Lead hammers

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Unique427

All that's missing is the chimp in his carnival suit cranking....

You know, sometimes that's exactly how I feel....

[Jim Vander Wal]

Dead blow - Remind me not to ride in your car.

The lead hammer acts like an impact driver and shocks the spinner into a lock or then unlock condition. The dead blow absorbs a lot of the impact, nowhere near the same as the lead hammer.

There are a variety of removal tools for sticky spinners, usually a condition caused by infrequent removal and/or lack of anti-seize.

This is a recommended removal tool but it isn't designed to tighten. I'm sure there are other types. But again "removal" tools.
https://www.craigscobras.com/parts/spinnertool/

Also, always have the tire on the ground to provide support and resistance to the hammer blows just to start the rotation or complete the tightening. Otherwise, you are beating on the suspension. Having the tire off the ground doesn't work well, been there, done that.

BTW, the safety wires, apart from being a PITA and looking cool, are just there as an indicator that your spinners are loosening up.

Jim

[HTM101]

None of my wheels have loosened, so I must be one lucky guy. I've owned the car for 28 years and driven it quite hard on 5 road race courses and thousands of miles on the street with not the slightest indication of knock-off loosening. When I do remove a wheel it requires substantial effort to loosen the knock-offs.

Thank you for a fairly thorough lesson on what to and not to do.

[CobraResurrect]

Wheel tech - Selecting a knockoff hammer

Another dissertation.

[HTM101]

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[twobjshelbys]

I concur about loosening with the wheel on the ground else the axle absorbs some of the energy from the hammer. Also strike each wing all the way around every time until it loosens -- 1-2-3 1-2-3... Eventually it will. I applied some WD40 around the wheel-spinner interface although I don't know how much that helped. My wheels had not been anti-seized so were stubborn.

When putting it back use anti-seize and tighten 1-2-3 until you hear a tone change.

[jolsen42]

https://americanhammer.com/recast-advantages/

John O

[hauss]

Originally Posted by HTM101

I use this 52 oz. dead blow hammer. It's about 18 years old and still doesn't need to be recast. If you miss the knock-off and hit the rim, it leaves a smudge.



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I tried this on mine did not work had to use the lead hammer trust me they were stuck on there is something magic about lead it works.