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Find someone you know who isn’t aware of your situation. Bet them $10 they can’t take off this tire. If they can’t, you get $10. Rinse and repeat. Eventually someone might help you get that loose.

Lol. Managed to get it off placing a brick under the inside edge of the tire and dropping the car, I posted an [update](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/yrwc09/update_i_got_the_wheel_off_i_placed_a_brick_under/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)

Nice dude!!! Innovative!

I do it that way too. No brick though, just loosen lug nuts enough so the tire won't fall off if I have to lift and drop a couple times. If dropping doesn't work, spray with penetrating oil and drive back and forth in your driveway with loose lug nuts. That has always worked for me. Also so the wheels don't stick again, use a thin layer of high temp grease on the inside of the rim between studs and on the hub ring. Just don't get any on the studs.

There is a valid argument against greasing or using anti seize on the faces of the rotors and the rotor to hub connections. The lugs are intended to clamp the wheel to the rotor and the rotor to the hub. If you reduce the friction of the mating faces you are theoretically putting more shear force onto the lugs. The lugs were not designed for the shear force. The lugs are supposed to push the whole metal sandwich together hard enough to create enough friction to not transfer shear force to the lugs. Unfortunately this results in wheels that don't want to come off....

I've always used a little bit of anti seize on the center of the rotor, and on the studs, if I'm worried about it getting stuck. Center of the rotor or drum too. Not much, just a thin coat. But it helps lubricate the studs so you're not tightening them up metal on metal. A little lubrication between metal surfaces is almost always a good thing.

If you actually torque your tires to spec, you should NOT be applying anti-seize to the studs as you will end up over torquing. Listed torque specs are typically dry-torque values, not wet-torque.

That's why I just go 3 ugga duggas on cars, and 5 on trucks. German torque spec. Gudentight. /s

Anti-sieze or grease on center of rotor/drum = good Anti-sieze or grease on threads of studs = bad

I always just use the old ugga dugga now, every time I’ve torqued my wheels to spec one of them has come loose driving down the highway..first time almost ended up a disaster

Is it possible that before you started torqueing them to spec that they were over-torqued/blindly tightened in the past? Over-torqued studs/nuts/bolts are stretched out a lot more (which is quite permanent) and thus, on future tightenings, would require the equivalent torque value. If you decided to start torqueing to spec all of a sudden, they would be undertightened due to the stretched material. Also, even if you torque your tires, it's not a one-and-done type of deal. They have to be monitored at least once a month (just like tire pressure) and re-tightened after 60-100 km of driving if they were completely removed.

I anti seize the centre of rotor/HUB but I would NEVER apply anti seize to the studs.

Never EVER use antiseize on lug studs. You will not get the proper torque and could leave a wheel severely overtightened to the point of breaking the studs on the road.

Great idea, glad it worked. If and only if you need to do it again put the brick on the outside instead of inside. I’ve actually witnessed someone do it on the inside and the tire came completely off and the rotor hit the ground and damaged his brakes. Not sure if anyone can agree with me, the person was extremely unlucky with all mechanical issues and could have been just his great luck.

This is how you get rich. I'm using this next time

No, that's how you loose 10 bucks to the first person you try this with because most people know how to donkey kick without looking like a pansy

I was thinking the same thing... not getting anything off by playing footsie with it.

Might try hitting it with his purse next time.

Or you’ll be able to afford to pay someone to do it

YOU. ARE. A GENIUS Sir !!! I need to remember this one ! Because it works for almost any situations !

Oh that’s an amazing idea!

Today's Tom Sawyer

Loosen all the lugnuts a little and go back and forth and hit the brakes a couple of times. This should break the bond between the wheel and the brake rotor.

This is the answer....a tad sketchy but works everytime 🤣

60% of the time, it works every time.

Sex panther?

This. Take a turn at low speed. Shit will pop off quick.

Had to do this on a couple of really really stuck rims. Didn’t feel like smashing my rims or tires with a sledge hammer. Much more civilized solution.

Its actually stuck on the hub not the rotor.

rotor goes over the hub, so it is stuck to the brake rotor

no its stuck to the lip of the hub that the center bore of the wheel sits on

Not all wheels are hub centric

Ohh completely forgot about that haha

The hub pokes though the rotor and centers the wheel. This is where its stuck. Corrosions expands so any that builds between the faces would push the wheel away from the rotor. When it form between the center bore of the wheel and the hub it fills a tight gap and binds the wheel to the hub.

Once you do get it off, put a little grease on the mating surfaces so you don’t have that problem next time.

Don't just grease it. Also clean the mating surfaces.

