Undoing car wheel nuts at the side of the road

Strider590

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Which is why I clearly stated that the anti-seize compound was put on the hub and didn't mention anything about greasing the wheelnuts, something that was understood by others.

In which case, what relevance did that part of your post have to do with the issue of removing over tight wheel nuts?

rich13348

Strider590 wrote: »

In which case, what relevance did that part of your post have to do with the issue of removing over tight wheel nuts?

He said he could not remove the wheels which I assume means like on my van they take the wheel nuts off and then have to whack it several times with a lump hammer to remove the wheel from the hub.

rich13348

sillygoose wrote: »

I have always found standing on the brace has always been adequate to loosen or tighten no matter what, but perhaps I am erm.. a bit weighty

When tightening, the nut will usually give out a sort of squeal noise of protest as it reaches the right tightness. I have also changed the tyre myself even on a motorway as I can do it very quickly and then get myself and the car out of danger quicker.

Its all academic now as my current car doesn't have a spare or space for one which is very annoying, apparently its such a big problem now the AA/RAC patrols now carry universal spare wheels to get you to the services.

Wheel nuts are not meant to be done up until they squeak. If you were to use a torque wrench you would be surprised at how little effort goes into tightening a wheel nut.
There I'd no need to do them up until the squeak like that.

shaun_from_Africa

Strider590 wrote: »

In which case, what relevance did that part of your post have to do with the issue of removing over tight wheel nuts?

Are you honestly saying that you can't see any relevance about the possibility of not being able to get a wheel off the hub in a thread that is about removing wheels to replace a flat tyre?

The first sentence of my post clearly stated that what I was suggesting was something in addition to the wheel nut problem.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Another job to consider doing.

shaun_from_Africa

rich13348 wrote: »

He said he could not remove the wheels which I assume means like on my van they take the wheel nuts off and then have to whack it several times with a lump hammer to remove the wheel from the hub.

Exactly.
What I wrote wasn't exactly hard to understand.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

I ended up taking it to my local garage where they removed all 4 wheels and cleaned up the hubs and applied a tiny smear of anti-seize compound on there.

rich13348

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

QUOTE=rich13348;70348745]He said he could not remove the wheels which I assume means like on my van they take the wheel nuts off and then have to whack it several times with a lump hammer to remove the wheel from the hub.

Exactly.
What I wrote wasn't exactly hard to understand.

Agreed, I think some people like to miss understand just to be difficult. Then when they are proved wrong try and find some technical way out to try and save face.

Norman_Castle

£4.99 from Wilkinsons although you may have to order to collect in store. http://www.wilko.com/car-care-products/wilko-wheel-nut-wrench-telescopic/invt/0184173

I bought a used one from a car boot sale recently which was missing its 17/19mm socket but had a 19mm Britool socket on it. I did wonder if the supplied socket had split in use. If you buy one check it fits your wheel nuts before stashing it in the boot. My current cars nuts are 21mm so I use a spark plug socket which fits but needs replacing with a shorter socket.

Reading about changing wheels in dodgy places has reminded me to put a reflective vest in the back of the car. It'll be more use there than in a drawer at home.

facade

£4.99 is more like what I paid for mine.

You undo the nuts with it extended, and tighten them with it at is shortest, or use the wheelnut brace that came with the car.

Then when you get home torque them properly.

George_Michael

rich13348 wrote: »

Agreed, I think some people like to miss understand just to be difficult. Then when they are proved wrong try and find some technical way out to try and save face.

If someone posts something that is incorrect and has this pointed out to them and they simply admit their mistake, no one would think any the worse of them as we all make mistakes.
However, attempting to twist the discussion rather than stand up and acknowledge their error makes the people who do this look like total d***s (and there are some posters on here who would do anything rather than admit that maybe they misread a post or got their facts wrong).

skivenov

sillygoose wrote: »

I have always found standing on the brace has always been adequate to loosen or tighten no matter what, but perhaps I am erm.. a bit weighty

I'm not exactly heavy, I've never had a wheel bolt on a car that wouldn't undo with me standing on the standard wheel brace and bouncing on it. The only time I've had a problem was a colleagues old Volvo that had a winding handle sort of thing instead of a normal wheelbrace. They undid fine with a brace out of another car.