HELP! Can't remove rear wheels!

Hit 'em with a hammer? (Rubber mallet is best, esp if you have alloy wheels.)

And another hint: I haven't done this myself, but get some Anti-seize and coat the hub (no the disc brake rotors!!!!) with it and they will just slip off next time.

Is your emergency brake set?

:)

--Winston

OP says he "TRIED removing the rear wheels...." The Parking Brake applies against the brake drums/rotors ... not the wheel.

D'oH! You're right. OP said 'wheels' and I saw 'drums'. Oops.

Revised suggestion: Back on jackstands without lug nuts, grab a short piece of softwood 2x4 and a hammer. Place the wood flat against the wheel and smack the wood with the hammer at various places around the outside of the rim. The shock should break the wheels loose from the drums.

--Winston

LOOSEN lug nuts about 2 TURNS and DRIVE the car WEAVING back and forth and making TURNS.

Even then my truck was SO STUCK I had to loosen the nuts til they were almost off and speed up and jam on the brakes resulting in a loud explosion sound.

Finally worked. Road salt and 2 winters on a new truck lost.

Put ANTISEIZE on the contact areas between the axle/drum and the rim - mainly around the hole in the rim where it contacts the axle.

NO problems since then.

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Aye,...usually (and I haven't looked at the Camry) the rear axle-hub has an

Rust,....Mother Nature's version of welding.

Jason