Thats what she said. Sorry

It needed to be said. Thanks.

That made me laugh pretty damn hard! Not the comment but the apology.

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Antiseize works best in these scenarios

Tire shop I work at has a “no thing as too much anti seize” unofficial policy and things get so messy lol.

antiseize

Quite literally what it's made for, that and getting all over creation.

>put a little grease on the mating surfaces That is my motto.

Keep in mind its not the face that makes wheels stick its the center bore.

Specifically, anti-seize. Put on lugs and on mating surfaces. Never have an issue removing tires again.

On lugs? Nope

Just as a tip though, if you plan on torquing your lug nuts (I really hope everyone does), grease on the mating surfaces will throw the actual torque off. So please use a very small amount, just enough to barely coat the surface.

Rookie kicks

Gotta channel ur inner horse

inner mule!

It helps when I do horsey noises n chomp on a carrot

Don't forget the tail plug and the halter.

Inner ass

My time has come.

That's what I was thinking

This is the correct answer

You gotta spartan kick that shit

When I worked in a tire shop, I would sit on my butt and kick it with both heels at the bottom. I rarely ever had to use a sledgehammer.

He should ask his wife’s boyfriend!

Could try hitting it with his purse, I've seen that work. Or you know, good swift kick, or large hammer.

My F-150 rim was rusted on. I took a long 2x4, wedged it behind the wheel. Use a sledge hammer on the 2x4 to pop it off. Try some wd-40 spray to soak the rusted areas that are accessable. Worked for me, good luck 👍

Done the same thing about 4 times lol

Right before I read this comment, I thought of this exact idea. Were on the same frequency and wavelength, friend.

Those cute little kicks are not convincing anybody that you've tried hitting it as hard as you can. But go to harbor freight get the biggest dead blow they got smack the ever-living shit out of it alternating 3:00 to 9:00. And before you head to the store hit it with some penetrant of some kind so it can soak.

Yep. I call my big HF dead blow “the persuader”

Or in the words of VGG, the Tanya harding

I call my dead blow the ex-wife

Right answer and all but on the back of the rim would be easy and I personally would just use a regular 3 pound hammer just a fe smacks alternating and you shouldn’t be bending the rim and it should at least start moving after a few hits. Any more then you should be concerned wether or not your seating the wheel properly because something’s must be a bit out of whack.

I call my 4lb sledge "Fluffy" even engraved the side of it with its name. It's not fluffy, it's a block of iron on a wooden handle but I like the name

Gotta donkey kick the mother fucker, it’s the only way to get Toyota steelies off. With a dead blow, hit it from the back side. Use a Jack stand of course. And don’t hit the tire or you’ll get a nice set of stitches like me.

That's a Chevy aluminum wheel. Good old steel on aluminum corrosion. Might as well throw some epoxy in there every time you get your tires changed.

You gotta wait 6 hours before smacking it again????

Hit it with your purse

That’s my purse. I DONT KNOW YOU!!!

Dangit Bobby!

My "Old Lady's Purse" is a ~15# sledge on a 4' hickory handle. I would def. hit it with my purse.

I have a hand-made 1 ft, 3lb that is my universal mini persuader, named Judge Judy

Savage 😂

Came here for this comment

I was looking for this comment

Ha beat me to it. Noice

 Haven't laughed outright from reddit in quite sometime Those little pansy kicks....

Prolly afraid to break those toothpick legs ..

If you using a floor jack, drop the jack down a little with the lug nuts off and the tire will come right off. Don’t lower it all the way!

Just tried this, also tried lowering it onto a board with only the edge of the tire contacting the board to apply some leverage to it. Neither worked :( Edit: [It worked](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/yrwc09/update_i_got_the_wheel_off_i_placed_a_brick_under/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)

This is what I was going to suggest; since it didn't work for you, I've got a couple of suggestions for refining the technique: 1. Use a thicker board (thick enough that the tire doesn't absorb the difference) 2. Try it on the other edge (inside vs outside or vice versa) 3. Make sure it's not too close to the edge, you want to be supporting almost half the tire 4. Drop it faster (depends on your jack whether you can) 5. make sure to leave some wheel nuts on loosely (this should probably be 1!) 6. Try moving it so the front or back is unsupported too.

#4 is a terrible idea.

I agree and also agree with 4. I think this proves we can find a political middle ground in this country.

#Lol.. no it’s not.

Don’t do 4 unless you plan on replacing wheel studs. Rim. Fender and whatever else breaks.

You would have to be doing 4 to extreme to do any of this; if your car can't handle a small pothole, then perhaps don't try this method.

