wheel spacers are seized on the hub

kisarci · 12-02-2016, 08:53 PM

Hey everyone, I have been using burger 15mm spacers in the rear and 10mm in the front with no problem. I just recently increased the size of my wheels and need to remove the spacers so the wheels don't rub. After constant prying at the designated points, I was able to remove the rears. However, the fronts are seized onto the the hub. I drowned it with WD40 with no luck. I can pry the outer parts but where it seems to be stuck is the inner, smaller center ring. The more I pry, the more I feel like I am just bending the top part as it's just seized in the center. I'm sorry my explanation sucks. I'm not sure how else to describe it. Any ideas though?

boro92 · 12-02-2016, 11:52 PM

Try giving it a few whacks with a mallet to unseat it from the centre hub. If that doesn't work, take a socket extension and put it at an angle into one of the wheel bolt openings and hammer it (as if trying to get the spacer to rotate). It will free up. Lastly use pb blaster instead of we 40.

1QuikWS6 · 12-05-2016, 05:47 AM

And try putting anti-seize on the inner hub surface of the spacers the next time like is suggested - then you won't have the problem again...

Don't put anti-seize on either the face that goes against the hub or the face that goes to wheel.

Best to put some on the inner surface of the wheel hole also where it meets the spacer locating hub

Willsbma · 12-06-2016, 01:41 PM

Use a torch to heat them up

techwhiz · 12-06-2016, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willsbma

Use a torch to heat them up

PB Blaster.
Then a torch.

12-02-2016, 08:53 PM	#1
kisarci Lieutenant 67 Rep 435 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (0)	wheel spacers are seized on the hub Hey everyone, I have been using burger 15mm spacers in the rear and 10mm in the front with no problem. I just recently increased the size of my wheels and need to remove the spacers so the wheels don't rub. After constant prying at the designated points, I was able to remove the rears. However, the fronts are seized onto the the hub. I drowned it with WD40 with no luck. I can pry the outer parts but where it seems to be stuck is the inner, smaller center ring. The more I pry, the more I feel like I am just bending the top part as it's just seized in the center. I'm sorry my explanation sucks. I'm not sure how else to describe it. Any ideas though? __________________ 07 335i e92
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boro92 Second Lieutenant 148 Rep 268 Posts Drives: audi s4 lol! Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: canada iTrader: (0)	Try giving it a few whacks with a mallet to unseat it from the centre hub. If that doesn't work, take a socket extension and put it at an angle into one of the wheel bolt openings and hammer it (as if trying to get the spacer to rotate). It will free up. Lastly use pb blaster instead of we 40.
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12-05-2016, 05:47 AM	#3
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12-06-2016, 01:41 PM	#4
Willsbma First Lieutenant 77 Rep 330 Posts Drives: 07 328xi Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: 11703 iTrader: (0)	Use a torch to heat them up
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