Howz550

Feel like I should preface this question with the statement that I have changed dozens of tires in the past w/ no problem. However, today I got the "lost tire pressure" warning and within an hour one of my tires was completely flat. So, like many times before, I jacked up the car took off the lug nuts and the wheel will not budge. I feel like if I pull any harder I will pull the car right off of the jack.

This is the first tire I've had to change on an e60... but there are 5 lug nut holes and I have 5 lug nuts sitting on the garage floor. The tire is well off of the ground. What am I missing here?

I even tried a little wd-40 in the lug nut holes. Shouldn't be too much corrosion holding it on, as summer wheels were replaced with the stock wheels in November.

Any thoughts?

dlevi67

Just wondering - you have 19" wheels, no spacers?

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=16360

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=35976

Howz550

My summer setup is 19" wheels w/ spacers, however, they are stored away. Right now I have the 17" stock wheels on.

Member545

I had the same issue with the stock 18" wheels when I was changing over to winter tires, I ended up bringing it to the dealer. They must have some type of puller to get these off. The last two years I just brought it to the dealer.

kscarrol

Had the same issue with my 17" wheels. It simply took a lot of elbow grease and at least twenty good, swift kicks to jar it loose but it does come loose. I felt like i was going to knock the car off the jack I was hitting it so hard but it finally gave.

dlevi67

Only thing I can think of is to put back a couple of lugs (without tightening), lower the jack as much as possible still keeping the wheel off the floor, and give the wheel a few sharp taps on the rim with a wooden or plastic mallet.

If that fails, try lowering the jack a little further to get some weight back on the wheel (still with the loose lugs on); careful not to get the jack too low (and loose)!

Member545

I beat the wheel senseless with a rubber mallet and it didn't budge.

fraseman999

Rather than trying to pull the wheel off try hitting it in the way. Like with a good back heel or something. This will loosen things off. Not in the centre but at the side of the rim, first one side then the other. Once its loose it will pull off easy.

Howz550

It's off!

We tried kicking it, using a hammer on a block of wood, rubber mallet, etc....

Then I got a tip from someone who does this for a living (he's one to the Triple A contracted repair shops... they change a lot of flat tires). He said to use a 2x10 or 2x12 piece of wood... about 3 ft. long. As fraseman99 suggested, we hit the top then the bottom two times each and it popped right off..... piece of cake.

dlevi67

You mean like a ram? (2 x 10 side forward, as if you were trying to break through a door)

Interesting trick.

Main thing is that it's off. Good to hear.