Tried everything else. Drove 5 miles with loose lugs and it STILL didn't budge. A trip to Menards to pick up the parts and 5 minutes to assemble and push in the pry bar (with extension) and it popped right off! Thank you so much!!!
Outstanding method. I assembled the needed hardware from my workshop, put it together, and got the wheel off all in about 15 min. I'm going to carry the pieces in vehicle from now on in case I need to change a tire on the highway. Thanks for the video.
Heck yeah!! Same issue. Except 2500 HD pickup. C clamp to one of the “spokes” of the rim and a big pry bar. 5 second fix after hours of kicking and pounding etc. THANKS!
Fantastic idea. No amount of kicking was budging the wheel. I was lucky enough to have the pieces available - this worked in under 10 seconds once assembled. Instead of the socket taped to the crown of the lug, I used a deep well socket seated on the lug. Worked for me. Thank you!
Tried your method this morning on a wheel I could not remove by kicking or prying, and it worked beautifully. Thanks for such a simple and effective idea.
I tried everything else working on it several times yesterday. This morning I hooked a large strap with ratchet (a very large one), and hooked it around my other cars axle and tightened it up with no luck. Finally, I found your method on youtube and, by gosh, it worked! This is a large truck tire so I used two layers of the angle pieces, which it bent beyond recognition. I had to do it in a couple of spots but it came off . . . thanks for the great advice. It saved me lots of dough.
This is a great idea/method...well done. Only wish I had seen it a few years ago. I swore a wheel on my Highlander was welded to the hub. Hitting, kicking, swearing....nothing seemed to work. Eventually had to crawl under the car and kick tire from the backside (not a real safe option) to get it off. I sanded down the back of all wheels as well as wheel hubs and then coated them (don't recall what I used) and fortunately no longer have the problem. Thank you for excellent "how to."
Yes, a pry bar, such a wonderful thing, leverage finally got the seized tire off! The Saab has lug BOLTS not nuts.. &All 'wheel parts' are loaded w/thread lock? so right TOOLs/Torque apply..Great car so far +GM made? but Porsche drive alike!
Used many methods I found on you tube with zero results. Tried this with a 2" by 1" piece of wood instead of the L section and popped right out first try.
Well this is the third vid I've watched for a problem I never even knew existed. The brilliant 'lower wheel onto block placée under inside part of wheel' didn't work. Read comments here where one guy (can't find him now to acknowledge) swore by using chisel point on hammer action of drill between bolts / nuts. After just 5 minutes the wheel is proudly battle-scarred but it is OFF! (It's only a male van so pretty doesn't matter.) Thanks for putting this vid up so that man could post.
I also wanted to thank you for your video. I've struggled with aluminum wheels stuck to hubs for years. I believe that my kicking the wheels to free them led to my ruptured Achilles tendon :) Finding your video was one of those "why didn't I think of that?" moments. Many thanks great idea.
If you kick wheela standing up you can easily injure your ankles and feet. Sit on the ground and use the bottoms of your heels to thrust-kick againstthe tire. You can safely apply more impact that way.
Puttinf one nut back on a few turns and using a 4lb hammer to the tire from the back does the job. Kicking always had me losing my footing and had the wheel ping off. There's many ways to skin a cat, this method I've found is the least hands on which is my motto when working manually. Use the least effort required and it's no longer work.
You rock, John!!! Tried every other method, but only yours worked, and it came off easy even without any spray lube. I used a piece of C-Channel from HD. Adding my new little tool and a crow bar to my emergency tool kit. Thanks again!
Brilliant. I'm going to try this on my Toyota T100 truck (29 years old) tomorrow. Got two wheels off today with a lot of effort and bad language. Will try this technique on the remaining two - should save me a lot of grief!!!
Thanks for sharing, I wanted to change my brake and rotors today and my wheel is stuck. This looks like the best method so far. Going to try it out. Cheers!
great idea. my tires were rust welded and wouldnt move no matter what i tried or how hard i hit it This actually worked. I have smaller spokes so I used adjustable metal strapping for pipes to provide the leverage point.
