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Jan 29, 2007 | 07:16 AM

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KAF

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When you put the wheel back on use a smear of copper grease around the hub flange. The wheels tend to bind on the hubs due to Alloy/Steel reactions.

Jan 29, 2007 | 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by KAF' post='384872' date='Jan 29 2007, 11:16 AM

When you put the wheel back on use a smear of copper grease around the hub flange. The wheels tend to bind on the hubs due to Alloy/Steel reactions.

Or maybe anti-seize solution?

Jan 29, 2007 | 02:24 PM

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vern

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Originally Posted by Mr.PC' post='384961' date='Jan 29 2007, 02:34 PM

Or maybe anti-seize solution?

+1 I haven't tried but some guys said it worked very well for them. Loosen all the wheel studs a FEW turns with the wheel on the ground and roll the car back and forth a little bit and the rim will come loose from the hub without any damage, most important put some kind of lubricant on the hub after you clean off the corrosion, I use a thin coat of wheel bearing grease.
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vern
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