My buddy's wildcat the front wheel is stuck... He has aluminum rims and front wheel disc... WE've used everything heavy we can think of to remove this wheel.. IT won't budge... TRied heating the rear of the wheel and even unbolting the caliper to no avail.. Any ideads whats hanging this wheel up?? ITs really annoying.. Never had this happen to me before.. IT's not my car but it is a buick and he's not to tech savy so I'm asking for him. Thanks for any and all ideas on how to get this darned thing off.:rant: :rant:
we even tried hooking up a come along to the wheel and the corner post of his fence and it ripped the post out of the ground.. LOL IT's on there...I mean really on there!!
I've never had a wheel stick like that but sounds like the wheel is frozen to the hub/rotor assembly. Can you remove the hubcap, remove the cotter pin, unbolt the caliper, and slide the whole kit and kaboodle off the spindle? Then you can get a big sledge hammer to break the hub/rotor free. Of course you will need to replace the hub/rotor.
I've seen cars with AL and steel rims have this happen I've found the best thing to do is to loosen up all the lung nuts. (enough to allow the wheel to move. freely if it did but not enough to bend something) 1/16" gap maybe get in the car and move it foreward and back a little sometimes you need to hit the brakes kinda hard. maybe roll a total of 6 feet. when it pops loose the lug nuts will hold the wheel to the wheel so it dosen't fall or hurt the wheels. -nate
You didn't say what year Wildcat, but be careful not to damage that rotor.....those are very scarce! Nate has a great idea, but if that don't work what we used to do at Firestone, although butcherous, was to get it up in the air on a lift, stand back, and with the lug nuts screwed on about 1/2 way, whack the tire very hard with a BFH (sledge hammer) and rotate it so you don't keep hitting it in the same spot. It wouldn't hurt to soak it with PB blaster first. What's happened is that the hub of the wheel is rusted onto the hub of the rotor. I've never seen one yet that couldn't be seperated but be careful using a sledge b/c they tend to bounce back hard after hitting the tire. ou:
