In case you don't know, Its a pain in the *** to remove a flat tire when the alium rim is glued on to the hub, due to the rust on the wheal hub.

I have been down this road before, but today took the cake.

I had to hire road side assistance to change a flat because I could not get the rim off, the end resualt of manny a trail and error, was to lift the whole rear of the truck off the ground, put the truck in N, crawl under the truck and beat the inside of the #%^ rim with a sledge hammer with each turn of the wheal..

I have had issues with the left rear rim cray glued to the hub in the past, and yes , all eight lug nuts were removed.

Its pretty messed up when a expiranced tow truck driver and my self take up to an hour to change a flat.

My next investment is dumping the Aluim rims for a set of steal rims...

Don't know if the 1500 Rams have this issue, but the 2500 Rams are a dogs breakfist changing flats in the cold.....

 

Been down that road a couple times, it was quiet fun wasnt it

i found that the best thing it to get some penetrating oil, i prefer PB blaster. let it soak a while then beat it some times works some times it doesnt, depends, but you do know an occasional tire rotation could solve this issue before it starts

 

yes, I agree on the tire rotation, my BFG R/T are shot, I was planning on running them into the ground instead of rotating the tires, but now I'm going to have check the othier three rims, I get a lot of flats in my line of work.

Its pretty funny when a group of guys call you a girls girly becaus eyou can't change a flat, I let any one who was willing to call me down attempt to get the rim off, now one could.

Lifting booth rear tires off the ground was the only way to get the rim off, no good hitting it in the same four places.

 

yea when i put my new 20"s on it took me almost a half an hour of trial and error with mine finally opted for a 10pnd sledge and a 2x4

 

had the same problem a few weeks ago...ended up lifting the whole rearend off the ground and me and another guy kicking the tire while we spun it to get it off

 

When I had my new tires put on, the tire tech put anti seize on the hubs to prevent the rims from sticking. He said he sees this problem all the time and the anti-seize works, he's never has an issue getting them off when the customers came back for tire rotations

 

yup thats usually what i do, if i have it around most of the i dont as when i run in to this its when im changing some elses tires, and im not at home lol.

 

Yup, the never seize works great---been doin it for years. The copper stuff works best. Just don't get carried away with it---it seems to get all over everything. A light coat is enough

 

Another thought... the next time you have the tire off wire brush the part of the hub that comes in contact with the rim and paint it! That with the anti-seize or some grease will do wonders.

 

i've loosened the lugs and let the car roll forward or back a bit. worked for me on a couple cars.