Gonna have to pull the whole end off and then stick the driveshaft in a vice or hold it with pliers.

 

[kaladeth]

Yup the two wheel nuts are somehow stuck. The wheel rotates normally otherwise.

 

[Hammer Down]

Ahh, my mistake. Sometimes my ADD prevents me from reading the entire post throughly.
Maybe clamp a vice grip on the axle.

 

[danny1202]

In this pic it looks like the wheel has semi rotated on the hex, try holding the wrench on the wheel nut and turn the wheel back in place

 

[SirCrashALot]

I had this problem once.
I had cranked the wheel nut so hard, it wouldn't come off anymore. I stripped the wheeI and had to cut it off.
Since then, i use a torque wrench set at 8 Nm to fasten the wheel nuts.

 

[Kiba.k9]

Yup the two wheel nuts are somehow stuck. The wheel rotates normally otherwise.

Impact good 6pt socket let it eat

 

[Dan B.]

Maybe.. I was using a framing hammer and that S.O.B. Wouldn’t budge!!!
Unusual problems sometimes require unusual solutions.

Everyone should have a puller. You never know when you might need it!

Impact good 6pt socket let it eat

That’s probably the advice I would take. Or, since the wheel isn’t salvageable anyway, cut it off so you can get a tool in there to clamp the hub from the back, it looks like there might be enough exposed meat back there to do it.

 

[NitroK]

Did you initially use locktite on the wheel nut?

 

[King blitz]

how about using a heat gun .heat the hub and inside the rim on the hex and also out side and then use a rubber mallet hit it from the back all the way around the rim

 

[Johnny b]

Git er dun!

 

[Tex Koder]

Hoping for some advice. Have been running with these wheels for weeks and I think I may have over tightened when installing them?

View attachment 362262

Rear left, when I turn the tire jack, just causes the diff to turn, even when I hold the tire immobile.

There is some gooey mess in the hex area.

View attachment 362263

The front right does not want to budge no matter how much force I put on the tire jack (12 inch lever). The hex seems to be at an angle with the wheel hex.

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I’m out of ideas. Any help appreciated!

Honestly,
You just need More hand strength..

I have small hands myself so when I come across a stubborn nut , I'd use a long(er) 20-30" cheater bar/pipe to leverage on the wheel nut wrench AND one of these to grab onto the tire ,to hold it steady.

Works every time.

 

[kaladeth]

I was able to remove the rear by wedging a MIP driver between the cup and the upper turnbuckle.

You can see the wheel hex insert is completely rounded.

 

[King blitz]

I was able to remove the rear by wedging a MIP driver between the cup and the upper turnbuckle.

You can see the wheel hex insert is completely rounded.

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Gladd you got it off..

 

[EOTR]

Most odd. From the photo, it doesn't appear that the plastic on the wheel has deformed. Almost as if the hex on the wheel itself is not a perfect match for the hub. Anyways, I think the best option would be to use the gear puller. If that doesn't work, I would cut off the wheel. There is always a way. Don't forget, if all else fails, there's always the eight pound sledge hammer solution.

 

[King blitz]

Or if all fails ,get your self a blow torche and melt that wheel into a plye of liquid plastic ...

Ahh you like that one huh