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[mikesomega]

Help my wheel is stuck. Taken off 4 bolts and special key bolt. Surely that's all I need to do?

Won't budge

[YZ250]

Make sure it is properly supported then, using something like a lump hammer, hit the tyre from the inside, turn the wheel, hit it, turn the wheel and hit it until it comes off. You can use a bit of wood flat against the tyre to protect the tyre/wheel.
Put a bit of copper slip around the mating hub area before refitting. 

I must emphasise safety here. You are leaning under the car to do this so please make sure the car is fully supported.

[Nick W]

If you can get your hands on a 2 or 3 foot length of 4x2, then you can dispense with both the hammer and the block of wood. You can also get a decent swing on iy without being too far under the car.

[Andy B]

BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS METHOD.
Refit the four proper bolts but leave them a turn slack. Move the car a few feet & stand on the brakes. Obviously in just a few feet you can't go fast, but the weight of the car when you slam on will break the wheel free from the hub. Wire brush the hub, especially the centre, clean the mating face of the wheel,especially the hole in the middle. Apply a smear of copperslip to the mating surfaces (but don't tell GixerChris  )

[markrnorton]

BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS METHOD.
Refit the four proper bolts but leave them a turn slack. Move the car a few feet & stand on the brakes. Obviously in just a few feet you can't go fast, but the weight of the car when you slam on will break the wheel free from the hub. Wire brush the hub, especially the centre, clean the mating face of the wheel,especially the hole in the middle. Apply a smear of copperslip to the mating surfaces (but don't tell GixerChris  )

you might be able to break the 'seal' from wheel to hub by just turning lock to lock with the wheel nuts backed off a fraction
Not sure about the 'standing on the brakes' bit 

[Andy B]

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Not sure about the 'standing on the brakes' bit 

It does work, I've done it a couple of times. Independantly, others here have done the same   

[mantahatch]

Lie flat on your back with your legs in the air (oh err) next to offending wheel. Now in rapid succesion kick each side of wheel as hard as you can.

Not recommended at the roadside but does keep your entire body out of harms way. Oh and make sure you are fit enough 

[taytuz]

Had the same problem with mine last week ended up spraying plenty of plus gas around mating faces and spent ten minutes with a rubber mallet to shift em. 

[dbug]

If you can get your hands on a 2 or 3 foot length of 4x2, then you can dispense with both the hammer and the block of wood. You can also get a decent swing on iy without being too far under the car.

Needed a 4' length of 4" x 4" and a sledge hammer to remove my rear ones when I first got my Elite.
As said when they are off, good clean with a wire brush and copperslip contact areas before refiting wheel (apologies to Chris for mentioning "copperslip") 

[TheBoy]

Not sure about the 'standing on the brakes' bit 

A tried and tested technique

[Brikhead]

Safest way (just gotta watch the rebound) is to use the spare wheel to knock off the seized alloy...

[scoot3603]

Lie flat on your back with your legs in the air (oh err) next to offending wheel. Now in rapid succesion kick each side of wheel as hard as you can.

Not recommended at the roadside but does keep your entire body out of harms way. Oh and make sure you are fit enough 

Go with this one or plastic mallet either side off the wheel rim not the tyre, you might be a tad p'eed off if you have a weak seal of tyre to wheel and end up having to go kwikfit after loosing pressure.

[twiglet]

I have used both the lock-to-lock method and the stand-on-the-brakes method in the past successfully.  Obviously, caution and common sense is required when doing something like this.

I never have a problem with the wheels getting stuck on my car, but that's probably because I take them off once a fortnight to clean them! 

[markrnorton]

Not sure about the 'standing on the brakes' bit 

A tried and tested technique

Just sounded scarey !

[twiglet]

You think that's scary?  You should see Albs remove a tyre from a rim using a length of 3"x3" and a transit van!!