RE: Rear wheel removal

["Dr. Michael Iverson" <mike2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reminds me of an incident happened to me about 15 years ago. 

I was driving along in a 1978 Corvette. The left rear tire blew out. 
After getting good and muddy pulling out the spare from under the car, 
jacking it up, and pulling off the lug nuts, I couldn't get 
the wheel off the car. I kicked it as hard as you'd want to, given that
I had the car up on the factory jack on the gravel shoulder. 
I beat on the tire (not the wheel) with the lug wrench. No luck.

I finally gave up and had it towed to a nearby gas station. 
The mechanic gave the wheel several solid blows with a dead-blow
hammer, and the wheel popped off. While I was finishing off a solid
helping of humble pie, the mechanic explained to me that, over time, 
the aluminum wheel and the cast iron brake rotor will rust together, 
and suggested a little bit grease on the mating surfaces to prevent 
this problem in the future.

Of course, I found this out after the car had been towed. :-)

My suggestion would be to try a larger persuasion tool.

Mike

Dr. Michael A. Iverson
Iverson Industries, Inc.
27250 Kitty Hawk, 
Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138
+1.734.676.9181 voice
+1.734.676.0393 fax
mike@domain.elided

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