Take a hammer and a stick of wood, say about 12" long, place the end of the
piece of wood against the inner rim of the wire wheel. Tap the stick with
the hammer until you can jar the wheel loose. I'm not talking about
"banging" anything w/the hammer, just tapping until it breaks loose. Also,
we used to use a propane (not acytlene{spelling}) to heat the wheel. It
doesn't get hot enough to detemper the wheel, but I'm not sure if that would
hurt the chrome. Just a thought.
Bryan C. Loy
-----Original Message-----
From: Hutmacher, Greg <ghutmacher@stanleyworks.com>
To: 'MG List' <mgs@autox.team.net>; 'Triumphs List'
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 2:50 PM
Subject: stuck wire wheel
>
>Anybody have a secret trick for removing a stuck wire wheel from an LBC?
>The knock off comes off okay, but the right rear wheel will not budge from
>the spline (rusted probably because the car sat immobile in an airplane
>hangar for 15 years. I've tried jacking that side of the car up as high as
>I can and soaked it with rust penetrating spray hoping that the jacked up
>angle would cause the spray to soak down into the spline. I grasp the
wheel
>with both hands, one at 3 o'clock and the other at 9 o'clock, and try to
>rock it until I fear the car will come off the jacks. I turn the wheel
>periodically so that I'm not always pulling on the same spot. Still
nothing.
>Won't budge. Any ideas? Further, if I do get it off, how do you prevent
>this from happening again? Thanks, Greg Hutmacher
>
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