Wheel Removal and Installation: Removal
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- Loosen the wheel nuts.
- Raise and suitably support the vehicle.
- Remove the wheel nuts.
- Remove the wheel.
Difficulty in removing the wheels from the vehicle can be due to foreign material or to a tight fit between the wheel center hole and the hub or the rotor. These wheels can be removed by
- Retightening the wheel nuts on the affected wheel and then loosening the wheel nuts by two turns.
- Lowering the vehicle and rocking it from side to side as hard as possible, using one or more person's body weight to loosen the wheel.
- Raising the vehicle and removing the wheel.
Penetrating oil is not effective in removing tight wheels. If it is used, however, apply it sparingly and only to the wheel's center hole area.