Re: I have a flat tire and it =?iso-8859-1?b?d29uknQ=?= come off!! =?iso-8859-1?b?kjA0?= Corolla.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:30:27 +0000, beastmaster wrote:
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> I know, I know. YouÂ’re saying to yourself, "This guy has to be kidding,
> right? He canÂ’t even change a tire?" Well, let me elaborate before we
> start jumping to conclusions about my intelligence...
>
> I have an Â’04 Corolla S. Earlier in the evening today, after I got out of
> class, I noticed that I had a flat. IÂ’ve changed tires before, but this
> is my first flat with this car. I jacked up the car, took the five lug
> nuts off, tried to pull the tire off, but it wouldnÂ’t budge. I took the
> tire iron and tried to pry it off. No luck. My only guess is that there is
> another nut in the center hub of the wheel, but I canÂ’t get to it because
> thereÂ’s a cap over it.
>
> I was able to find someone with an air pump, and inflated my tire enough
> so that I could make it to the store and pick up some Fix-a-Flat. IÂ’m due
> to have the tires changed, so IÂ’ll have this taken care of tomorrow, but
> IÂ’d like to know for future reference how to get a tire off of my car!
>
> Has anyone else experienced this? Maybe you work at a shop and have dealt
> with this issue. Please, IÂ’m really confused.[/color]


Wow...an '04 and the wheel won't come off!

Rust is your enemy. When you get the wheel off, grease the hub and the
base of the lugs to prevent this from happening again.

I've had to hit tires with a sledgehammer so hard I thought I was going to
break the bead on the tire before the wheel loosened!