Here is another method I just used 20 minutes ago Oct 13 2022: Loosen the lugs a bit then jack up the vehicle. Now loosen the lugs almost of off, can also just take them off. Lower the vehicle back down. the weight of the vehicle will break the rust that causes the sticking. The method shown here was going to be my #2, but the lowering the vehicle worked perfectly. The method shown here would be a great alternative if the tire is flat. Toss the tools and bits in the trunk.
This is the safest way to get a stuck wheel off. Tried all the banging suggestions, tried the lowering on a block found your video and bam off came the wheel thank you for being kind and sharing.
Thanks John. Had all 4 wheels stuck, and after trying kicking it and a rubber mallet, I tired this. It worked but because the wheel centering on Astra is high I had to go around a few times
Thanks for this great technique John, this was the only thing that worked for me after countless trials for many days, even the tire shop gave up. Thank you 👍
Very Clever! I'm going to try this on a Sonoma Truck. Only change will be that I'm using a deep socket instead of washers. Less tape and more stable metal column on lug nut.
Looks EZ PZ man. I wish I found your video earlier today. What a hassle it was for me. Lots of kicking and malleting but I ended up getting all of them off. I've never seen wheels so aggressively stuck in my life.
Good to know. Used to hit the outside of tire with a sledge, all round. Took a lot of hits. Then saw a vid to hit the bottom of tire from the inside. Works like a charm.
Thanks - I had a profoundly stuck rear wheel on my pontiac vibe and used a variation of your technique by installing a u bolt through the rim holes and doing what you did- used my long crow bar and popped the sucker right off
You method really work. Thanks very much. I just tried to rotate tires on my tundra. The wheel really stuck. Try karate kick it --> foot hurt :( Hit the tire from the back with heavy hammer -> nothing happen. Found your method on youtube and spend a little time to fabricate the tool. Nothing fancy and but really work. I keep it for future use. Also use anti-seize on the back of the wheel hub to make it remove easier the next time.
Smart! I’m still struggling with the idea of putting anti seize anywhere on the hub or rotor hat. I feel like that’s asking for problems later down the road if the anti seize migrates to any unintended surface, like the wheel studs. That said, in my current repair I have a steel hub with an aluminum wheel that appears to have significant galvanic adhesion. I believe the tight tolerance between the hub and the wheel and the existing scale rust on the hub is primarily causing the stuck wheel, as the zinc coated rotor hat has very little corrosion. I’m going to try abrasive cleaning of the steel hub- hopefully that avoids the need for anti seize. For others watching this video, I caution against using anti seize. If you are going to use it, my guidance would be to diligently avoid the wheel studs.
I sharpen a large screw driver close to razor shape, and used it as a chisel to split the wheel and the break rotor. Take a few hits to make the wheel come off.
Give me a lever and I'll move the world..someone famous said that..archimedes maybe? Thanks for the good tip and great new england accent!. Thought you were one of the this old house guys..👍👍
Getting ready to do this, but I have some cheap Chinese deep sockets that will fit the lug nut or around the lug nut... (Instead of taping all those things together). Great idea! Better than crawling under and beating on it with a hammer.
That is a good idea, but I have always been able to get the wheel off by sitting on my butt and kicking the tire alternating from one side to the other.. I can get a much more powerful kick by sitting on the ground then trying to stand up kicking the tire.
No special tools needed. Remove the lugnuts and hubcap and spray PB Blaster around the hub where it passes through the wheel center. That's usually where the most resistance is. Allow 15 minutes for the PB Blaster to work. If the wheel doesn't come off easily, put the lugnuts back on, and loosen one turn from snug. Put a wheel chock in front and in back of the wheel, positioned near the inside edge of the tread. Rock the vehicle forward and backwards against or over those chocks one time. If you prelubed the hub with PB Blaster, that wheel will be loose when you jack up the vehicle.
