WELL..............

[Phil Reed]

Thanks Junky. I have the Hotsy hot water pressure washer that I'm gonna try. With hot water and it's soap and pressure I sure be good to go!!!!!
There will be pictures!!!!!

 

[1958 delivery]

Does your wife know she has to wash your white walls now?

 

[Junky]

With simple green, you can do it with a cloth and cold water. I know.... it is just one more opportunity to prove to the wife that you needed to make that purchase.

 

[Phil Reed]

MORE MAG WHEEL PROBLEMS
I wrote earlier that the front wheel lug nuts were tight. You told be to get a thinner socket and everything worked out.
My new rims and tires are done. Jacked up the back end of the Vette and the lug nuts were like they had been welded on!!!! Finally got all of the nuts off and guess what??? The rims are like welded to the rear brake backing plates!!!! Layed under the car with my 12# sledge hammer and can not break the rims loose. Sprayed some brake clean on the threads and nothing happens!!!!!!!!
What are my options.......smoke wrench????? I'm buffaloed!!!!

 

[La Hot Rods]

Did you smack the wheel or the tire?
I hit the wheel.

 

[Don Jacks]

You need a penetrating lubricant like PB Blaster and as James said,hit the wheel not the tire.

 

[1958 delivery]

BIGGER BFH

Maybe get your Mom to do it for you

 

[Junky]

Best penetrating oil that I have found is "Deep Creep" by Seafoam. Don't forget to spray around the studs, because that is where it is stuck. I would put the lug nuts back on, and leave them a bit loose. Then take it out on the road, and at 5 or 10 MPH, slam on the brakes. Many times this will loosen the wheel. I use to do sharp figure 8's in the shopping center parking lot on a Sunday when everything was closed, but today, all the stores are open on Sunday. If you know someone with a porta power, you can put one end on the bottom on one rim, and push on the other rim. It might get one loose or two, depending on how stuck they are. I am not a friend of beating on the rims with a hammer, because you run the risk of bending them. A friend has a very large, (3' long) dead blow hammer that he wacks the rims with, and it works great to break them loose. I used a 2" x 12" x 24" long and laid it next to the tire and rim, and would smam it with my sledge hammer, sometimes it would work, and other times, it was a waste of energy.

Edit............. Use your "Hotsy hot water pressure washer"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[64ss409]

I used a port-a-power and blocking on my last tough pair. I loosened one wheel and jacked between the two.

 

[Phil Reed]

I hit the wheel.
I don't have a porta power
Going to go buy some PB Blaster.
Called Mom....said she wasn't up to it today!!!!! Said to tell Mike Hi!!!!!

 

[Junky]

Buy a can of Deep Creep, and compare for yourself which is better. I wouldn't miss lead you!! This is as good a reason to buy a Porta Power as any. If all else fails, you can always revert back to the words you used to justify the "Hotsy hot water pressure washer" ..

 

[Phil Reed]

Junky....already used the Hotsy!!!!!

 

[quik9r]

Call a big rig tire changer.....never mess those guys....strong like bull

 

[DonSSDD]

Do what junky said on leaving the nuts loos and driving it making sharp turns, I’ve had to do that a few times. Put some anti seize of the rim surface when you put your new rims on. Junk, I’m a big user of Deep Creep too.

 

[Phil Reed]

Got some Deep Creek soaking right now.

 

[Junky]

Got some Deep Creek soaking right now.

Why didn't you get PBlaster instead??

 

[Jim Sullivan]

Acetone mixed with transmission fluid does wonders for stuck parts.

 

[1958 delivery]

Got some Deep Creek soaking right now.

Maybe in your old age you just missed taking one of the lug nuts off

 

[Phil Reed]

Why didn't you get PBlaster instead??

Because you said I shouldn't!!!! GEEZ!!

 

[409gang]

You could go out and do a big ol hole shot with the lug nuts off, Lol