HELP!! Wheel trouble

[skier46er]

I am taking off my rims to paint them and I unbolted the two rear tires and the tires will no budge to come off. I don't want to paint the rims with the rims on because of the brakes. Someone please help! I have a 99 Limited if that helps at all.

 

[GHARP57]

Get a rubber hammer and hit the back of the rim

 

[BrianSD_42]

With the truck on a jack stand, unbolt the wheel. Kick the tire all around the rubber. It will come right off.

 

[skier46er]

Get a rubber hammer and hit the back of the rim

With the truck on a jack stand, unbolt the wheel. Kick the tire all around the rubber. It will come right off.

Thanks so much! The rubber hammer worked. I will try kicking it if the hammer doesn't work on the rest.

 

[zumogo]

Pbblaster

 

[skier46er]

Pbblaster

With the truck on a jack stand, unbolt the wheel. Kick the tire all around the rubber. It will come right off.

Get a rubber hammer and hit the back of the rim

Do any of you know the foot pounds that the wheels have to be tightened down to?

 

[azcat90]

Do any of you know the foot pounds that the wheels have to be tightened down to?

83 feet/lbs

 

[skier46er]

83 feet/lbs

Thank you again!

 

[GHARP57]

the torque sticks the techs use here are 100ft lbs

 

[skier46er]

the torque sticks the techs use here are 100ft lbs

Hmmmm. Then what should I use?

 

[CentralFL4Runner]

Hmmmm. Then what should I use?

Owners manual and FSM say the 83.

Just hit between 81-85 and you'll be just fine.

 

[skier46er]

Owners manual and FSM say the 83.

Alright thank you!

 

[GHARP57]

yeah the 81*85 will be sufficient 100 is at the point where we know that they wont come off and customers cant come back and say we didnt tighten it enough

 

[02SE]

100 is at the point where we know that they wont come off and customers cant come back and say we didnt tighten it enough

It's also enough to stretch the studs past their elastic point, and weaken them so they break right then or in the near future.

I replaced a lot of broken wheel studs back in the day, because clueless tire monkeys didn't understand the damage they could do with an impact gun, even if they used a torque stick with a too high torque rating.

They also rarely had the skill to replace the studs they broke with their ineptness, so the car would be towed to a repair garage, where I would have to fix them.

I've seen some clueless tire monkeys crank down the lug nuts with an impact, and then pull out a torque wrench and apply force with the torque wrench, until it clicks on each lug nut. The problem is that the lug nuts were already waaay overtightened with the impact, so they don't move at all, before the torque wrench clicks.

Bottom line, torque lug nuts to the correct torque, and know how torque them correctly.

 

[TheDurk]

yeah the 81*85 will be sufficient 100 is at the point where we know that they wont come off and customers cant come back and say we didnt tighten it enough

How about when they get a flat tire and can't get the lugs loose with the stock lug wrench?

Plus it probably leads to brake issues in the front (the famous 'warped' rotor.)

Another trick is to loosen the lugs on the stuck wheel and drive around slowly turning left and right as violently as you can. Brake hard a few times. The weight will break it free. Then apply anti-seize to the mating surfaces (but not the lugs) so it doesn't happen again.