HELP!!! can't remove...
 

my back wheel!!! I'm trying to rotate my tires front to back. My car is an MT. I put into Reverse with parking brake on. Jack it up, remove nuts, but the wheel doesnt budge! what can i do?

Re: HELP!!! can't remove...
 

Just try and drive it without the lug nuts, LOL, just kidding! Sometimes a tad bit of rust will get in between the wheel and hub, I had that happen once, on another vehicle, and I broke it loose just rocking it, it is a PITA. I guess you could try and get some WD 40 or such back there, but don't think you want to get that on the rotor.

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Re: HELP!!! can't remove...
 

Just beat it with a 2by4 or a 2x6 on the tire (not the wheel) from the inside out. next time put graphite all around your lug nuts and on the flat outside part of your rotor (flange). Not alot but just enough to turn it a light gray. you can get graphite at your local auto parts store. It is sold as a low speed lubricant.

but yeah just beat on the tire. if that doesn't work, beat on the other side, then on the top and bottom, then rotate the tire a little and keep beating.

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Re: HELP!!! can't remove...
 

What usually works for me in this situation is lower the car back down again until some weight is on the wheel. (Lower it slowly, obviously) It'll come loose as soon as the wheel starts to bear weight.

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Re: HELP!!! can't remove...
 

That same thing happened on my Maxima. What I did was loosen, not remove, but loosen the lugnuts so that they are just barely seated on the wheel. Then I rolled the car backwards about a foot and then forwards for a foot. By keeping the lugnuts on the wheel, the wheel won't fall off of the car while doing this. After doing this I was able to remove the wheel.

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