I have an F250 4x4 crew cab 6.2 V-8 it is a 2011 single rear axle. I bought the truck new August of 2010. Today I went to rotate the tires for the first time and the back two tires willn't come off, it's like they are stuck on. I pulled on them, hit them with a rubber mallet and a baseball bat but no luck. They willn't move no wiggle at all. I would hate to have had a flat this past 9 months. They have never been off since the factory put them on. I am going to the dealer tomorrow to raise hell because this truck is still under warranty and am going to make the rotate tire and pay for it out of fords pocket. Any one have this problem before? What could cause this?

 

It's corrosion between the wheel and the axle hub. Try prying with a crowbar, or loosen all the lug nuts and drive forward and backward a few feet. One of those methods should work. To prevent it, after you manage to remove them, coat the hubs and the inside of the hole in the wheel with anti-sieze grease.


RON

 

Last august I went thru the same thing on a very busy bridge. Semi truck dropped a driveline in front of me, my truck straddled it until it smacked my passenger rear tire and tore a chunk of it out. Pulled over, turned the hazards on, Prayed (remember busy bridge) and got out the passenger side. Virginia DOT truck parked 20 yards behind me and by the time he had a jack out my spare was on deck. Everything was off except the tire would not budge. Tried everything to move it and kicking with flip flops doesnt do much.

Guy eyeballed the tire for 2 secs, kicked the top, then the bottom, then the top again and off it came.

I now carry my work boots in the truck.

 

I had the same problem. I had factory aluminum wheels and the rears were seized tight to the hub and rotor. It was as if everything was welded together. I used penetrating oil, very carefully applied using the straw that comes with the can. I let it soak for a few minutes then used a 4X4 and sledge hammer and finally got the wheels off. Then applied some anti seize as stated earlier in this thread. Mine was not under warranty but if yours still is, I advise you to take it to Ford and let them have the headache. That way if something gets broken or damaged it's on them.

 

Another trick is to loosen the nuts and drive it around the block. When you turn they pop loose. The only thing is to use common sense and don't over do it, just back off the nuts untill they are loose. Not a 1/4" away from the rim or something....

 

I am really surprised that Ford did not put some grease or anti-seize on the hub when it was built. Have had the same problem with the Crown Vics the last 3-4 years and now they come with a little bit of grease on the rear discs.

 

I had the same issue with my 2010....I ended up using a big dead blow hammer to get the tire off and before I put my summer tires on I coated everything with Fluid Film....hopefully they'll come off a bit easier in 6 months when the studded tires go back on.

 

I have used nickel thread lube in the past and it works pretty good.

 

I was in this club with my 06. Kicking, rolling back and forth etc. didn't work. Where i bought the tires offers free tire rotation so went there. Warned them of the problem. The kid who did it looked like King Kong's son. One legged kick and off they went. Kind of demeaning ego wise but just told them i have an old injury that prevented me from doing that.

 

Had the problem on the dually(had to give them a good verbal scolding) and after getting them off put some anti seize on the back of the rim never had a problem again.

 

Swearing at it while you kick it and beat it like it is Bin Laden helps.

 

Thanks went to dealer they got it off after about 2-3 mins of hittting it with 48 oz blow hammer on both wheels. Put some anti-seize on and hope it works next time again thanks, always can count on this forum for help.

 

i had the same problem yesterday with my back left wheel. tried everything ive read on here and was told to do, and couldnt get it off in 50 minutes. going to try again tomorrow i guess

 

On the real tough ones I have resorted to the 4x4 and a 15 lb sledge. Put the truck on HD jack stands and laid on the floor swinging the sledge against the block. With each hit I would rotate the wheel a bit and nail it again. That was on my old '96. I hD some sweat going on by the time I got both of them off.

 

Yep, had the same thing happen to me with the alloy mags stuck to the rotors.
I got a couple of scaffold screw jacks and a length of scaffold tube, cut it to length and staddled them between the tyres, screwed them out as hard as I could and then belted the rims with a big hammer and 4x2 hard wood, it worked.

Baz