I tried to change the winter tire to summer tire. Three winter tires was removed successful, but the last one stuck. I use the hammer and all other ways, failed. Have to drive my car to garage, wait 40 minutes to take off the last winter tire. I will try your idea next summer, thank you.
Good idea havent seen that one before - you could also just put the lug nuts on loosely and drive the car to stress the wheel and it will loosen automagically!
Garry Gemmell had a tire change today, tried all my tricks in the bag. Loosen lugnuts, drove forward and backwards and braked really hard, went down the road a quarter mile and back, sledgehammer, dropped it quickly with the jack, tried to use my impact to shake it off. Broke the stud doing that. Think I'm going to have to try this method for my next stuck wheel.
Doing that can damage to the alloy's finish. If you screw the nuts back on, about three turns off tight, lower the wheel back down, then drive the car slowly, the car's weight force the wheel loose.
I'm talking from 40 years of experience. I would add to what I said, it works best if the car is on a slope, side on with the wheel to break free off the hub on the lower side for that bit extra weight.
The only weakness l can see is if a wheel does not have holes big enough to accommodate the angle iron. Then this may not work. Still a great idea. 💡 Considering this further if you brought the angle iron around from behind and put the bolt through a small hole it may still work. Some rims however, don't have holes e.g Holden EH. In this case this method definitely would not work.
So the back side of the wheels are not machine properly (China) an now with these crap cast wheel you need run flat tires so you can make home to use crow bar .
Apparently he doesn't live in Ill-Annoys where they put salt on the roads in the winter, and the alminum rim chemically welds itself to the hub/ axle. You can just slip that crowbar through the hole in the rim, and lever on the back of the formed aluminum rim 'spokes' and the brake rotor or drum. Without any contraptions. Same forces applied, and it's what i tried first.
I read similar comments to this one and didn't try thinking, "I'm not prying on the rotor brim". However, I realized the idea is to pry on the rotor crown. Everything else failed for me, but the right bar, through the hole, against the crown of the rotor and rim was not only successful but much safer than other techniques.
Tried everything else. Drove 5 miles with loose lugs and it STILL didn't budge. A trip to Menards to pick up the parts and 5 minutes to assemble and push in the pry bar (with extension) and it popped right off! Thank you so much!!!
Outstanding method. I assembled the needed hardware from my workshop, put it together, and got the wheel off all in about 15 min. I'm going to carry the pieces in vehicle from now on in case I need to change a tire on the highway. Thanks for the video.
Heck yeah!! Same issue. Except 2500 HD pickup. C clamp to one of the “spokes” of the rim and a big pry bar. 5 second fix after hours of kicking and pounding etc. THANKS!
Fantastic idea. No amount of kicking was budging the wheel. I was lucky enough to have the pieces available - this worked in under 10 seconds once assembled. Instead of the socket taped to the crown of the lug, I used a deep well socket seated on the lug. Worked for me. Thank you!
Tried your method this morning on a wheel I could not remove by kicking or prying, and it worked beautifully. Thanks for such a simple and effective idea.
You have made a relaxing video about fighting stuck wheels, amazing, well done.
I tried everything else working on it several times yesterday. This morning I hooked a large strap with ratchet (a very large one), and hooked it around my other cars axle and tightened it up with no luck. Finally, I found your method on youtube and, by gosh, it worked! This is a large truck tire so I used two layers of the angle pieces, which it bent beyond recognition. I had to do it in a couple of spots but it came off . . . thanks for the great advice. It saved me lots of dough.
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This is a great idea/method...well done. Only wish I had seen it a few years ago. I swore a wheel on my Highlander was welded to the hub. Hitting, kicking, swearing....nothing seemed to work. Eventually had to crawl under the car and kick tire from the backside (not a real safe option) to get it off.
I sanded down the back of all wheels as well as wheel hubs and then coated them (don't recall what I used) and fortunately no longer have the problem.
Thank you for excellent "how to."
After trying ever other method on RUclips, this managed to solve my problem. Thank you John and Merry Christmas!
