Wheel Won't Come Off!! - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

layback40 · #16 01-15-2010, 09:14 PM

I was given a set of 6" steels for my w123. They were off an old gasser from the 1960's . They went on tight & it took a FBH to remove them. Just kept on hitting the tyres & rotating them. Jim Smiths idea is good & is what I will do next time.

Oracle12345 · #17 01-15-2010, 11:10 PM

Hit the wheel gently with a piece of wood placed agianst the tire with a sledge hammer works every time

you could hit it with a dead blow hammer that also has worked for me. Ive worked at some shops that have a sledge hammer lying around for this purpose

Cr from Texas · #18 01-16-2010, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JimSmith

The squishy noise you hear would seem to me to be more likely associated with the brake. And, if the bearing was that shot, you would feel some serious wheel bearing roughness and wobble as you rotated the wheel.

To get it off, lower the jack until the wheel is touching the ground and bearing some slight weight. I have a hydraulic bottle jack for this, which is much more stable than the MB screw jack that comes with the car. Block the car up at that point with wood so it won't fall over when the wheel comes off. Let the jack down to put the car's weight on the blocks of wood. Then turn the wheel a bit, back and forth. Start the car if you have to. I had a new wheel stick on a C230 and no amount of kicking and banging worked. This did.

Jim

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