Matt writes:
Hey Sajeev. Looking for your wisdom, or perhaps that of the B&B. I’ve got a 2005 Hyundai Elantra with about 50k miles. Back around 40k, we had new tires put on it at Sears. Now I want to rotate the tires (yes, I know, I should have done this a while ago), but when I got to the very last wheel, I ran into a roadblock. The rear right wheel is fused to the hub! It seems to be rusted on. Poking around a few forums online, I got a couple of ideas:
Posted in News Blog, Piston Slap
Tagged as brake job, Elantra, hub, rotation, rust, stuck wheel, tire, wheel
Tagged as brake job, Elantra, hub, rotation, rust, stuck wheel, tire, wheel
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