“Helps to have 3 hands”
No truer words have been spoken in automotive repair.
Great idea. Here's a simplification: instead of the angle iron and bolt, I use a 3" C-clamp clamped to the wheel. Works great.
Yes, a pry bar, such a wonderful thing, leverage finally got the seized tire off! The Saab has lug BOLTS not nuts..
&All 'wheel parts' are loaded w/thread lock? so right TOOLs/Torque apply..Great car so far +GM made? but Porsche drive alike!
Used many methods I found on you tube with zero results. Tried this with a 2" by 1" piece of wood instead of the L section and popped right out first try.
@@robertheinemann838 how did you use the wood? Trying to remove a stuck flat tire on my 2500 and found this video
Well this is the third vid I've watched for a problem I never even knew existed. The brilliant 'lower wheel onto block placée under inside part of wheel' didn't work. Read comments here where one guy (can't find him now to acknowledge) swore by using chisel point on hammer action of drill between bolts / nuts. After just 5 minutes the wheel is proudly battle-scarred but it is OFF! (It's only a male van so pretty doesn't matter.) Thanks for putting this vid up so that man could post.
I also wanted to thank you for your video. I've struggled with aluminum wheels stuck to hubs for years. I believe that my kicking the wheels to free them led to my ruptured Achilles tendon :) Finding your video was one of those "why didn't I think of that?" moments. Many thanks great idea.
If you kick wheela standing up you can easily injure your ankles and feet. Sit on the ground and use the bottoms of your heels to thrust-kick againstthe tire. You can safely apply more impact that way.
Puttinf one nut back on a few turns and using a 4lb hammer to the tire from the back does the job. Kicking always had me losing my footing and had the wheel ping off. There's many ways to skin a cat, this method I've found is the least hands on which is my motto when working manually. Use the least effort required and it's no longer work.
You rock, John!!! Tried every other method, but only yours worked, and it came off easy even without any spray lube. I used a piece of C-Channel from HD. Adding my new little tool and a crow bar to my emergency tool kit. Thanks again!
Brilliant. I'm going to try this on my Toyota T100 truck (29 years old) tomorrow. Got two wheels off today with a lot of effort and bad language. Will try this technique on the remaining two - should save me a lot of grief!!!
It really worked - tried it out this morning! My apparatus was a tiny bit different, but same principle. One pop and off...
This didn't work on my F-150, I got a wooden dowel and a big hammer, hit and roll from the inside, it popped off.
Thank you so much for posting this. I ended up building a shackle type tool because of different style of rims but the idea was yours. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, I wanted to change my brake and rotors today and my wheel is stuck. This looks like the best method so far. Going to try it out. Cheers!
Thank you for this video, my dad removed some super stucked tire thanks to you.
great idea. my tires were rust welded and wouldnt move no matter what i tried or how hard i hit it This actually worked. I have smaller spokes so I used adjustable metal strapping for pipes to provide the leverage point.
Here is another method I just used 20 minutes ago Oct 13 2022: Loosen the lugs a bit then jack up the vehicle. Now loosen the lugs almost of off, can also just take them off. Lower the vehicle back down.
the weight of the vehicle will break the rust that causes the sticking.
The method shown here was going to be my #2, but the lowering the vehicle worked perfectly. The method shown here would be a great alternative if the tire is flat. Toss the tools and bits in the trunk.
worked like a charm when nothing else would, Thanks John
This is the safest way to get a stuck wheel off. Tried all the banging suggestions, tried the lowering on a block found your video and bam off came the wheel thank you for being kind and sharing.
This is a great idea. I had to improvise a bit with the bracket (used a heavy door hinge). Worked perfectly. Thanks.
Thanks John. Had all 4 wheels stuck, and after trying kicking it and a rubber mallet, I tired this. It worked but because the wheel centering on Astra is high I had to go around a few times
Thanks for this great technique John, this was the only thing that worked for me after countless trials for many days, even the tire shop gave up. Thank you 👍
Very Clever! I'm going to try this on a Sonoma Truck. Only change will be that I'm using a deep socket instead of washers. Less tape and more stable metal column on lug nut.
