Originally Posted by ftrucktough

Common for some backyard pretend mechanics perhaps but never common for a professional. Rubber mallets, other tires, a good kick (if you get it on a lift), etc... all will get it off, and in about a minute. Loosening up lugnuts and driving around, even if just "slightly" is not the answer. Another last ditch effort might be to loosen the lugnuts and while sitting in the driveway/garage, push on the vehicle sideways and get it rocking back and forth. Yes, many ways to skin a cat, but probably not the best idea to skin a cat with a red hot blade. Sure it will work, but you risk damage to the cat or yourself.

Originally Posted by 10Supercab

this is all i was trying to say...but to each their own i guess. i wasn't trying to offend anyone. but i have seen other's do this same thing, and bam, they break a wheel stud or something from a wheel wollowing back and forth. now this "might" not happen to him because he is only driving in a straight line, but still. i am not a mechanic, and i don't "play" mechanic when it comes to my vehicles. i don't even change the oil in our atv's, i let the dealership do it. yes, i can do it. but i would rather pay a little more, and have it done by someone who gets paid to do it.

Originally Posted by shoot summ

Both of my son's worked at a large Powersports dealer locally, glad you are happy with what you are paying to have done by "someone that get's paid to do it", I've been in the shop and seen what the hired help does to Customer vehicles.

Originally Posted by 10Supercab

whatever man...you seem to "know" everything, i am not sure why you even posted your problem to begin with since you already did it your way.

Originally Posted by shoot summ

rocking the vehicle has more potential to cause damage, but hey, you are the pro....

Originally Posted by mtunender

How many people use the cross tire rotation as recommended in the manual? Here is the link and it is on page 234.

http://www.motorcraftservice.com/pub.../10f12og3e.pdf

Originally Posted by kozal01

i do, it works well.

Originally Posted by ftrucktough

How so? Once they break loose you will stop rocking, right? I suppose if you keep going there could be a problem.

You, however, will be halfway around the block without your wrench when they break loose. What will you do?

Originally Posted by kozal01

i do, it works well.

Originally Posted by shoot summ

How do you know when they break loose? When you hear the wheels scraping on the studs....

Again, less than a half turn for me, we are talking about .020" to .040", just enough to break the seize of the wheel to the hub, won't be an issue to run a couple of hundred yards at a very slow speed.

We can agree to disagree if you want, or we can argue our sides, both work....