I've had to loosen all bolts by 1 turn and with car on ground rock the body from side to side, using its weight to good effect.

Yes cleaning the wheel/hub mating surfaces and applying a smear of copper or graphite grease is the way to prevent future stuck wheels.

Re punctures.

I've found in desperation if you have a small piercing eg nail/screw an easy way to effect a repair is to remove offending item, clean area well and screw a half inch fine threaded countersunk screw in.

Squeeze a bit of silicon sealer/instant gasket in the hole first and screw the screw right down as far as it'll go pushing hard so the head is below the surface of the tread.

The screw becomes an airtight, invisible plug and the countersunk head ensures it won't come out.

I've done this several times with no ill effects, it's no worse than the original sharp object.

When I switched my wheels over to winters recently I actually picked out my footwear based on what would be most appropriate for kicking tyres.

Just a word of advice on Copper Grease:

Go easy with it as it can run with heat..You don't need much

yes common problem, happened to me when i had a puncture once at 3am in sub zero temperatures in a welsh valley with no mobile signal..

 

best advice from me, is put the wheel bolts back in, so that they are undone by a couple of turns, lower the car back to the ground then rock the car, far better off that way than rather than falling off a scissor jack when you are under it kicking it.

Loosen all bolts/nuts but not take them out.

Let the car move and hit the brake.

Use the right kind of grease. Copper grease can react with aluminum.

Just a word of advice on Copper Grease:

Go easy with it as it can run with heat..You don't need much

Very true

On the plus front they passed my 740i. Good for another year now!!

Loosen all bolts/nuts but not take them out.

Let the car move and hit the brake.

Use the right kind of grease. Copper grease can react with aluminum.

I think that's an urban myth TBH, never had a problem.

I think that's an urban myth TBH, never had a problem.

There are 'Types'

http://www.copper-grease.com/

What is the harm if the copper slip does run?

 

I use this but admit I do apply it quite liberally on the face of the hub...

 

I got a puncture on my Superb last month and was forced to kick the front wheel loose. Doing this on the side of a dual carriageway in the rain in a suit when the car is on a flimsy scissor jack is not pleasant.

 

I'm putting my winters on next weekend and will be applying copper slip.

You do not really want Grease on the surface of Disc Brakes or the pads braking surface,

 

but that would be requiring a bit of a big dribble,

less of a run, more a splash it all about.

 

george

 

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Ah, of course.

 

So the copper slips runs down off the hub and onto the disc.

Or just runs someplace, after a run maybe, once heated, usually runs vertically downwards, hits a wheel rim , even when stationary, then the spinning wheel disperses it willy nilly.

Or just runs someplace, usually vertically downwards, hits a wheel rim , even when stationary, then the spinning wheel disperses it willy nilly.

due to centrifugal force, usually always outwards

Law of centrifugal force must have included willy nilly. Or maybe not.  

 

One Law of Engineering is, slapping on more is not always better,   Different from the law of willy.

Law of centrifugal force must have included willy nilly. Or maybe not.  

 

One Law of Engineering is, slapping on more is not always better,   Different from the law of willy.

Sod's law and Willy's law sometimes overlap but are, in fact, two separate laws AFAIK

So where does Murphy fit into this?

 

If you want your wheel to stay on, it'll fall off, if you want your wheel off it'll take a lot (technical motor trade term) ****ting to get it off.

So where does Murphy fit into this?

 

If you want your wheel to stay on, it'll fall off, if you want your wheel off it'll take a lot (technical motor trade term) ****ting to get it off.

Murphys Law was cancelled in 2007, James Nesbitt was unavailable for comment.

winter days must be really short up there, George