Fused tire rim

I have a 2003 Odyssey EX with almost 20K miles. I was trying to change over
to winter tires this morning. The winter tires are mounted on a separate
rims. I had no problem doing that for the rear tires but the front rims are
stuck as if they are fused to the vehicle. Does anyone have similar
experience? This is the first time it has happened to me on any vehicle.

Thanks in advance.
Tang

 

Just give the tires a good hard hit or two with all but one lug nuts removed
and the remaining one loosened. That should break the rust grip. A simple
solution to not having this problem occur again, would be to put some never
seize on the contact points of the wheel when you remount the rims to the
car.

Brian

 

Hi Tang

That's happened to me as well: with all the lugs are off, the tire won't
come off. It was all rusted together.

I put some "liquid wrench" (the dropper, not the spray) so it could drip
behind the rim and tapped the tire/rim with a rubber mallet to get it off.
Just be careful you don't get any liquid wrench on the brake disks, etc -
that's why I used the oil dropper, not the spray (which goes all over the
place).
Clean the wheel rim well with some liquid wrench and put some silicone
lubricant on it to keep the rust out so it won't happen again.

Hope this helps you.
Remco

 

It is the result of the wheels being "hub-centric" instead of "lug-centric."
The center of the wheel grips the hub and doesn't like to let go when it
rusts a bit.

See http://tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#lugnutgrease for more ideas.

Mike

 

put the nuts on half way put the car on the ground and start it,
move the steering wheel back and forth, they should pop. i've actuall
driven them like this to break them free. anyone remember ford famous
rubber coated rims?? they always stuck.
Chip

 

Thanks for all of the suggestions.m I'll give it a try.