I just got home from changing a flat on my youngest daughters Corolla. It is old with high mileage but has nearly new front tires. One of them was completely flat, so low my hydraulic jack wouldn't go under the car and I had to use the little scissors jack that came with the car. The flat was the passengers side front and I wanted to put the doughnut on the back and move the back tire to the front. When I went to pull the front wheel, however, it wouldn't come off the hub. I had both ends up in the air but had only broken the back loose prior to raising it. So I lowered both ends, left the front lug nuts loose and tried rolling back and forth. The first time that did not break the wheel loose but the second time I went a little further (but still only about 10 feet) and I turned the wheel a little and it came loose. When I went to pull the back wheel, it was stuck on the hub too. I had the front wheel off so I couldn't drive back and forth and needed to get her on the road. So I put the doughnut on the front, made sure it was a little over 60 psi and sent her back to college.
I've never had a wheel stuck like this before. Usually I yank a little and they come off. Her car has plain steel wheels. It hasn't been but a couple months since the front tires were replaced. Is this more common on Toyotas? Or Corollas? Or have I just been lucky? Currently my two cars and my wife's have aluminum wheels. I thought stuck wheels were more common on alloy wheels. Ideas?
I've never had a wheel stuck like this before. Usually I yank a little and they come off. Her car has plain steel wheels. It hasn't been but a couple months since the front tires were replaced. Is this more common on Toyotas? Or Corollas? Or have I just been lucky? Currently my two cars and my wife's have aluminum wheels. I thought stuck wheels were more common on alloy wheels. Ideas?
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