[crillyiv]

Funny this thread should show up today. I am getting my car ready to go to the track this weekend. I hope.

Thought it would be a good idea to take off the tires and check the brakes, shocks, springs, etc. Long story short; I had to hit the spinners so hard I thought for sure something was going to break. Worked up a good sweat and probably turned my 5lb hammer into a 4 pounder. I decided to abide by one of Murphy's Laws of Shade Tree Mechanics; If it is stuck, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

Thankfully they all came off with no parts broken. Except the pieces of lead that flew off the hammer from time to time. In all honesty I probably would have had to take the car to a shop if I was not the size I am. I hope I never have to hit anything on that car that hard again.

I had used Never Seize the last time I put the tires back on and I think it was the graphite that saved me. No galling on the spinners or the rims. I think they just got very tight at the track and tighter still after cooling down. I think in the future I will loosen and re-tighten them after I am done at the track. I noticed a lot of the Never Seize was gone, again I think that is heat related.

I am curious about using the spinner tool for tightening. I am very comfortable tightening the spinners with the hammer as I can feel and see when they are good and tight. They only get tighter as you run them I believe. The tool seems best used for removal. I especially noted the remark by Chad that using a hammer on the deep 17s is hard to do. Heck it is even difficult with the 15s on the rear. Hard to get a direct downward blow when the spinnner is so far inside the rim. Anyway, I hope they have enough of those tools for all of us since I am ordering mine too.