Wheels seizing on the hub is a well known BMW/AUDI thing. I had my rear tyres changed recently. It took nearly 4 hours! The locking wheel nut tool sheared off instantly making it impossible to get the special tools into the head of the locking wheel nut to remove it. Only after hours of patient picking, magnets, special gadgets that you hammer into the 'slot' on the locking bolt, turbo sockets etc etc did they get them off. If you have not already done it, back off your wheel bolts one at a time and spray a little copper grease in.ric19 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:33 amWell good luck with that, I tried to inspect mine pre MOT but couldn't see any cracks so also jacked it up and found the wheels were seized on the hub , so at some point in the near future I'm having the new wheels off and slapping some antiseize grease on to make sure I can get them off to checkHillWalker wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:00 pm Thanks for the picture ric19, I'll be under there with my torch tomorrow, I know all about the cracking wheels but having done such a low mileage never gave it a second thought
The problem is that the bolts are slightly too long and protrude through the hub a few millimetres. Rust forms on the bolt and prevents it from being extracted by the piss poor quality 'special wheel nut tool' which is apparently made from play-doh...
Do it now, you have been warned...... wah wah waaaaahhhhhhh