Done a search - and nothing came up -so apologies if this has been covered .

Rear wheels have not been off for a while ,but it surprised me to see that they took a little bit of effort to get off .( 14 " alloys),mwhen getting new tyres.

Struck me that getting a puncture might cause me problems getting wheel off .

So any tips for curing the stickys ?-would seem to be the bearing cap to wheel centre causing the problem

good clean up and some copper slip, only way you can keep on top of it is by removing them and cleaning them up every so often.

like has been said, a bit of copper grease will do the trick

very common occurance, and not only on Skodas, what i do at work is clean the hub and inside of the wheel with a wire brush on a drill , this removes all the corrosion, then as has been said , a liberal smearing of copper slip on the hub flange does the trick

Thanks ,guys - so it looks like copper slip , a torque wrench and wire brush are on the shopping list - and a mention that some tyre places still insist that torque should be 120FT LB ,when book says 120 NM ( APPROX 90 ft lb).BTW- any suggestions for getting sticky wheels off rather than bashing with wooden mallet .Never had this problem before - but then never had alloys before ,and as rears are not changed /removed often , ( work on principle of not broken ? -don't fix) .

Edit - And as an add on -might be usefull to any other DIY Furby owners - can anyone of our well informed techies suggest a general purpose torque wrench ( sort of what is max torque needed on a Furby - for the sorts of jobs /range of jobs a diyer might want to do -or a range )

Edited 18 October, 200916 yr by VWD

Rubber mallet!

Or if raised on a trolley jack

The application of some force with the flats of your feet alternately at 9 and 3 O'Clock on the face of the wheel!

Works, But not really recommended!

Rubber mallet!

Or if raised on a trolley jack

The application of some force with the flats of your feet alternately at 9 and 3 O'Clock on the face of the wheel!

Works, But not really recommended!

Yes, kicking it off the trolley jack is always an interesting (and sometimes expensive: how did you get that hole in floor pan of your car - it's going to take quite a bit of welding sir) experience. Just make sure the jack wheels are chocked as well as the car wheels if you try this.

I didn't - I paid for the welding:O

I'll reiterate "Works, But not really recommended!"

The easy fix is to loosen the bolts a couple of turns with the car not jacked, and then rock the car by pushing the wheel, or driving forward and back a couple of feet very slowly.

i found a length of 2x2 timber works great in between the rim and the underside of the rear suspension, theres no banging to knock the car off a jack or stands, but they can be hard to come by on a country lane (as was pointed out to me by one kind poster last year). works for me anyways.

hth mate.