Had trouble getting one of my rear wheels off the other day when finally taking my winters off.

At first I thought the two metals had bonded, but eventually got the wheel off after turning it on the hub.

Then the next problem was getting a wheel back on it.

After 20 mins of cursing and swearing, I decided that the hub had a bit of damage to it, causing the problem. 10 mins later after a bit of adjustment with a dremmel, the wheel was back on.

The other think I noted was no hub bolt covers on either side. The hub retaining bolts on each side look nice and new, but never noticed them before when swapping summer and winter wheels over.

Last garage to touch it was back at easter when the disks and pads were done all round.

Why would the garage need to mess with the hubs ?

Disks had only been on just over 2 years (70k)

Annoyed add I'd have been stuffed if I had to change it by the side of the road.

Edited 9 May, 201313 yr by swil00

I find that a smear of 'Copperease' between hub and wheel prevents the bonding of metals and enables an easier wheel change if you get a puncture.