I have found a very valuable second use for this detailing product- I figured it should be a "tip/secret" more than it belongs in the review section, but feel free to move the thread if I'm wrong..
So on to the new use...
I bought a new car, and when I picked it up the rear driver side tire was sitting at under 10psi. :gun1 Luckily I checked all the tires at the gas station around a quarter mile from the owners house, and the tires were safely inflated for the drive home on the NJTP.
The car has been sitting in my garage for a week and the tire went totally flat (screw in the tire I just found out). I jacked it up and tried to pull the wheel off and it was totally jammed on- as is what happens when you don't grease the hub-ring. I don't think the wheel had been removed since the last tire/brake job- around 20k miles ago.
I tried penetrating oil through the spokes on the hub (yes I cleaned the rotor!) and I used a mallet on both sides of the wheel/tire to try to shock the wheel into letting it go. I got my father to try and help- and we're both big guys- 6' 5" ~250lbs, and the darn wheel just wouldn't come off.
As we sat there scratching our heads I thought of what I might have in my arsenal that could help, and I realized that Iron X is meant to remove a similar kind of corrosion from paint!
I sprayed it on through the lug holes and on the hub, and it instantly turned purple, meaning it was dissolving iron bonds. About 5 minutes later a few thwacks with the mallet on the tire and the wheel pulled off- a pile of purple juice lying on the cardboard I put under the wheel.
So anyway- if any part of your brakes/wheel/hub combo is stuck from corrosion, or anything under the car like sway bar or control arm bolts or exhaust bolts are stuck, this could be a much more effective and more benign alternative to PB Blaster and WD-40!
Cliff Notes: Iron-X un-siezed my rear wheel from its hub, where penetrating oil would not.
So on to the new use...
I bought a new car, and when I picked it up the rear driver side tire was sitting at under 10psi. :gun1 Luckily I checked all the tires at the gas station around a quarter mile from the owners house, and the tires were safely inflated for the drive home on the NJTP.
The car has been sitting in my garage for a week and the tire went totally flat (screw in the tire I just found out). I jacked it up and tried to pull the wheel off and it was totally jammed on- as is what happens when you don't grease the hub-ring. I don't think the wheel had been removed since the last tire/brake job- around 20k miles ago.
I tried penetrating oil through the spokes on the hub (yes I cleaned the rotor!) and I used a mallet on both sides of the wheel/tire to try to shock the wheel into letting it go. I got my father to try and help- and we're both big guys- 6' 5" ~250lbs, and the darn wheel just wouldn't come off.
As we sat there scratching our heads I thought of what I might have in my arsenal that could help, and I realized that Iron X is meant to remove a similar kind of corrosion from paint!
I sprayed it on through the lug holes and on the hub, and it instantly turned purple, meaning it was dissolving iron bonds. About 5 minutes later a few thwacks with the mallet on the tire and the wheel pulled off- a pile of purple juice lying on the cardboard I put under the wheel.
So anyway- if any part of your brakes/wheel/hub combo is stuck from corrosion, or anything under the car like sway bar or control arm bolts or exhaust bolts are stuck, this could be a much more effective and more benign alternative to PB Blaster and WD-40!
Cliff Notes: Iron-X un-siezed my rear wheel from its hub, where penetrating oil would not.
Good thinking on the ironx, probably worked even better.