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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2012, 09:27:55 pm »
I've done the loosen bolt and drive method before. But as I, and Stu, said do it slowly/carefully.

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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2012, 10:27:51 pm »
I do believe its a rear wheel that's stuck.

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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2012, 07:23:32 pm »
I do believe its a rear wheel that's stuck.

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Thanks for all the suggestions especially the take the bolts out  :happy2:

Yep the rear wheel, Up in Newcastle.

The Hub puller is the only thing I havnt tried. I did try the old loosen the bolts and drive around, Honestly think I could take the bolts out do a few hundres miles without it budging.

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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2012, 07:31:08 pm »
your only 40 miles from me--pop down tomorrow and i will have a go for you

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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2012, 09:17:08 pm »
your only 40 miles from me--pop down tomorrow and i will have a go for you

Thanks for the kind suggestion. Will message you if dont get sorted. Away for the weekend and hope I dont get a puncture  :surprised:

I know people are thinking im a pussy and just give it a wack but honestly shes stuck on a good un :evilgrin:

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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2012, 10:15:12 pm »
Had a lorry wheel stuck on once. Even handbraking it into kerbs wouldn't budge it.  Finally cornering it so hard it went onto 3 wheels got it off!

I find that spinning the wheel and using a heavy copper hammer has never failed me on very stuck wheels.

Has the wheel been heated up first before hammering yet?
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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #21 on: May 05, 2012, 05:59:14 pm »
Feeling your pain on this one, I had the same thing happen to me managed to remove front wheels by loosing nuts and just turning the steering wheel from side to side, but the rears would not shift. In the end I took it down to my local ats who with a big hammer managed to remove them whilst I hid in the corner! :scared: Car needs to be up in the air properly supported to hit the wheels hard enough. Needless to say there's now enough copper slip on the wheels and hubs and the nut threads to avoid a repeat performance!
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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare!
« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2012, 08:37:21 pm »
This has happened to me on other cars, not the Golf as yet. I've used a long and heavy piece of wood.  Jack up the back two wheels and take off the good one. You can then use the wood underneath the car to knock it off. With a good swing you can get a lot of force behind it and the wood is softer on the tyre and wheel.
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Re: Alloy stuck on nightmare! ***Sorted***
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2012, 11:19:05 pm »
Update:

After driving around praying I didnt get a puncture sorted today.  Tried 3 different garages recently and all of the tricks of the trade still wouldnt budge.

Had a look over the weekend and noticed the hub bolt cover was slightly larger than the hub itself. Removed this by punching through it and levering out.

Wheel them came off with a couple of wacks   :drinking:

Replaced the bearing as had to buy a kit for the new cover and jobs a goodun  :wink: