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Bugeater 09-23-2009 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 6103715)
PLEASE dont put that grease on your lugnuts. it makes them REAL hard to torque accurately. AND YES i habd torque EVERY lugnuts that comes off in my shop. if you want a job there it is a must
I don't put it on the lug nuts, just a thin coat on the back side of the wheel where it makes contact with the hub.

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 6103722)
That's what I wondered. I have never seen anything like this. But the owner manual does not mention anything about that in the changing tire section.
ROFL if you have all the lugnuts off then thats it. 5 IRC per wheel. nothing else there trust me on this one

Bugeater 09-23-2009 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 6103722)
That's what I wondered. I have never seen anything like this. But the owner manual does not mention anything about that in the changing tire section.
How long has it been since the wheels were last removed?

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 6103726)
I don't put it on the lug nuts, just a thin coat on the back side of the wheel where it makes contact with the hub.
thats a great idea, and something i do on all aluminum wheels myself. also no antiseize. the next guy to have them off will hate you for getting that nasty shit all over them

Lzen 09-23-2009 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 6103708)
i agree with you, i have no idea how mechanically inclined he is. if I said it and he totally ruined his $100+ dollar wheel...... you know the rest:D



Seriously kicking it should remove it.


at the shop i have an old splitting maul to use on those REAL tough ones. usually a 48 oz plastic deadblow to the inner lip does the trick
Well, I thought about a hammer before ever posting this. But yeah, I didn't want to beat up the aluminum wheel. I am somewhat mechanically inclined. I have done many basic repairs over the years. Even some moderate ones.

So, what Brock is suggesting you agree (a 2 X 4 centered on the hub and pound it with a hammer)?

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 6103736)
Well, I thought about a hammer before ever posting this. But yeah, I didn't want to beat up the aluminum wheel. I am somewhat mechanically inclined. I have done many basic repairs over the years. Even some moderate ones.

So, what Brock is suggesting you agree (a 2 X 4 centered on the hub and pound it with a hammer)?
nope. you have it wrong. turn the wheel and put the 2x4 on the inside where the tire meets the wheel and hit the 2x4. remember to hold it flat.

Lzen 09-23-2009 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 6103702)
...beat them off....
:Elvis: Uh huh huh huh.

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:11 PM
see you have to get that wheel to "cock" sideways and break the corrosion between the two(wheel and hub)

Brock 09-23-2009 08:11 PM
It's probably easier just to kick it. You can direct a lot more force on to it that way, now that I think about it.

Lzen 09-23-2009 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 6103721)
yep, be glad that you dont drive a dually:D they are the worst. i have actually had to leave lugnuts loose and drive them around the lot a couple of times to get them loose
:eek: Did the wheel(s) ever come off while you were driving it around the lot?

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 6103746)
It's probably easier just to kick it. You can direct a lot more force on to it that way, now that I think about it.
now if you kick it just jack up the car take off the lugnuts and kick the tire at the bottom where the tire and wheel meet.

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 6103750)
:eek: Did the wheel(s) ever come off while you were driving it around the lot?
no i just left the lugnuts a little loose, not off:D

Brock 09-23-2009 08:14 PM
I think you just loosen the nuts a couple turns before you drive around the parking lot in a zig zag manner.

SAUTO 09-23-2009 08:14 PM
the hammer trick works well, it's just easier for me becuase i'm swinging it at a car on the rack. at home i just kick the shit out of it

Lzen 09-23-2009 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 6103729)
ROFL if you have all the lugnuts off then thats it. 5 IRC per wheel. nothing else there trust me on this one
Why do you laugh. Damn Korean or Japanese made cars I wouldn't put anything past them. I remember trying to change the rotors on my FIL's Tacoma one time. Damn things were locked into place somehow (don't remember now) and I didn't have the proper tools to do it. Why couldn't they just be like ever other car I've done and just pull right off?


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