Well, I give up. My 24 year-old son's car has a totally flat tire

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May 31, 2023
10:39:43pm

Belboz Truly Addicted User

Well, I give up. My 24 year-old son's car has a totally flat tire

He has a spare, but we can't get the flat one off the car. It's stuck. We tried hitting it with a mallet and rocking the car with the lug nuts removed. Nothing we've tried after a couple of hours will pop the stupid thing.

He has AAA so he'll have it towed somewhere tomorrow morning, but it still sucks.

We also spent 30 minutes removing a stuck lug nut.

I hate cars.

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Well, I give up. My 24 year-old son's car has a totally flat tire

Belboz

May 31, 10:39pm

Have you tried getting on the backside and kicking? Ive had to resort to that.

Backcountry

May 31, 10:41pm

You’re asking Belboz this question?

Odysseus

May 31, 10:42pm

Yeah.

Belboz

May 31, 11:07pm

Did it work?

Zaphod

May 31, 11:29pm

Sorry! Things like that are so frustrating.

CLUTCH

May 31, 10:41pm

That's me with any DIY project. The YouTube video makes that step look so easy!

Great38

May 31, 10:43pm

The last time I had to change a tire my lug wrench cracked. So that was dumb.

JuicyJam

May 31, 10:45pm

That sucks. Stuck in side of road one time with that issue. What worked for me

keithcoug

May 31, 10:51pm

Aren’t some tires attached by a central bolt in the middle?

Cougarclaw

May 31, 10:53pm

Ummm... I hope that's the issue because that would be hilarious

Belboz

May 31, 11:06pm

Aren’t you thinking of the rotors, not the wheel?

Idacoug

May 31, 11:15pm

Yes, if you drive NASCAR

Jun 1, 12:37am

Yup. We had this issue with an Acadia several yrs ago.

CaliWG

Jun 1, 7:51am

Have you tried liquid wrench or anything else to penetrate between the rotor and the wheel?

Q-grr

May 31, 10:58pm

I was thinking of this also. Some WD40 should do the trick

Millhouse

Jun 1, 12:01am

Use a crowbar that is leveraged off the suspension. It will come right off.

CSoul

May 31, 10:58pm

This. We got a flat tire on a dirt road miles from anywhere. The tire wouldn’t

CougarEat

May 31, 11:05pm

I had to change a tire in the pouring rain the other night with very subpar tools. It sucked. Good luck to y’all.

spugeddy24

May 31, 11:00pm

Did you jack the car off the ground?

claw

May 31, 11:00pm

Is one of the lugs bent in a little, pinching it on? I had that happen once

conrad44

May 31, 11:01pm

Stupid manufacturers keep designing wheels that way. It happens to me all the

BlooCoog

May 31, 11:04pm

"It happens to me all of the time"??? How often do you get flat tires that you have to change? I've never had to do

HarlemCoug

Jun 1, 3:49am

Are the stud threads reversed?

May 31, 11:06pm

I think they got the lug nuts off

cougaman

May 31, 11:14pm

If the lug nuts are off and you are hitting it with a mallet and nothing is

Idacoug

May 31, 11:13pm

It happens a lot. Whenever my tire is off, I smear a small dab of anti-seize between the inner rim

May 31, 11:18pm

Go buy or borrow an impact driver.

May 31, 11:25pm

You could buy spray that helps lubricate stuck nuts. But I agree, call AAA it’s

Dr MoBYU

May 31, 11:28pm

Ah, sit on the ground in front of the tire and kick with the bottom of your feet

May 31, 11:39pm

I had this before. Drop the jack. The shock/weight of the car will break it loose.

Bert609

Jun 1, 2:27am

This or a sledge hammer.

Bin01015

Jun 1, 5:45am

Pretty much this. Loosen the lug nuts by a .25-.5 inch each. Make sure they a

AFewThoughts

Jun 1, 6:48am

and if that doesn't work, run it into a curb

supertux

Jun 1, 7:10am

When I worked at a tire store in high school a big sledge hammer was the answer. Sometimes you had to hit the

Rhino84

Jun 1, 7:07am

That suck. My son had a similar situation with his F150.

Born2Fish

Jun 1, 9:32am

Had this happen once

Loyal2Royal

Jun 1, 2:30pm

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