Re: stuck wheel

From: Walt Felix (Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 06:38:09 EDT


That's how I used to do it when I drove a wrecker. I would get motorclub
calls for flat tires and occationally the wheel didn't want to come off the
hub. I would put the lug nuts back on loosely and move the vehicle back and
forth while turning the wheel left & right. It would always pop in loose.

Walt

""Mike Goodell"" <mikgoo@charter.net> wrote in message
news:00a701c46883$db7292e0$6401a8c0@main...
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle Vanditmars" <kylevan@telus.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: stuck wheel
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> >
> > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:29:44 -0400, Michael Maskalans wrote:
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> > >
> > > If you had a steel wheel stuck to a hub, what would you do?
> > >
> > > and when that didn't work, what would you do?
> > >
> > > and if *that* didn't work, what then?
> > >
> > > anything else you'd try?
> > >
> > > FYI, it's on a solid front axle on my Ram, and I have no idea if it's
> > > sticking to the disc or to the hub.
> >
> How about putting all the lugs back on finger tight
> and driving it in a couple of circles, one in each direction
> should do it.
> That's how I got the one off my jeep that decided it didn't
> want to come off.
>
> Mike Goodell
> mikgoo@charter.net
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