Silly Road Wheel Removal Problem

I have just had to buy a new tin of Copa-slip, the last one did over thirty years (and that is not an exaggeration) I have used it less in recent years due to the rise of Ceratec grease for brake pad use. So a small tube is probably a good idea.

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MrCheerful
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Since I got the old Fiesta, I haven't even had to use it for that, since they have a great big spring clip on the back of the pads that goes inside the hollow caliper and holds them in place. No shims, squeals, or anything.

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Dan S. MacAbre

Right. So if you have a puncture, you have to pay for the vehicle to be recovered to a garage? Well worth saving the cost of a spare, then. ;-)

Ah.

How do you find one if you have a puncture miles from anywhere?

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Dave Plowman (News)

Ah - didn't know that.

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Dave Plowman (News)

One job I simply won't ever pay a garage to do is new pads/discs. And I'm always careful to lightly grease the wheel centres. Learned that from bitter experience years ago - with a Bedford HA van.

And if I have new tyres fitted, I always undo the nuts at home and torque them to the correct setting myself.

And being such a good boy means I've never had a stuck wheel since.

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Dave Plowman (News)
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I don't support the concept of no spare; I wouldn't have a car without at least a space-saver.

Manufacturers claim that because punctures occur less frequently nowadays, and more than 50% of drivers would be unable/unwilling to do a wheel swap, the cost benefits of not providing the wheel and the means to change it, plus the tiny improvement to fuel consumption, make it worthwhile.

There is also the fact that they can claim the car is cheaper to buy, and has greater luggage capacity, than I rival I guess.

I imagine most drivers would have a mobile phone. If not, or had no reception, you would be in no worse a position than if you had any other type of breakdown.

Chris

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Chris Whelan

I used to put too much grease between wheel and hub. Not exactly loads of it, but just enough for it to melt, and mix with rust, and then have centrifugal force fling it onto the inner surface of my alloy wheels, where (having dried) it can only be removed with jizer and a brass brush. So yes, now it's 'lightly grease' :-)

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Dan S. MacAbre

I was glad back in 1959 when our 23 year old Standard 10 broke down in N Wales in the pissing rain. Mr AA arrived on his Bike, diagnosed a capacitor gone, and went and fetched and fitted a new one.

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Gordon H

I bought an extending wheel wrench from ALDI a few years ago, that gives decent leverage.

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Gordon H

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