Stuck on Wheels

[Trickeytree]

So this morning I was finally having my two rear wheels refurbished (original Austins) on my 2014 GTI, only the guy had a hell of a job removing them as they seemed to be stuck with rust. He managed it eventually but said theses had never been removed.

The car has been regularly serviced at the dealer I brought it from (at 4 moths old), surely they remove the wheels at a service ? How did they gauge the brake pad wear ? The tyres on the rear are still the originals (my mileage is very low now)...

[p3asa]

Any time Ive had a video from the garage about my service, the wheels are never off when they are showing me the thickness of the brakes.

I had something similar once before on another Golf and couldn't get the wheels off at all. I had to eventually take it to a tyre place where all they did was hit it with a big hammer. I was really paranoid I'd get a puncture in the middle of the night miles from anywhere.

I now always put copper grease on the face of the hub and the wheels just fall off.
https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/triple-qx-copper-grease-500g-antisieze-526770130

[Trickeytree]

They were hitting them with a rubber mallet to shift them...

[Finglonga]

Perfectly normal, exactly what I purchased my rubber mallet for.

[fredgroves]

Very common to have to whack them to get them off...

And no VW dealers don't remove the wheels normally.

[Trickeytree]

Weird, they always make a point of asking where the locking wheel nut is...

Thanks for the replies

[fredgroves]

Weird, they always make a point of asking where the locking wheel nut is...

Just a checklist thing - in case they can sell you some sh!tty overpriced tyres.

[dubber36]

Before smacking them with your rubber mallet, make sure you still have at least one wheel bolt still in about half way.

[Sootchucker]

I always put a touch of copper grease over the hub mounting point on the brake discs when I take the wheels off for cleaning or rotation, and they then always come off really easily.

I've always been of the mind that whilst I've had my fair share of times when I've had to use a rubber mallet myself to get a wheel off, I'ts not something I'd want to do if I had a puncture on a busy dual carriageway or fast road or had passengers in the car.

[Sootchucker]

Before smacking them with your rubber mallet, make sure you still have at least one wheel bolt still in about half way.

Correct and turn the wheel 180° at a time after several hits to get the wheel to "wobble" on the hub.