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TIP.. Grease up your wheels .. or else #486659 11/23/02 07:36 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 69 S starsky_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP starsky_dup1 CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 69	Rotated all 4 tires and rims today and guess what??? 3 of the 4 rims were RUSTED or welded as I would call it , on the car . Even a 5 pound hammer would not loosen the rims from the car. Had to drive the car around the neiborhood with the lug nuts loose to get the rims unstuck .THAT worked !!! The inside of the rim by the lug holes were rusted badly. So when reinstalling them I used wheel grease to coat the inside of the rim area by the lug holes and the lug bolts also . Thank goodness I never had a flat tire on the road as I never would of been able to switch to a spare !!! The unreal thing is that the wheels were taken off only a year ago and they were that badly rusted on the car . NOW my paper-thin rotors ... that is a whole different story !!!!

Re: TIP.. Grease up your wheels .. or else #486660 11/23/02 09:03 AM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,028 OUR HOUSE IS OVERRUN WITH KIDS... W Woodencross Hard-core CEG\'er
Woodencross Hard-core CEG\'er W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,028 OUR HOUSE IS OVERRUN WITH KIDS...	How often do you rotate your tires? www.geocities.com/jesusfr7282000 Biblical principles work, there are no exceptions. 99 Suburban 03 Silverado 70 Skylark 79 Electra

Re: TIP.. Grease up your wheels .. or else #486661 11/23/02 11:20 AM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,319 Pickering, Ontario, Canada H horseydug_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
horseydug_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er H Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,319 Pickering, Ontario, Canada	I usually use a length of 2x4 on the tire for this task, also you should really use anti-seize compound but grease will probably do the job. This problem plus loosening the lug nuts makes you dread the possibility of a flat on the road. I use a 3 foot pipe to give me added leverage to crack lug nuts at home but don't carry one in the cars. BTW lubricating lug bolts/nuts not usually recommended, but I hope you used a torque wrench to properly tighten them. I don't look forward to rotor removal either and there has been many a tale of woe (pounding, heating, even cutting) posted here about removing them. 98 Mystique LS v6 atx 163,000km 97 Contour LX v6 atx 163,000km

Re: TIP.. Grease up your wheels .. or else #486662 11/23/02 12:12 PM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,459 Atoka, Oklahoma B bentleywarren_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
bentleywarren_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,459 Atoka, Oklahoma	Are you located in an area that uses salt on the roads? 95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn) 95 Mystique Zetec, MTX 2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec 1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8 1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6

Re: TIP.. Grease up your wheels .. or else #486663 11/23/02 01:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 770 Houston, Texas 2 2X95SEs_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
2X95SEs_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er 2 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 770 Houston, Texas	I lived in the Great White North for 30 years and developed a habit of placing a little dab of grease on the lugs every time I RR the tires. Drum brakes were the worst! My tech school instructor used to work for Ford and he showed us how to use a hammer on the drums as not to damage them. Road salt does funny things to dissimilar metals...

Re: TIP.. Grease up your wheels .. or else #486664 11/23/02 03:16 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 7,100 San Antonio/Austin, TX R Ray_dup1 Addicted CEG\'er
Ray_dup1 Addicted CEG\'er R Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 7,100 San Antonio/Austin, TX	tech school instructor? (You aren't Military, are you??) Ray '99 CSVT - Silver #222/276 In a constant state of blow-off euphoria. Originally posted by Kremitthefrog: I like to wear dresses and use binoculars to watch grandmas across the street.

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