Im trying to change my tire but it wont come off.....please help?

Question

I have a Volkswagen Jetta .....i think its a 2003 and i cant change the tire......the problem is that the tire will not come offf.......i am here at my house and the tire is completely flat.....so i cant do what i usually do and drive to go fill the tire up with air at the gas station

Ok, so i removed all the bolts and the tire just wont come off.....i was thinking of spraying some oil on it but when i sprayed it got on the brake disc.......i have tried 2 people yanking the tire off but no good.......should i just drench the thing with oil?

My last resort was to tie a rope to the rim and the other end to another car and pull the tire off like that.....but then i'm afraid the car will be pulled off the jack, tooo..........please help

Answer 1

I was wondering whether you had it on a jack or not. Make sure the flat clears the ground before you start pulling it off.
You can't be too rough or you will have the car fall off the jack.
What I am guessing at is that the centre hub hole is not large enough for the dust cover of the wheel bearing in the center. Non stock rims sometimes come that way....you gotta grind the centre hole larger.
Now to get it off. If it is in the air, take a sledge hammer and do some "putting - golfing" with it and sledge the rim (from the outside hitting the outside of the rim)on the lower portion, then rotate the rim 180 degrees and do another putt. If you hit the bottom, the top should flip outward toward you. Then do a 90 degree turn and give it a similiar smack.
If the rim does not seem to move at all, then you are gonna have to hit it from the inside outward. BUT FIRST SHORE UP THE CAR, OVERDO THE BLOCKING,,,JUST MAKE SURE THE CAR DOES NOT COME CRASHING DOWN ONTOP OF YOU.
Oil, grease, heat will not work here. You bolted up tight a rim that did not fit on correctly. Make sure that the centre hole is more than big enough. That won't affect the trueness of the wheel, the bolts hold the wheel in the centre. Jobber rims do not fit well. You will be using a grinder.

Answer 2

If you are saying that it is very difficult to remove the tire and wheel from your vehicle there are several possibilities I can suggest. In the center of the bolt pattern on the wheel is the bearing hub which extends outward from the disk. It contains the outer wheel bearings. On some wheels the hole in the wheel is so close to the same size as the bearing hub that any rust or road grit that accumulates there will make it extremely difficult to get the wheel to come off the vehicle. The other possibility is that on some wheels the hole in the wheel through which the wheel stud extends is again so close in size to the stud itself that there is very little clearance. In either case, if this is what you find to be the culprit, you need to increase the size of the respective holes slightly or use a flat metal file and file around the hub close to the disk so as to provide the necessary clearance. A rounded file could be used (from the back side) on the wheel itself in the hub hole to remove any rust and debris again to increase the clearance. I wouldn't put any type of lubricant on these surfaces as this substance will only cause more grit and grime to collect in an area where you are already having clearance problems. If you clean the hub and the wheel each time you rotate the tires you should be able to avoid the problem you are currently experiencing.

Answer 3

Put a jack stand under the car and remove the jack. Then try kicking the rubber part all around the wheel to loosen it. Try spraying the back of the rim with WD 40.

Answer 4

Sledgehammer/biggest hammer you can borrow- on the lower inner lip of the wheel(striking outwards) and rotate the wheel so you do not strike the same place twice in a row. Suspect you are merely corroded onto the hub and this isn't all that big a deal.

For my customers, I usually cleaned the rust off both surfaces and then lightly coat with a high temp anti-seizing compound that prevents future corrosion problems.

Best of luck!

ASE Cert Auto Tech, 92 GTI16V 2.0L

Answer 5

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Answer 6

If you have a dead blow hammer you might try tapping the rim to help break it loose. Can you get a pry bar in there to help? Just be careful when you tap the rim, do not dent it. The sharp blow will do more good than just trying to pull it off by hand.

Answer 7

A big lump hammer or mallet is needed and a strong swinging arm.
Before replacing the wheel next time run a finger of grease on the hub centre and will fall of the next time.
Good luck

Answer 8

Change My Tire

Answer 9

I woul dcall a local tire shop,,,,,look at your owners manual , there may be some sort of saftey feature on it ...don't tie a rope to it...yess you will pull it right off the jack & then your really screwed!

Answer 10

Use a bigger hammer.

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