[khaug]

Did a major maintenance today on our '03 Limited, which is less than 12 months old and has 20K miles. I went to rotate the tires and was dismayed to find that the wheels were all stuck fast to the hubs. It took many blows to the tires with a 3# sledge to break loose the bond of corrosion that had formed where the wheel center seats to the hub.

I live in Michigan, where the roads are salted in winter. Never the less, I've never seen this problem occur in so new a vehicle. I spent an hour or so sanding the corroded areas and applied a liberal coating of hi-temp anti-sieze compound. We'll see if that forestalls this happening again. I'm really glad I didn't wait through a second winter before removing the wheels for the first time!

-Karl