I decided to switch back to my summer tires this afternoon. When I got to my front left tire one of the lugs was incredibly tight. (I didn't install the wheels last. I needed to have my rotors machined under warranty, so the dealership would have taken the wheels off and re-installed them for this work about a month ago) After getting all 5 lugs off the tire wouldn't budge. I've officially kicked the crap out of this wheel, sprayed the contact points down with nut buster to try to break the seal, and even tried to pry the thing off (didn't get very far with that idea because I'm really worried about damaging other components). Anyone have any other ideas? Ever have this happen to you before? Any insight would be nice...

 

get a heavy dead blow hammer and hit the tire from the back side

 

You need a maul or a sledge hammer. You might have to beat the everyloving **** out of the tire before it comes off. You could also take an air hammer and whack at it for a while if your rims arent anything special. It will come off, just takes a while. I whacked on one on my truck for over an hour once.

or for 10 bucks go pay a shop to switch your tires out.

 

Tighten the lug nuts on hand tight and drive the car forward slightly and quickly apply the brake or you could rev it up a bit and pop the clutch to free it up.
But dont get carried away.
Ive seen guys bend rims beating on them to get them off.
When reinstalling apply a little anti-sieze to the contact surfaces to avoid this in the future.

 

i would use brake grease instead of anti seize...ran into some problems doing that on my buddies truck lost a few lug nuts

 

Never had a problem yet ,been doing it for years.
On the Alloy rims always torque the lug nuts and go for a drive and check them again.
You will find that you can always torque them alittle again using the star pattern.

 

Thanks for the inspiration guys! A few hours worth of aggravation + a sledge hammer = one hilariously drop-kicked winter rim. (It actually doesn't look THAT bad and it was only $80 in the first place. heh)

 

Penatrating oil! Get PB it kicks ass!