I've never changed a tire before the other day when I went to change my tires on my 96 Civic DX Sedan. I was successful with the front two (I was replacing my current wheels and tires with new wheels and tires of the same size).

However, when I removed the lug nuts from the back wheels, the tires would not budge. I tried taking off the parking brake, but quickly put it back on when that didn't do anything.

Is there an additional step involved in removing the rear tires? It sort of feels like something has them locked onto the axle. Please help!

 

If the lugs nuts are off.. You need to give it some muscle and pull them off.

 

some times they seize to the drum.. kick the very top or very bottom of the tire hard..


Modified by doublejz at 9:20 AM 7/24/2006

 

Are you serious? What chance of causing damage is there by doing this? I didn't think I'd have to force them off...

 

usually the tire likes to attach itself to the drum so just give it a little muscle, you can lightly kick the bottom of the tire while its off the ground (just enough to lossen it) and it'll usually just pop right off, be ready to catch it.

 

just dont kick your studs off with it

 

screw a lugnut on sort of loose, then tap the backside of the tire on the bottom until it comes loose, i do this all the time at work

 

SPRAY SOME WD40 ON THE DRUM BRAKE, CHANCES ARE IS THAT SCINCE THE WHEELS HAVE NEVER BEEN CAHNGED OR ROTATED, THE HAVE PROBABLY RUSTED SHUT AGAINST THE DRUM BRAKE. USE THAT AND A RUBBER MALLET AND HIT AGAINST THE WHEEL.

 

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Don't kick it hard, but you need to give it some help. Happened to mine once, it wasn't on there all that way.. I just pulled it off.

 

I work in a tire shop and see this happen...more than once daily, just kick the top/bottom of the tire progressivley harder until it comes off. No, you won't damage anything by doing it unless you somehow manage to kick it off the jack/jackstands.

You can also kick from the back if kicking from the outside top/bottom fails to work. Not a huge problem...just something that happens over time. Oh and be ready to catch your tire/wheel you can put the top most lugnut on semi-loose and then go to town with the kicking if you don't feel like catching your tire/wheel combo.

Hope it helps

 

this happened to me whenever i took my wheels off when i had steelies id have to kick it just once. now i got HX's and it doesnt have the problem anymore. no idea why but yes...just kick it no skade

 

at school when i cant get a tire off..i do a running drop kick..works everytime ..(im serious..i just kick the expletive out of it.)

 

I just tap the tire with a wrench or something so it vibrates a little and usually that will do it.

 

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exactly what i do.
steelies love to stick to rusty drums

 

I just pull on the top. Basically moves the tire down like kicking it but without me having to kick my expensive wheels.

 

thanks for everyone's input! Finally got 'em off.

 

lol @ some of the posts here..

for future ref, sometimes wheels just get stuck...take a wrench, hammer, breaker bar, pretty much anything and hti the TIRE on the backside (facing the car)..it'll pop right off