Broken spinner on SPF

[cdog]

The secret is to have the car in the air and just 'tap' the spinners with a lead hammer.

Tap - turn wheel - tap next ear - turn - tap next ear - turn - etc. In less than one minute, it will be off. Having the wheel loose (not on the ground, car in neutral, etc.) ensures that you are applying a relatively light strike. The wheel turning puts some give in the process, making it less likely the spinner ears will break.

No hits, just taps.

Even doing this, sometimes the spinner ears will break during the process, especially if they are the old ones.

[Doug I]

So Ron - turn your note upside down for it to work ...... or back to front .... however do not turn it upside down and back to front as then you'll be working on your neighbors car which probably doesn't have spinners at all.

[convincor]

Broke one of mine the other day. (Vintage)
Havn't had the wheel off since last year and I had cleaned them on the car. Wheel cleaner got behind the spinner and pins and caused oxidation.
They were coated with neverseize but it had dried out enough to make them tough to loosen up.
I've got a new set of the forged on order but Bob say's they won't be in for a couple weeks... So, here I wait....

[patrickt]

Does anyone have any marked preference for paste over oil? I use the Spinner-Eaze sticky-oil from Cobra Valley, but this morning I was sitting in the library thumbing through a Jegs catalog and saw their ad for their anti-seize paste and I vaguely recall somebody telling me that they prefered paste over oil. Thoughts?

JEGS heavy duty anti-seize & lubricating paste is designed for similar metal to metal surfaces. Features a convenient brush top applicator, contains very finely divided copper particles in no melt petroleum grease and is heat resistant up to 2000 deg F. Will not wash off and will not dry out. Can be used for all ferrous and non-ferrous metals including permanent lubrication on floating caliper bolts and the backing plates of drum brakes. Made In USA

[Doug I]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Well, I kinda did that. I hit, stopped, wondered whether my daughter had taken the last Reuben that was in the fridge from the night before, went back and hit again, then stopped to confirm. That's close.

So had she?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Doug I

So had she?

Yes, no doubt to fortify her rapid-fire-text-messaging prowess.

[anchor2]

Thanks for all the replies! I managed to get the spinner off. Heated the heck out of it with a heat gun and sprayed it with penetrating oil the night before. Next day heated it again and sprayed with pentrating oil. Tapped the last ear and it broke. I then got a very larger pipe wrench and after some huffing and cussing it came loose.

[Bernica]

I remember seeing an old photo (maybe here) of an old original Cobra and the spinners actually had something like "LOOSEN ->" cast right on them, with the arrow showing which way. That certainly would come in handy, based on what I have read in this post and my own stupid brain-fart mistakes as well.....