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stupid question but honestly i need help

Old Dec 19, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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k everyone my back tire went flat a while ago so i was going to take it off and run it to the gas station to air it up (realy slow 3 week leak)
but i couldnt get that wheel off!!!!!
ive taken wheels off before on my saturns and other cars and all i did was take lugs off and the tires followed. when i tried to remove the wheels the other day e took off all the lugs off and the wheel seemed like it was still bolted down..(couldnt find any other bolts or anything) can you guys help me on this?!!
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i have a 95 z28. i always thought the wheels were after market but when i looked close i saw the "gm" stamped on them and on the hub it say performance handling package? what is so diffrent about this "package"?
ty you guys
 
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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your wheel may just be stuck tho the drum. or the paint on the drum may have fused them together. my wheels almost never come right off. Just make sure you use jack stands
 
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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You could try spraying some penetrating lube into the lug holes (where the post from the axles go into the wheels) I dont know exactly what its called. They may have gotten water into them and rusted together.
 
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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Do you have steel wheels or alloy wheels? Alloy wheels do not usually stick unless they have the wrong size center/hub hole and someone jammed them on the axle hub by tightening the lug nuts. If that is thecase, you will have to get violent and may even have to use a large gear puller.
 
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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large gear puller? thats what i call a sledge hammer and a 2 x 4. LMAO. Sick
 
Old Dec 19, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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Thats what I use.
 
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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A little hazardous, but you can leave your lug nuts just hand tight and then drive your camaro up and down the drive way with little jerks to try and break it loose. If not you can always use a HUGE stanley reversable clamp to push them out. If you can kick the bottom of the tire, rotate it and keep kickin it at the bottom.
 
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:34 AM
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funny...as I was reading the post before I read the replies, I was thinking to myself "hrm, stuck wheel=hammer and a lever of some sort." Violence is always the solution to stuck things!
 
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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You can get some amazing results when you use the BFH tool, and a 6 ft. crowbar. LOL.
 
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:40 AM
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okay thank everyone for the helpful hints.... now about the performance handling package?
what is it?
thanx
 

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