Right have tried everything as everyone said. And it just will not budge. The spacer still is attached tho and i am starting to think its something to do with that. It looks like its threaded inside is this normal? Do some spacers screw on?

talcumpowderbut wrote:Right have tried everything as everyone said. And it just will not budge. The spacer still is attached tho and i am starting to think its something to do with that. It looks like its threaded inside is this normal? Do some spacers screw on?

Gentle heat on the wheel, say from a paint stripper gun at about 9 inches away, for 10 minutes, then hit it some more. GENTLE heat though, then twat the bastard good and hard with a 2lb hammer on a block of wood.

Never seen a spacer that is screwed in though.

Unless you have something freaky on yours, the spacer is just a spacer and is not threaded on the inside...



....There is no reason the spacer should be stuck on (assuming you have removed the nut ). I would work at getting that of first as if it is that tight on there it will effectivly be holding the wheel on. No idea why or how it would be siezed but (assuming it is not a freaky one off home made something that is threaded - check first) I would be giving that some abuse next.

As per the picture above there are plenty of faces to get a punch on and give it some 'pasty' to try and rotate to break the lock, plus you can also try and get behind it (between it and the wheel) with something that you can use as a lever. If it looks like you are going to muller something in the process...muller the spacer as they are a lot cheaper to replace than the wheel.

Just fucking whack it. Bit of 4x2 and a sledgehammer.

Nothings ever defeated me when I have a sledgehammer

Yep you cant beat giving it a good whack....................................

Morespeedvicar wrote:Yep you cant beat giving it a good whack....................................

Right cheers for all the replys. Will have a good look now and what i can come up with. Will get back on what i manage to demolish

My mate had a similar problem on his vfr.
I put it on paddock stand, took nut & spacer off. Plenty of WD40 or similar squirted where possible, let it soak for a while.
Then I used a hammer & pin to persuade it off by placing the pin in the clearance notches on the rear of the wheel mounting face. Hit one position, rotate 180 degrees, hit again, rotate 90, hit again, rotate 180 etc.
Bit of brute force & perseverence and it popped off.

Well thanks to everyone for the help. Managed to get the bugger of. Levering it on slowly. I dont think wacking it would have done the job. Heres a picture of the problem.



And i got my exhaust back which was perfectly repaired by rcv4 on the forum



And new tyres from greame france.

Yesterday was a good day!

Oh yeh. I have lightly wired wooled the rusted parts. What is best for removing rust like in the picture?