Tire wench won't work - alternatives?

I have a flat tire in my garage on my 2000 LandCruiser. I put the tire
iron into the wench and turned counterclockwise for over 10 mins and
the tire didn't budge. I sprayed the wench with WD40 but still
nothing. Does anyone know another way to get the spare loose??

"Chris" <cmccurdy@olemiss.edu> wrote in message
news:1139845998.526733.118900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>I have a flat tire in my garage on my 2000 LandCruiser. I put the tire
> iron into the wench and turned counterclockwise for over 10 mins and
> the tire didn't budge. I sprayed the wench with WD40 but still
> nothing. Does anyone know another way to get the spare loose??
>[/color]

Are you talking about the spare tire? If so, do you have a lock on the
spare tire? It is possible that the tire is just stuck to the
undercarriage. Take a look underneath, and you will see a rectangular piece
of steel holding the wheel up against the undercarriage. When you unwind
the spare tire carrier, the rectangular piece of metal should come down,
lowering the tire with it. If the metal has slack, then the tire is stuck -
You should be able to pry it off of the undercarriage after taking up some
of the slack so the tire doesn't come crashing down and hitting you.

Basically, when you turn the spare tire carrier, you are unwinding a chain
that holds the spare tire. Worst case, you may have to unbolt the spare
tire carrier from the undercarriage.

Good luck!
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

Yes, the spare. The metal plate will not come down even after several
minutes of turning. The tire is not stuck - at least I don't think so.
The metal plate just won't come lose. I will check to see if there is
a lock on it but I don't think there is... I guess I might have to
unbolt it...

Thanks
Ray O wrote:[color=blue]
> "Chris" <cmccurdy@olemiss.edu> wrote in message
> news:1139845998.526733.118900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
> >I have a flat tire in my garage on my 2000 LandCruiser. I put the tire
> > iron into the wench and turned counterclockwise for over 10 mins and
> > the tire didn't budge. I sprayed the wench with WD40 but still
> > nothing. Does anyone know another way to get the spare loose??
> >[/color]
>
> Are you talking about the spare tire? If so, do you have a lock on the
> spare tire? It is possible that the tire is just stuck to the
> undercarriage. Take a look underneath, and you will see a rectangular piece
> of steel holding the wheel up against the undercarriage. When you unwind
> the spare tire carrier, the rectangular piece of metal should come down,
> lowering the tire with it. If the metal has slack, then the tire is stuck -
> You should be able to pry it off of the undercarriage after taking up some
> of the slack so the tire doesn't come crashing down and hitting you.
>
> Basically, when you turn the spare tire carrier, you are unwinding a chain
> that holds the spare tire. Worst case, you may have to unbolt the spare
> tire carrier from the undercarriage.
>
> Good luck!
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)[/color]

On 13 Feb 2006 07:53:18 -0800, "Chris" <cmccurdy@olemiss.edu> wrote:
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>I have a flat tire in my garage on my 2000 LandCruiser. I put the tire
>iron into the wench and turned counterclockwise for over 10 mins and
>the tire didn't budge. I sprayed the wench with WD40 but still
>nothing. Does anyone know another way to get the spare loose??[/color]

Well, if you have a tight wench, you'd probably consider that a good
thing... ;-) [url]http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wench[/url]

But if you are talking about the little WINCH that holds the spare
tire up, that's an entirely different matter. Did you try turning it
clockwise, and see if some misguided person wound the cable all the
way off and started cranking it back in in the wrong direction?

If that was it, inspect the cable carefully - If winding it
backwards put a big kink in it the wire rope cable where it attaches
to the winch spool, the cable can fail at that spot and you can lose
your spare tire. You wouldn't want it to happen if it doesn't drop
straight down, it could catch the front edge of the tire and flip the
back end of the car up as it leaves. And I wouldn't want to be the
person driving behind you on the freeway when it drops on the road...

And if turning the winch handle 'backwards' doesn't do anything, you
may have to have a tire shop put the car up on a lift, get a socket
and long extension to reach up through the wheel hub hole, and unbolt
the winch from the crossbar (or the crossbar from the chassis) to get
it all apart.

You need the lift because that tire is heavy, and they'll need two
people under there to hold the tire up while a third person unbolts
it. It could be done on a creeper with the car on the ground, but it
wouldn't be a fun job at all.

Last Resort would be to attack the winch plate that the tire sits on
and cut the cable off - but that will trash the winch for sure. With
the 'take it apart' method above you have a decent shot at fixing it
if you just find a rock jammed in the gears.

--<< Bruce >>--

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