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After having removed the lug nuts on my 14" steel wheel, right front, the wheel won't come off.It appears to be seized/rusted on.I am in the process of changing over to some alloys that I found in the classifides.Any ideas?
The wheel was off about four months ago and I did hit a curb.
I'll be off to the tire store in a day or two,but I want to get them off before the tire guys, in order that I may clean up the mating surface.
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i had a hell of a time getting my front left off justa bit of rust under the rim between the rotor it all it was, brute force 
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I had the same thing happen. I used a rubber hammer to break it loose. 
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My son is 6'3", 220, played Jr hockey..I'll dangle some food his way..he gets the tire off, he eats.
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Never tried this on a Contour, but it's worked on other cars:
Put your lug nuts back on, but leave them a turn or so loose. Take it off the jacks and start it up. Move it back and forth a few feet and turn wheels while moving. Jack it up, it should be loose. Good luck, and be careful!
Al
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I've successfully used a short piece of 2x4, hitting tire on inside, rotate, hit again: repeat as necessary.
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97 Contour LX v6 atx 125,000km
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Kick the tire or grab something heavy like another tire and throw it agianst it, Be sure to grab something that won't scratch it of course 
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WD-40... spray it let it sit a minute and kick it lol
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Just leave the lug nuts off and drive it around until the wheel comes off.. No more worries
John
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AlKraut said, "Never tried this on a Contour, but it's worked on other cars:
Put your lug nuts back on, but leave them a turn or so loose. Take it off the jacks and start it up. Move it back and forth a few feet and turn wheels while moving. Jack it up, it should be loose. Good luck, and be careful!"
I know this works and was a common practice for loosening up the rear brake drums for maintenance on those "old" cars. It definitely works to free up a rim; I had to do this on my boat trailer about two weeks ago.
John
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