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dumb_ricer
03-28-2005, 10:18 PM
I havent had very good luck with WD40 over the past few years. WD40 isnt much of a rust penetrant, its more of a lubricant. Try something like knock'er'loose or Liquid wrench. They are rust penetrants and I have had MUCH better luck with those over anything else.

A//// Guy
03-28-2005, 10:29 PM
By a can of PB blaster and soak it good. That stuff works awesome on rusty parts. WD-40 can not compare as it is only a minor lubricant.

x-pride
03-28-2005, 10:46 PM
Shoot He just need to get some muscles.

Swifty1638
03-28-2005, 10:56 PM
Hey bro, I know how that goes..for some reason, there is rust all the time on those hubs. Tell ya what..if you want, you can bring your car up to my work tomorrow, around 3ish or so, and I'll get that damn wheel off for ya. I'll also grind the hub clean of the rust, so the problem goes away. If you want to, pm me, and i'll give ya my celly number..

-A. Swift

Swifty1638
03-28-2005, 10:59 PM
shit, I just noticed you are like FAR north huh? No where near brooklyn park saturn eh? dang..sorry. Just spray some major lub, let it sit, and spray more. Leave 1 lugnut on the wheel, but loose. That way, when the wheel is eventually knocked loose the rim doesn't go flying through the air. Use either a rubber mallet, or a ball pein hammer. Even better, use a sledghammer, with a long handle for leverage. It sounds rather crude, but trust me, it works. I used it all the time when i worked at tires plus.

-A. Swift

unreal808
03-28-2005, 11:20 PM
I have to put in my two cents on the subject . The rust build up sucks and on alloy rims the electrolysis corrosion sucks too. I have had a lot of rims stuck on the cars over the years, if I cant get the wheel off with my hands, than I put on one nut like five threads so the wheel does not go flying, give it a kick, if that does not work than I move right to the biggest pry bar and line it up on the lower ball joint and rim and pull like a man.
The End

AJ
03-28-2005, 11:36 PM
Yeah I am not too far away from BC but I shoudl be good once the bolts on the calipers have some time to free up. I love these simple rotor and pad jobs. New Pads and rotors for the beast and fuck everything else right now.