wheel and tire guys please help

[Jonathan Moore]

I have a set of 22" DUB Esinem floaters on my trac and now that the weather is beginning to turn bad I am trying to swap them out witht he stock tires. However I have been outside for the past 3 hrs trying to get them off and I am having a time with them. I put them on back over the summer and had no problem but now that I am trying to get them off it's as if they dont want to. For those unfamiliar with how they work there is a lock screw that goes through the spindle and locks itself into a center bolt that keeps the actual spinner face attached to the wheel itself. Well my first problem is getting that lock screw undone. It feels almost as though it is wedged in there, but with time and lots of patience i have gotten one to unlock itself. Now the center bolt will unscrew all the way to a certain point and then it just stops. I cant get it to come out any farther for fear of breaking the bolt. When trying to screw it back in now i have run into the problem where about a quarter of an inch from being all the way in it will not budge. So now on on rim I have a center bolt that is neither fully out nor fully in. If someone that has worked with these type of rims before or if there is anyone that can give me any kind of recommendation out there would please be so kind i would really apprecaite it. Thank you so much. I am also trying to get in contact with some rim shops and MHT whom manufactures these rims. However with it being christmas eve im very doubtful i will have any luck.

 

[Raser x]

SOunds like a corrosion issue. I bet you washed your rims a bunch. My guess is that moisture got on the threads . Also the steel screws and aluminum rimd suffer a dissimalr metal corrosion. In the future always use anti-seize on all you rim threads. As for getting them off the most obvious solution would be to use lots of penetrating oil and pray for your christmas miracle. the last resort would be heating the rim with a torch around where the bolt goes thru. The heated metal will expand and hopefully loosen its grip on the screw. Sorry I'm not much help. But I ended up breaking off three out of five wheel studs for the same reason (no anti-seize).



Raserx

 

[Jonathan Moore]

damn...well its a start. thanks for your help..guess ill give it a try in the morning.

 

[EddieS'04]

One rule is always use antisieze or marine grease on bolts that screw into alluminum..