Looks EZ PZ man. I wish I found your video earlier today. What a hassle it was for me. Lots of kicking and malleting but I ended up getting all of them off. I've never seen wheels so aggressively stuck in my life.
Good to know.
Used to hit the outside of tire with a sledge, all round. Took a lot of hits. Then saw a vid to hit the bottom of tire from the inside. Works like a charm.
Thanks - I had a profoundly stuck rear wheel on my pontiac vibe and used a variation of your technique by installing a u bolt through the rim holes and doing what you did- used my long crow bar and popped the sucker right off
Really smart method. Very nice of you to share, thank you!
You method really work. Thanks very much. I just tried to rotate tires on my tundra. The wheel really stuck. Try karate kick it --> foot hurt :( Hit the tire from the back with heavy hammer -> nothing happen. Found your method on youtube and spend a little time to fabricate the tool. Nothing fancy and but really work. I keep it for future use. Also use anti-seize on the back of the wheel hub to make it remove easier the next time.
Other methods failed, but this worked! Thank you so much. 🍻
You're a legend. Worked great on my F150.
Only video that worked for me👍
Smart! I’m still struggling with the idea of putting anti seize anywhere on the hub or rotor hat. I feel like that’s asking for problems later down the road if the anti seize migrates to any unintended surface, like the wheel studs. That said, in my current repair I have a steel hub with an aluminum wheel that appears to have significant galvanic adhesion. I believe the tight tolerance between the hub and the wheel and the existing scale rust on the hub is primarily causing the stuck wheel, as the zinc coated rotor hat has very little corrosion. I’m going to try abrasive cleaning of the steel hub- hopefully that avoids the need for anti seize. For others watching this video, I caution against using anti seize. If you are going to use it, my guidance would be to diligently avoid the wheel studs.
Thanks for your knowledge, I hope I never have to try this but I'll keep it in the back of my mind.
Awesome! I MacGyvered something similar with 2 wrenches and a C clamp and it worked!
Trying this in the morning, good idea John
Nice solution. I put a 4x4 between my tires and closed the gap with a jack, pushing the rim loose.
That sounds like a good idea. You just need the right size 4x4. Very simple indeed.
nice..let's see that in a video.
This worked like a charm on wheels stuck on in -20C weather. A little bit of applied heat from a heat gun likely helped too.
Thanks for the taking the time to share this great idea
I sharpen a large screw driver close to razor shape, and used it as a chisel to split the wheel and the break rotor. Take a few hits to make the wheel come off.
Thanks for sharing this, after trying several different methods this was what finally worked.
This worked perfectly. Perfectly! Thank you verymuch for posting this.
thanks for this video John P. I tried the other techniques without luck, then tried your way and it worked perfectly.
Genius! I'm gonna try this and tell you how it goes.
Give me a lever and I'll move the world..someone famous said that..archimedes maybe? Thanks for the good tip and great new england accent!.
Thought you were one of the this old house guys..👍👍
This worked just beautifully!!! Thanks a million!
Damn! Excellent technique! Thank you Sir!
Great method!Many thanks.
Getting ready to do this, but I have some cheap Chinese deep sockets that will fit the lug nut or around the lug nut... (Instead of taping all those things together). Great idea! Better than crawling under and beating on it with a hammer.
Jack the car, slide a 2x4 under the inside half of the tire, lower the car onto the 2x4. Works for me every time
That is a good idea, but I have always been able to get the wheel off by sitting on my butt and kicking the tire alternating from one side to the other.. I can get a much more powerful kick by sitting on the ground then trying to stand up kicking the tire.
Very clever idea! Thanks OP!
