Got the wheel off!

Get the opposite side checked, think about swapping a pair at a time and consider getting the alignment checked.

No tyre being street driven should be worn though to the belting material. Is there not minimum tread depth laws in the US?

...sounds to me like the face of the hub and the face of the wheel need a darned good clean up with a rotary wire brush in a drill maybe - but go easy if using this on the wheel as it's alloy. And wear safety specs. Wipe it all clean with white spirit, then a film of copper-based grease (not tooo much lest it find its way onto your discs or pads) on both surfaces and the threads of the wheel bolts while your hands are dirty should save a repetition. "I love the smell of Coppaslip in the morning...." Just the other three wheels to do now....! I've never had this severe a problem - could it be Laura lives near the coast? Maybe electrolytic corrosion 'cos of steel against alloy....? Send your suggestions on a postcard....

I agree with you. Either Galvanic or electrolytic corrosion welding the two together.

I've never had it that bad. Had some stick a little sometimes, but a good clout, followed by a cleanup and copper grease stopped it happening again.

"Pidgeonpost" wrote in news:dckrf8$lua$ snipped-for-privacy@news6.svr.pol.co.uk:

No. I'm in East Tennessee. I bought the car in Durham, NC, in January with

100,000 on it. It may have spent time at the beach. Could also have been in a lot of salt used for snow removal. It had Visa tires on it, which were awful, particularly in rain. Hydroplaned like crazy. Been meaning to put new tires on in ever since I bought it. I've ordered four Pirelli P-Zeros from Tire Rack, which look like they'll be very good in rain and snow in addition to being good dry weather tires. We don't get enough snow to justify snow tires but enough where, on our steep, twisty roads, I have to worry about it. From looking at the flat tire after I finally got it off, it looked like it had a puncture that gave it a slow air leak. I'd noticed the tire was losing air and kept putting off doing something about it other than fill it back up. The cords were showing on the inside edge of the tire in just one spot.

I've had it that bad!

Every year when I chagne over the wheels on my 9-5 to and from the summer to winter I had to beat the crap out of the wheels to get them off. One year I had to resort to driving the car a couple of blocks with the lugs loose to break them.

I've taken to the advice in the previous note, each time I clean the hubs up with a wire wheel on the drill, then a good coating of anti-sieze (copper based grease)

Since then, I haven't had to kill myself to get my wheels off, but if I dont' do it each crossover, it's back to banging and pounding

That could have been a faulty (or damaged) tyre. Do have a good look at the wheel that there is no corresponding damage and get on with driving the car ;-) If the wear is not round the tyre I would not worry too much.

Charles

We don't have an annual inspection as in your MOT, if that's what you mean. Many areas/states have annual emissions testing, but they're more about emissions than inspections. If any states do have safety inspections, it's a state function rather than a national one.

Dave,

FYI, some states do have annual safety inspections. Pennsylvania for one.

John

Right. We *do* have a safety inspection here in (Live Free or Die) New Hampshire, but no emissions inspections. However, for cars that the inspector can see the brake pads through the wheels or from behind, they would not take the wheels off.

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You go girl! P0s are a nice choice. Do you habitually do things that involve hitting things with hammers and the like ....? Cheers

"hippo" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@localhost.talkaboutautos.com:

Yes. But I try to limit it to inanimate objects -- things like furniture and pipes. I admit there was something very therapeutic about bashing the tire.