so ive been trying to change my front wheels out and i cant seem to get it off the axle the lug nuts are off sprayed the hell out of it with lube.used a sludge hammer on it and i just cant get it off any suggestions?

 

Use the weight of the vehicle to help you. Put the lugnuts back on but leave them a quarter to a half turn loose. Then drive up and down the driveway while rapidly turning the wheels left and right. Once the wheel pops loose you can easily take it off.

 

I had the same problem 2 weeks ago. my buddy took a 4 ft. long pry bar. the trick is to get behind it and pry away from vehicle. I tried a sledge with a block, p.b. blaster. he came by and popped it off in seconds!

 

See below.

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I just wanted to add a little advice to this area. I spent 3 hours trying to remove a single rusted on rotor on my 2000 exp. Everyone says use a bigger hammer... well I did. A 3 lb hammer, 5 lb hammer and a 10 pound sledge. I also tried a can of deep creep and wd40. I also tried... heat and impact tools. Then I tried 30 minutes of searching on the internet. Finnally, I found the correct advice somewhere (I cannot find it again) so I wanted to pass the information on to the rest of you because those three hours were so #$%^&*. This is a very neat trick.

After removing the caliper and the caliper bracket you have 2 nice holes to work with to help you remove the rotor. Go buy a few 1/2 inch bolts at least 4 in long with nuts. Slide the bolt through the caliper bracket hole from the inside of the truck towards the rotor. As you slide in the bolt, place a nut on the bolt between the caliper bracket and the rotor. Hold the nut while tightening the bolt. The end of the bolt will push against the rotor and the the nut will push against the caliper bracket. Tighten the bolt as much as you can.. I mean really tight. Put on the second bolt in the other hole. After getting them both as tight as possible hit the rotor with a hammer. See if it moves at at all. Try tightening the bolts again. Hit it again. If it doesn't come off yet. Losen the bolts, turn the rotor 1/2 way try it again. On the first rotor it only took tighten the bolts once. On the second rotor it took 2 rotations of the rotor. 3 hours of pounding on the first rotor then 5 minutes with the bolt and the rotor popped off. On the second rotor it only took about 10 minutes to get it off.

Hope this helps a few of you... I wish I could have found this trick right away

~Mark

 

Spread antisieze on the hub surface and back of the wheel before reinstalling to solve the problem for the future.

 

do what Alloro recommends. Works for me.