VW Polo - 'Stuck' Alloy Wheels Removal Tips? - Problem_Polo :-/

Does anyone know of an effective way of removing alloys that have fused to the wheel hubs? My Polo seems to have suffered from this on both rear wheels. After removing all four nuts the wheel still refuses to budge. Any reliable way of getting them off without causing any damage?!

VW Polo - 'Stuck' Alloy Wheels Removal Tips? - jc2

Put the nuts back on;slacken the nuts one turn from tight and drive car round block.

VW Polo - 'Stuck' Alloy Wheels Removal Tips? - davmal
Loosen nuts to about one turn on, with car jacked clear of the ground and on well placed axle stands or chocks, I would advise against doing this whilst on a jack.
Procure a length of 100mm x 100mm x 1m softwood, douglas fir is my favourite.
Give a good clout on the inner rim/tyre area.
Rotate so that they get walloped in a north south east west sequence.
I've never tried the previously posted method but that sounds good, too.
VW Polo - 'Stuck' Alloy Wheels Removal Tips? - boggles

It may help if you spray a little WD40 around the wheel / hub spigot area. Sometimes a rubber mallet will shift them, but if the corrosion is severe, then the big hammer and lump of wood treatment is about all you are left with. Once removed, clean up the hub spigot and wheel centre, and treat to a smear of copperslip grease to stop this happening again. I usually remove wheels soon after buying any car, and do the clean up and copperslip thing. You would be surprised how quickly the corrosion can start. This also happens to steel wheels, but the "dissimilar metals" effect with alloys can be bad.

VW Polo - 'Stuck' Alloy Wheels Removal Tips? - bolderz

Did exactly this (see suggestion from jc2 to loosen wheel nuts and drive the car around) and it worked like a dream. A wheel that wouldn't move despite kicking it hard in all the right places practically fell off the hub (once I'd jacked it up and removed the wheel bolts completely of course). You don't need to drive very far either. I just drove it out of the drive, did a 3-point turn and drove back into the drive. One turn on the bolts is enough.

Edited by bolderz on 09/12/2012 at 16:29