ryany79

I have a 2004 TSX 6 Speed with 18" Kosei k1 TS wheels. I bought the car with these wheels already on them. Bought some brake pads and have decided to replace the pads myself. I am fairly mechanicaly inclined...I have changed the brakes on numerous cars before. Anywho...got the lugs off and then tried to pull the wheel off...no dice. YES...the tire is completely off the ground (I am not THAT stupid).

I did some research and found that the wheels most likely have centering rings to make them fit securely as they are "hub centric" wheels. Anywho...the wheel is completely stuck. Is there anyone out there with experience that can help? Did my tire shop screw something up whereby the wheels were not mounted correctly and are jammed onto the centering rings perhaps?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

ryany79@gmail.com

S14 n Tsx

Have you tried kicking the lower part of the wheels? This isn't common problem but I seen it before. If you kick it hard enough it should pop out...

TacoBellSauce

get a metal pipe and hit it from the back
thatll do the trick

visuelz

Hopefully the previous owner didn't use super glue to hold the wheels in...=x

ILoveMyHonda

Try the kicking method, as previously stated, that usually works.

If that fails, slowly lower the car back to the gorund, not all the way of course, just enough to break the rim free from the hub. Usually the weight of the car should do it. Good Luck!

HoRRo

Kicking works for sure, but be sure to leave one lug nut on a stud, as a rim falling on the face usually doesn't turn out so great. Also makes a huge difference if you kick the tire from the inside outward.

Metal pipe idea unless you wanna rape your rim.

Simba91102

OUCH!

Simba91102

Agree with the "kicking" method (highly scientific, huh?) and don't spare the boot. Sometimes the corrosion that develops between the wheel and hub (dissimilar metals don't forget) can be substantial (although it usually takes quite a while). It seems some wheels are more susceptible to this than others. I used to have allot of trouble with various Audis getting the wheels stuck, but none with the Acura. What I do now is put a thin coat of never-seez on the hub surface before I install the wheel. This will pretty much prevent the wheel from "rusting" to the hub. If there are hub rings in your wheels, depending on the material they're constructed of, they may have aggravated the situation..

Newplay1

I think your on the point with hub-ring (metal) instead of rubber version and rusted into your drums or somthing.

TacoBellSauce

nah you hit the tire from the inside out
no damage to rims at all
some wheels are really hard to remove, even by kicking it

curls

My wifes' Protege5 OEM wheels are horrible for this. I've literally bent the metal plate in the sole of a steel toed (and sole'd) boot kicking one of her wheels off. Yes I was hitting the tire so as to not demolish the wheel, LOL!

I think it looked as though I was kicking the living shit out of a child molester... but it worked!

Anti-seize works well, or, just rotate your tires more frequently (every oil change) so as to not let the wheels seize onto the hub really at all.

Audioserf

You don't want to kick it with your toe. That could hurt a lot. When I did this a few weeks ago on a steelie that was rusted to the hub of my friend's old Geo Prizm, I gave it one good solid whack at the bottom of the tire with the instep of my right foot, it came right off.

rondog

iTrader: (1)

first kikc the lower tire from the face, then kick the upper tire from the face, up and down usually will loosen it, if not, then just go to lowering the jack just a bit to touch the floor, the weight of the car will pop the wheel right off.