My uncle had an F150 where one wheel had to be broken apart with a sledgehammer. This was waaaay back in the woods, fortunately some loggers found him and my other uncle and could help them. They'd already driven a MILE with no lugnuts...
-Curt Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:03:49 -0400 From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Here's an interesting anecdote I thought I'd share. Message-ID: <4ea84b85.9010...@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Rich Thomas wrote: > On my old Blazer the center of the wheel fit tightly over a flange on > the brake rotor or housing, and would weld itself to that part so that > getting the wheel off was a major exercise. The first time I dealt with > it my neighbor, who owned a gear-making business, brought me a huge gear > puller which I managed to fit over the little slots in one wheel that > was completely welded by rust, and then I went at it with PBBlaster, > then a propane torch while cranking on the puller. After a few minutes > and some significant torque on the puller the wheel finally popped off. > When I put it back I used some anti-seize but they were all still > difficult to get off whenever I had to deal with a tire. I've never had a wheel I couldn't take off by loosening the lugs and driving a couple of figure 8s. I've bent/ruined a brake rotor or two by taking them off with a gear puller or gear puller and torch, but usually when I remove a rotor I'm ready to replace it with new anyway. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
