Possible tire rotation problems.

[Rosco]

I thought I would let you guy's in on an interesting discovery. I went to remove my rear tires awhile back so I could drill some holes to install my mud flaps and the tires would not come off. I have the alloy wheels and I have heard of dissimilar metals sort of welding them selves together but I never actually ran across it. I beat, kicked, hammered, and swore like crazy and I still could not get them off. In the end I jacked the truck by the frame which lifted the body enough so I could drill the holes.



I was reminded of this when I saw a post in over in "general discussion" regarding tire rotation.



Yes, all of the lug nut's were removed.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Try taking the lugnuts off, then driving around the block REAL fast a couple of times - that'll probably loosen the wheels some...

 

[Bill Stockard]

That happened on my brother's F250 with aluminum wheels. We beat, banged, and cussed, but the wheels wouldn't budge. We decided to loosen the lug nuts and drive it down the road. In a couple of miles the wheels were loose.



Bill

 

[Steve M]

Mine were tight too. I took a 2X4 and pryed one side and then the other until they came off. I wasn't far from taking a trip around the block with the lugnuts loose...

 

[keimmmo]

I used to live in Illinois and have seen the problem several times. I have seen brake drums rust onto the axles of cars to the point that a tourch and big hammer were needed to unmarry them! Never a problem down here in the sunny and dry south. One thing I notice is that all of you live in areas where you could be exposed to either road salt or sea salt. I'm sure that is the root of the problem.



I'm sure something like anti-sieze or even grease would help reduce the problem, but i'm not sure if it would affect the wheel seating on the hub... especially with a load. Probably the best "cure" is to rotate the tires more often so that you break the corrosion before it builds up too much.



Could be a real problem if you had a flat along the road and couldn't get the wheel off!!!



Steve

 

[Rosco]

I thought about the same flat tire on the side or the road scenario when I couldn't get the tires off. I am not going to worry to much because the truck is history in about two weeks but I wanted to give everyone a heads up. Also, I don't think a thin coat of antiseize would hurt anything.



Just to let you guy's know the truck was 4 months old and only had 4,000 miles on it so it was not even ready for a tire rotation.

 

[nickleinonen]

i know first hand that the ford hubcentric wheels are a pita to get off if no antiseize has been applied. looks like the dodge has a similar problem. for those that are going to put antiseize on their lugs and hubs, use the aluminum flake [silver] type on alloy wheels. the copper type can corrode aluminum a bit. keep it on the hub side and no one sees it. get it on the face of a non clear coat wheel, and well, you could be looking at a lot of polishing to get it clean if it sits there long enough. but imho, the copper stuff is better than the aluminum for all other applications

 

[amsoilman]

I just had my tires rotated on my 03' 2500 yesterday, and there was no problem getting them off. Truck had only 6,000 miles.



Wayne

amsoilman

 

[keimmmo]

As I mentioned earlier, I rotate on an "as needed" basis. I did my first rotation at over 20,000. Wheels came off like normal. Of course, my truck has NEVER seen road salt and has had very limited exposer to sea salt.



Steve