REALLY Stuck Wheel on Van or Truck? How to Get It Off

**Headphone user warning 5:50** This is what you can do to remove a stuck wheel from the hub of your car, truck, or van.

This wheel was practically fused to the hub from rust and a tapered friction hub center that is built in to the design. It's good to periodically make sure your wheels aren't stuck on your car so you're not stranded if you get a flat tire and can't get the wheel off.

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[j.angelis]

6 years later (6.30.2023)and this instructional video is still being put to use!! I was having a real problem removing the wheels on my my 1993 three quarter ton Silverado pickup which were rusted in place plus the pressure, but I simply applied penetrating oil and use the torch as per your demonstration and I was able to remove them right away. Thank you so very much!!

[FischerSouthAfrica]

Don't like kicking and nobody had a blow torch, so used our 2000W heat gun for about 1 minute and did the job. Thanks from South Africa!

[stevenkerns]

I tried everything on my F150 with a stuck on flat. Pre soaked, kicked, sledge hammer with block of wood, drove it with loose lug nuts, still nothing. Popped off the center cap and applied some heat from a small propane torch. Hit it once and it popped right off. THANK YOU for the tip!

[BoomerBudapest]

I tried every way, what I saw on internet, but only this worked!! Thanks from Hungary 😀

[Well_I_am_just_saying]

It works better if you sit on the ground when you kick the tire. Alternate between your left and right foot several times. Don't kick any harder than you need to so that you don't mess up your alignment. Again, alternate from one side of the tire to the other until you see it starting to come off. Once it has started to move, you can just pull it off with your hands.

The torch is a good idea too if you are careful not to damage the finish of the rim, but so far I have always been able to get the wheel off by kicking the tire using this method.

[TheStephenspann]

I'll share a tip that I was given that worked like a charm. Ram the stuck wheel, with another wheel and tire, just roll it into it hard.

[parr]

Well your trick worked, heated it up & she popped right off!!!

Thanks for uploading my man!!

[frvr_]

I knew about the penetrating fluid and heat, but when you said you did it with the pen torch it gave me the inspiration to succeed with mine. Took a while, but the heat worked. Thank you for helping me believe I could do it. Cheers from the future!

[calebwaddle]

Worked perfectly never thought about using a torch !!

[Timothy-NH]

Thank you for this, I skipped the penetrating oil and went right to the torch; heated it up and gave a couple whacks from the back with a dead blow hammer.

[richmondstevenj]

I’ll try heat tomorrow. Love YouTube mechanic instruction videos

[dillonbader]

I had to change a completely blown out tire that was stuck on a CRV. So I couldn't really hit it much with as much effect as a tire that was still good as mine was hanging off the rim lol. But I used WD 40, kicked it and wiggled it a bunch, and then lowered the jack with all the lug nuts off to try and wedge it loose. A couple more hard wiggles after I lowered the jack and she came right off.

[onewizard]

After trying for hours I did your method and wow the torch idea worked wonders, I thank yoo

[oldsharkbythesea]

I only wish I would have known about this problem with HD rear truck wheels getting stuck before it happened to me! - I would have loved to have put something on to prevent it when the truck was new, or after the last tire change.

[JacknifePaul]

Thank you. I listened to this with my earbuds as hearing protection while I hit my aluminum rim with a 4lb hammer. I still appreciated the ASMR though.

[jkato]

I had 2007 GMC Sierra. Using a small torch and heat around the center cap (though no pop-up sound), which is all steel, and hit the tire with a mallet from behind did it all - took like 15 sec. Thanks!

[Fireship]

Air hammer in between the studs is how I get them off. The center cap hides any small dents the hammer makes in the metal. I use a flat hammer face bit in the gun. Works everytime

[TheDigitalArk]

Probably not the right way to do it, but winter steel rims seem to always seize on hubs in Canada. Slightly loosen (but don’t remove) the bolts on the stuck rim and roll it up/down the driveway. You’ll also hear it release. Then snug it back on, move it back to wherever you’re changing the tires.

This trick might also work at the roadside with a flat, I imagine the flat tire would move around enough to free the wheel within a few feet.

[libertyjustice]

Bought a used rim and tire for a spare on an old 88 gmc s15 pickup. Even though the bolt pattern was the same the hub was tight and when I tried to take it back off it was unbelievably stuck. I will now have to buy a torch and heat it up and hopefully it will come off. What a pain.

[georgeh]

tried torch, penetrating fluid, hammer. even put a puller on the wheel and hammered the tyre. loosened the nuts 2 turns went for a 35 mile drive going over every bump i could find. came back more heat, hammering. as of now still on tight. looks like i will run it till i get a puncture and cut the wheel off