Damit Dick wrote:
>
> Larry...
>
> Ok. Now that we have established that your problem is that the
> wheels are frozen to the hubs, I have the following suggestions.
>
> 1. Lift one side of the car as high as possible with out rolling it
> over and liberly soak the interior of wheel/exterior of splined hub
> with penetrating oil. Be patient and repeat every few hours for a
> couple of days. Carfully try to remove the wheel. Use an
> appropriate pry bar between brake disc/drum as a persuader.
>
> 2. If this does not work. Try to adapt a gear puller to grab the
> wheel and push against the end of the spindle/axel. Tighten up on
> it, use your pry bar, soak it some more with penetrant, Heat the
> wheel hub with a torch.
>
> 3. If all else fails you will probably have to destroy the wheel
> and cut the wheel hub in half with a torch.
I missed the front of this thread. Does this car run and stop?
I've done #1 and #2. All failed. So my #3 was.....
1) Loosen the knock-off to one-thread off the wheel.
2) Drive car backwards. Gas-brake-gas-brake.
After two days of Dick's #2, my #2 broke the wheel free in
the driveway. (It breaks free with an audible CLUNK.) I felt
real stupid thinking about how many hours I spent in the
garage with a makeshift gear puller...
It ended up that my problem was the splines were so worn that
the wheel tried to "ride over" the hub's splines.
Bob Allen, Kansas City, 69MGC/GT
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