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Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => General Help- Ask the Experts... => Topic started by: arkyt on May 02, 2016, 07:32:04 PM
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Pulled an old one out of the weeds that had been sitting for years with non-stock aluminum wheels. Lug nuts easy. Can't get the rear wheel off! May have a spacer in there. Soaking everything that I could spray right now. Any suggestions? Don't want to hurt the wheels.
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I sit on the ground, facing the wheel and kick my legs outward at the edge of the tire. You could also try rolling a loose wheel/tire into the same area (but watch that you don't hit the body). Basically you need a strong force and the leverage there of (why you hit the outer edge of the tire) to jolt the wheel loose. Do this at your own risk.
My wife had a Dodge Intrepid and every 5K miles that I rotated the tires I had to"kick" them loose. The steel and aluminum seems to super glue themselves together quite well.