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> any tips for removing the front wheels from a car that is up on stands in a > (very organized) junkyard? someone's already taken the rear brakes off, so > there's obviously no brake pressure. the wheels have brand new tires on them > that i'd rather like. If it is a 67 or later it has dual circuit brakes and the front brakes MIGHT still work. This still takes two people. Sometimes you can wedge something in between the tire and the ground that will hold the wheel still enough to break the lug bolts loose. You can minumize the torque about the axle by using a breaker bar and positioning it so the handle crosses the axis of rotation of the wheel; this way the torque on the axle is less than the torque on the bolt. Some wrecking yards have an air wrench and air compressor mounted on the yard truck. If you can get them to drive up there then you don't need to worry about holding the tire still. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA *******************************