Lead hammers

[HTM101]

None of my wheels have loosened, so I must be one lucky guy. I've owned the car for 28 years and driven it quite hard on 5 road race courses and thousands of miles on the street with not the slightest indication of knock-off loosening. When I do remove a wheel it requires substantial effort to loosen the knock-offs.

Thank you for a fairly thorough lesson on what to and not to do.

[CobraResurrect]

Wheel tech - Selecting a knockoff hammer

Another dissertation.

[HTM101]

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[twobjshelbys]

I concur about loosening with the wheel on the ground else the axle absorbs some of the energy from the hammer. Also strike each wing all the way around every time until it loosens -- 1-2-3 1-2-3... Eventually it will. I applied some WD40 around the wheel-spinner interface although I don't know how much that helped. My wheels had not been anti-seized so were stubborn.

When putting it back use anti-seize and tighten 1-2-3 until you hear a tone change.

[jolsen42]

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John O