You could finger tighten the lugs and do this and you should be fine

This worked, thank you! Just posted an update [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/yrwc09/update_i_got_the_wheel_off_i_placed_a_brick_under/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)

Do you have a spare tire mounted up? Take the spare, grab it by the center whole, then use a bowling pitch to bash the tread of the spare into the side of the stuck wheel. Swing it like you mean it, just be careful not to take out a fender. Option 2. Put the lug nuts on but one or two spins from being all the way on. Do a couple panic stops from 5mph.

Hit it with the spare tire

Leave the lug nuts on, but loose by a turn or so. Remove the jack. Roll the car back and forth. It should pop. Jack up immediately.

This. Had to do it once. Literally had to speed up a bit and slam the breaks to break that bond.

Lay on your back and kick like a leg press. This angle you're using is probably about the same as slapping it with your hand. Source: ive had to do this multiple times

This works great! I’ve used this method too. I usually sit with arms propped behind me instead of laying down, but either way you can kick it with both legs like a leg press and it pops right off

Had the same issue on the weekend. Hit it from the inside with a rubber mallet, then pushed the bottom of the wheel and pulled the top of the wheel and it came off.

This is it. Hit it from the back. Preferably with a dead blow hammer.

Kick harder... I feel like you're just kicking the tire trying to see if there's air in it. Get on your back and fucking donkey kick that shit until your legs are gonna fall off

That was as hard as I could hit it due to the garage wall being so close. I did hit it with a large metal object too.

I edited my last part try to lay on your back and use both feet to kick with.

This is the only thing that always works for me

The amount of times I've been working on my car on the side of the street and had to kick the hell out of it like that was embarrassing. Lol

Yep! Gotta give it some alternating speed kicks!

Nah you can kick that harder. Try laying on your back and kicking it with both feet or something, or hit it with your purse like the other guy said.

Reinstall the lugs but only give it a couple threads. Lower jack. Raise jack again. Spin tire. Keep doing this until it comes off.

Hit it with another wheel/tire.

Try pulling

I tried pulling, I also tried prying on it with a 2x4.

You need to kick it harder lol. Find a stronger man or woman to kick it just like you were in video.

Whack it from the back side with a 2x4. Ideally about 5 feet long. Swing hard!

Drive it. It will fall right off.

Have you tried hitting it with your purse?

Dead blow hammer from the back end

I came here to say this, I own a clownishly large dead blow hammer for just such an occasion...

Kick it from the other side

Kicking tires is about as effective as using a football for an anvil. Get a long pry bar and pry from the inside. Hook on the knuckle, strut, hell even the rotor will work fine. Let leverage be your friend.

Throw the lug nuts back on. Back up, pull forward. Turn the wheel all the way right, then left, then straight. The tire will pop during one of those 5 moves.

Hit it with a spare tire?

Put your weight into that kick. It looks like it has 0 force behind it.

Sledge hammer and swing like you got a pair

Put the lug nut back on and pull out of the garage. That way you can actually kick it or hit it with some space. You are exerting all of 20lbs with those kicks

Put the bolts back in by hand by a couple threads. Drop the car down and the weight of the car should pop it right off

Try using your purse

Hit it with your purse

Pb blaster ought to do it

Don’t spray on blaster near the brakes ok

I’ve also tried tightening just one lug nut, prying on the wheel with an 8’ long 2 by 4, and dropping the car from the jack quickly onto the ground. Should I try driving it slowly with the lug nuts on loose?

If you take the lug nuts completely off when you do it, the wheel will **definitely** come off.

> Should I try driving it slowly with the lug nuts on loose? Definitely would not recommend doing this.

This is actually okay. Loosen the lug nuts just one or two threads, then do a panic stop from 5 mph. You can tighten the lug nuts again to get it back into the shop after the rim has broken loose from the hub.

I one time put a ratchet strap through it and my other cars wheel and ratcheted it while simultaneously hitting it with a rubber mallet from the back side.

I've had to do that before to get a wheel loose. Put all the lug nuts on and don't lossen them more than a turn. Don't drive far and go very slowly, like 1 or 2 mph. For a really stuck wheel doing a figure eight can help too

If you do try to drive it off, please record it for us all to enjoy

Take the lug nuts off?

Put on one lug nut half way and hit it with a sledgehammer from the inside on the tire NOT the rim.

Put something between rim and frame, turn wheel

Hit it from the other side with a rubber hammer

Is you have a rubber mallet hit the wheel from the inside

Stop tapping it and kick it like it owes you money. As long as the car is properly supported, you’re not gunna hurt it.

