WantA997

Swapping my wheels and have run to this most unfortunate situation. The front passenger centerlock refuses to come loose. Have tried applying 440nm, 600nm... nada.

I suspect the previous owner did not apply any/enough grease when re-mounting the wheels before he sold the car to me.

Has anyone had this issue before? How did you resolve it?

Thanks in advance!

mooty

1 front or rear, front is usually the issue?
2 is the czar off the ground?
3 turn ignition on, have a STRONG HUMAN (not the stupid brake depressor many like to use), step on the brake like his life depended on it. and untorque it. how big are you. one time i had some issues getting it off. i am not small and fairly atheletic. then my wt lifting buddy 250# pulled it, came off no problem..

lack of grease should not be that big an issue for untorquing it. it is a safety issue however, if no grease used.

shotor

I'm on the lighter side and always have problems taking one of them off.
Get a long tube to extend the length of your breaker bar. Got a 5' aluminum tube from Home Depot. Have found that jumping on it doesn't seem to work as well as continuous load.
I have one of those brake depressors and it works, till it doesn't. Another human is needed on the wheels that are really stuck.

audipwr1

10ft bar it'll come loose

FRP||

If you were near I'd lend a hand with my torque multiplier as they're very handy for these kinds of issues. If you don't have a beefcake friend this could be a decent alternative.

One other option: Drive around a bit while dragging the brakes / use a heat gun to get some heat into the wheel/hub. Fasteners are easier to remove when hot as the materials expand and reduce thread pressure.

audipwr1

Don't put heat on center lock nut

Saru385

1. drive car to track
2. drive around track until center lock and/or coolant lines fail

FRP||

Some heat. Not a ton.

No blow torch

steve porter

Speedster911

NO HEAT!!

- as others have stated- have someone depress the brakes for you. I had to add a 4 FT " extension" to my breaker bar when I had this issue the first time I attempted to remove my wheels. I think original owner didn't have enough grease on them so I replaced the center locks after the difficulty, I make sure I put ample grease on now and have never had an issue again

WantA997

This did the trick. New wheels are now on.

I appreciate all the responses from everyone!

eeterp

Beautiful wheels!

sin911

Now we need a full shot of the car with the wheels

FRP||

This is amusing. What do you think happens on canyon runs or the track? Lots of heat all around on all these components.

If the PO didn't grease the mechanism correctly the mechanism was actually potentially under torqued despite needing lots of torque to remove. Heat removes some of this force and decreases the likelihood of galling, stripping, deformation, etc.

Pretty amusing to see the all caps. I guess we're all at various levels of mechanical knowledge

boostedt0y