Whats the trick to getting knock off knocked off?

[JBCOBRA]

Hot427 is right on the money. Hit it straight down, and if need be, hit it from the side(s). Hitting it straight down (or as straight down as you can get it)will get you the best angle on the spinner.
They can be tough buggers. That tool from Enzo is pretty cool, but I could not bring myself to spend that kind of steam, although, over the years it is maybe worth it?

[limeyd]

Thx, will def get the big lead hammer and never seeze, (assuming i can get them off in the first place). Oh, 427, im hitting the 2 x 4 like a nail.
I had a whole day set aside to do this thinking it would not be an issue, now i have to canx all my plans this wekend with the car, its a real bummer.

anyway, thx again everyone.

cheers

[mrmustang]

Did you double check the direction of the threads?

[Cashburn]

David,
Call us. We have some tips and a can of spinach for you.

[wtm442]

Try heating up the spinner with a heat gun or torch. Then apply icy water. Reheat.

[limeyd]

success!
My friend came over and he held the 2 x 4 in place while i hit it very hard with the 10 lb sledge hammer!

Thanks everyone for all your help,

cheers

[Rick Parker]

Clean the mating surfaces of transfered bits of metal. You may need to lightly sand the spinner and the mating surface of the wheel. Surfaces should be relatively smooth with no transfered bits of metal on the tapered surfaces. Then use anti sieze on the threads and tapered mating surfaces. I use the 2" X 2" X 18" made from Oak or Ash and a 3lb sledge. Its worked great for me for several years. Humidity or moisture could be causing light corrosion.

[Cashburn]

Congratulations, you have passed the knock off wheel removal course. Now in the second semester you can master the art of safety wire pliers! You have a set?

[limeyd]

Great, i do feel a sense of accomplishment!
Safety wire pliers, why yes i do, i love the look of a neat tidy safety wiring job. i spend the long nights over winter looking for things to safety wire on my race bike!
In fact im allready thinking about using quick release pins on the wheels of my cobra so i dont have to snap of the wire each time the wheels come of1

cheers jay

[Cashburn]

ah... student is now the teacher go forth and lead hammer and safety wire.

[JBCOBRA]

Sometimes I just unwind the ends of the wire (just enough to get it off the spinner). leaving the rest of the wire on the wheel. Then when I remount the tires (exactly the way they came off) re-use the wire when I put the wheels back on. I know this is cheating, but knowone knows except me.......and you guys.
JB
Have any of you guys ever had a spinner come loose?

[limeyd]

JB -

To be honest i was thinking about the same thing, but im taking the wheels to be dynamically balanced and figured the wire might get in the way.
On my motorcycle i have pins so that on parts that come off a lot (front and rear axle for example) i just unclip the clip from the bolt, and clip it back in place when putting the part back on.

Cheers

[Cashburn]

David,
When you get it together fire me some pics of the clips you use. That sounds like a really nice "upgrade".

[Rick Parker]

Did any of you see the coverage of the 24 Hours of LeMans? One of the Ferrari teams had this very thing happen to the Left Rear. They were in the garage for quite some time with a large impact gun attempting to remove a center lock hex hut. IT WAS STUCK! They were even shown using the CO2 fire extinguisher in an attempt to use temprature extremes to effect a change, to no avail. I had to go to work and they still had not gotten the wheel loose. Also mentioned was that some of the drive pins were fractured and would have to be delt with when the wheel was removed.

[iwantacobra427]

I saw that too.. why didn't they heat up the retaining nut? Heat will loosen a stuck nut.. An extinguisher will obviously do the opposite..

[Rick Parker]

Not sure, maybe they didn't have a heat source close at hand????

[Rick Parker]

364 inch FE?? is this right