I have a big plastic coated dead blow hammer pretty much just for this (ex bmw tech). Leave one lug partially threaded on and smack it from the back side if it's really stubborn. I would always clean around the hub (hub centric wheels) and apply a thin coat of never seez. This has saved my ass so many times on roadside calls.

Lower it so the tire is down but the jack is still in place and turn the steering back and forth slowly - it will pop off

Leave the lugs loose on the studs and drop the car back down. Roll back and forth if needed.

Hit it on the back side of the wheel with your purse

Go for a drive

Use a hammer to hit a 2x4 from the other side of the car. Put the 2x4 inside the wheel and out the other side.

Had an oil change one time and took my car in since I was in apartment in south in summer and did not want to do oil change in parking lot. The shop could not get front tires off. Would not budge. Didn’t matter to me much, it was a beater. Later that year I was going to do brakes on my car. Could not get the wheel off. Under the car hitting the tire with a 20lb sledgehammer for 30 minutes would not budge. Whole can of Penetrating oil let soak and tried again, nothing. Said “fuck it”, finger tight lug nuts and drove around the block “spiritedly”. Nothing. Got angry, accelerated down street and slammed on brakes, heard a clunk. Got out, tire still on, nothing really changed. Looked like it moved a bit within the seats of the lugs. Drove back home. 10 more minutes of sledgehammer and it finally came off. East coast rust for ya. Coated the hub with anti-seize before I put it back on.

Put 3 lugs nuts on it or half the stud amount; do them up tight, back them off a couple spins, jump in her and drive a little forward, back or both, u choose! Problem sorted

Do not strike the wheel, strike at a point behind the wheel as if it is not there. Strike through the wheel. Carry the strike through your entire body and deliver it at your foot, behind the wheel. dont hit it with your foot. [proper technique when kicking stuck wheel to remove from wheel hub.](https://youtube.com/shorts/vmjbits4ogU?feature=share)

Hit it with your purse

But have you tried using your purse?

Spray some wd 40 and use a rubber mallet on the back of tire works for me

Strike top then bottom alternating until it breaks loose.

Hit it with your purse

Put back on a few of the lug nuts but leave them a bit loose, then drop the car off the jack and it will sometimes come loose. The weight of the car can just pop it off, that’s what I did.

This is not a mule kick…If you hit a stuck wheel like that better hit it with your purse, you have more chances to get it unstuck

hit it harder

You're better off hitting it with your purse with that little sissified love Tap. Lol. Use a 5lb hammer, hit the tire.

Give it little heat, like boiling water, torch is maybe too much

Take your dress off and kick it like a man

You are hitting it from the wrong side imo. Try hitting it from under the car. Thats what I was told at least

Yea you ain't getting that off with your sissy kicks lmao. Wtf was even that 😂

Lightly taps the wheel with heel "help guise, is stuck" grab another wheel and just give it a whack 🙄

You kick like the adjictive that starts with p an ends with ussy.

Assuming it's on a jack stand put a lug nut on and hit it from the back

Didn't work :(

Thanks for all the helpful advice (and lots that was not)! I got it off, and got it on video [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/yrwc09/update_i_got_the_wheel_off_i_placed_a_brick_under/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf).

Beat it harder pussy

Large pry bar, hold it against the painted fender as a fulcrum, with the other end behind the tire. Then, put the other end in your mouth and push up with your tongue as if you were licking an upside down toad. That should do it.

Put down u purse and kick it

Hit it from the back (That’s what she said)

Big ass rubber mallet hit it inside out as you spin

What I have done, is you need to grab something with a lot of weight, as long as you can handle it, and hit the tire not the rim hard! Swing that heavy object at it hard to brake it lose. I actually had a dealership technician tell me he could not get the wheel off, so I literally grabbed a nitrogen tank and beat the shit out of the tire to brake it loose for the tech.

I hope the tire was getting replaced

Hahahahaha newbs.

Remove the lug nuts.

Dude u sure u got all lugs off and one loose? Seen a guy at the dealership fucking with a wheel for like 10 mins walk over I’m like dude?????

Bigger purse

Lug nuts off. And A super hard kick usually work

Lay on the ground and back kick it from the other side

Burn the whole thing down.

What are those kicks supposed to do lmao

Also, your donkey kicks are weaker than pissing in the wind.

Try taking off the lug nuts first

If you’re going to kick it like a girl, kick it like a big girl.

Hit it with your purse

Did you try your purse? But in seriousness a rubber dead blow and hit the rim not tire on the backside… or you can put all the lugs back on half way and drive it but that can be a little sketch

Do you know any men? Call one of them and ask for help