All wheels stuck to the hubs due to rust, how to break them free?BTW with today‘s technology why part makers can‘t make wheels simply won‘t stuck the the hubs?
Use something big, - if kicking does not do the job! I have even used sledgehammer (hit tire), and fence posts before on real bad ones! A little penetrating oil from squirt can helps loosen up rust a little (this works much better than WD-40). Now about the technology! The reason these wheels fit so tight is intentional! There is a flange on hub, when wheel fits this tightly, it lines up more accurately and centers wheel lug nuts better, - thereby making wheel center better also, and perevent wheel bounce because of misalignment! You can defeat this of course by getting a rounded file and working hole out a little bigger! ---- Or___ You can clean up hub by dressing rust (only) off,- polishng up with sandpaper, doing same with wheel center hole (from back to prevent scratcing paint on front)-then smear grease on inner part of wheel hub at points of contact then putting on wheel -- and cleaning up exposed part so it doesn't look messy, -- next time wheel is likely to come off much easier! Rust happens on exposed steel and iron,- grease helps prevent it! Sometimes, loosening up front lugnuts (about 1/4) and moving steering wheel back and forth will knock them off flanges because of side pressuere that happens when turning steering wheel from lock to lock!
decent size piece of 2x4 id say like 8-12 inches, and a hammer. put the 2x4 of the backside of the tire and hit the 2x4 with the hammer till the tire comes off, sometimes it takes a couple good wacks, oh and the reason they really cant make parts that dont stick is because of the heat generated by the braking system. When all the parts heat up an cool off all the time the metals expand and contract and there is also a lot of movement so they just kinda wedge themselves on
So the wheel is aluminum and the hub is metallic, happens each and every of the time. Sledge hammed and hit the in the tire turning the wheel so which you do no longer save hitting an identical spot. once you get it off use never length on the metallic component of the hub, in user-friendly terms an extremely small volume nevertheless or it is going to finally end up on your wheel and that's confusing to get off.