No special tools needed. Remove the lugnuts and hubcap and spray PB Blaster around the hub where it passes through the wheel center. That's usually where the most resistance is. Allow 15 minutes for the PB Blaster to work. If the wheel doesn't come off easily, put the lugnuts back on, and loosen one turn from snug. Put a wheel chock in front and in back of the wheel, positioned near the inside edge of the tread. Rock the vehicle forward and backwards against or over those chocks one time. If you prelubed the hub with PB Blaster, that wheel will be loose when you jack up the vehicle.
anybody can talk..let's see your video..
Thank you ,it worked for me great ,thanks again
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I tried to change the winter tire to summer tire. Three winter tires was removed successful, but the last one stuck. I use the hammer and all other ways, failed. Have to drive my car to garage, wait 40 minutes to take off the last winter tire. I will try your idea next summer, thank you.
Thank you so much for this idea! It helped me!
Good thinking John thank you
Does this work if the wheel is severely frozen onto the hub?
You would have to try it and see, but it worked for most people who commented.
Great work man!!!
Good idea havent seen that one before - you could also just put the lug nuts on loosely and drive the car to stress the wheel and it will loosen automagically!
Garry Gemmell had a tire change today, tried all my tricks in the bag. Loosen lugnuts, drove forward and backwards and braked really hard, went down the road a quarter mile and back, sledgehammer, dropped it quickly with the jack, tried to use my impact to shake it off. Broke the stud doing that. Think I'm going to have to try this method for my next stuck wheel.
You are fantastic my guy
Awesome video. Thanks for the help.
good thinking......i'll try it.......might have to do it a bit differently......but i like the concept......thx.......wb
Great idea...I think I'll try it!!! I've got a stuck low profile Benz wheel...don 't dare use a hammer!!!
Tried it...GREAT SUCCESS...thank you very much for the idea!!!
I'm glad it worked for you. Happy to be of help.
Doing that can damage to the alloy's finish.
If you screw the nuts back on, about three turns off tight, lower the wheel back down, then drive the car slowly, the car's weight force the wheel loose.
talk is cheap...where's your video..
I'm talking from 40 years of experience. I would add to what I said, it works best if the car is on a slope, side on with the wheel to break free off the hub on the lower side for that bit extra weight.
@@spannerssockets6308appreciate this
Great way of removing it!
Very cleaver! Thank you for sharing!
Tanks for this great idea!
You are the best bro
Thank you you bloody legend.
Hmm...That wheel doesn't look too stuck so this method works. For tougher ones, I don't think this is strong enough to get wheels off.
The only weakness l can see is if a wheel does not have holes big enough to accommodate the angle iron. Then this may not work. Still a great idea. 💡 Considering this further if you brought the angle iron around from behind and put the bolt through a small hole it may still work. Some rims however, don't have holes e.g Holden EH. In this case this method definitely would not work.
Thanks! Ingenuity!
Great video sir!
Great Vid!! Thank you :)
pretty clever man!
thanks for the video
I just kick it or use a big screw driver as a pry bar
So the back side of the wheels are not machine properly (China) an now with these crap cast wheel you need run flat tires so you can make home to use crow bar .
thank you
Dosnt work on steel wheels...
MacGyver ass ha ha I just saw this video of a guy using boiling water... Lol I'm going to try that first but I might be back. 👏👏
….real good idea...thanks...
Looks like that tire would have come of with a good kick.
Never spray oil around your brake parts. Never.
Worked for me
Brilliant!
Yay! Science!!!
Ingenious
Apparently he doesn't live in Ill-Annoys where they put salt on the roads in the winter, and the alminum rim chemically welds itself to the hub/ axle. You can just slip that crowbar through the hole in the rim, and lever on the back of the formed aluminum rim 'spokes' and the brake rotor or drum. Without any contraptions. Same forces applied, and it's what i tried first.
I read similar comments to this one and didn't try thinking, "I'm not prying on the rotor brim". However, I realized the idea is to pry on the rotor crown. Everything else failed for me, but the right bar, through the hole, against the crown of the rotor and rim was not only successful but much safer than other techniques.
That's genius
😊
It came off too easy I think a good old karate kick would’ve worked
pretty clever man!
Very smart!