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Re: Need help getting a flat tire off of the lugs. ...
Spray w-d 40 on both sides of the wheel then after sitting for a while try using a sluge hammer on the wheel pounding first on one side then on the other if this dosen't work repeat the process using heat
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I'm guessing you have the lugnuts off and can't pull the tire off because it's rusted to the rotor? Stick the lug wrenchbehind the tire and pry it off. Elaborate on the problem..
Open the hatch back. On the left-hand side is a panel that you can open in which the jack resides. Take that out.
(If you want to use the spare tire, located under the trunk space...) You will see a plastic disc on the floor of the trunk space (where you store your luggage/groceries/etc). With a flat head screw driver pop the flat disc up & off. This will reveal a nut that you can turn to lower/release the spare tire that is directly underneath it.
If your T&C is like mine, you have a plastic cover in the middle of each alloy wheel that covers the lug nuts. This plastic cover can be popped off with the flat/nubby end of the crow bar that comes with the jack. It fits perfectly into a slot on the plastic cover.
Once you get the plastic cover off, the 5 lug nuts are revealed to you. Before you jack up the van, even a little, I would try to loosen all 5 lug nuts, just a bit...to get them going. Once the van is jacked up, it will be difficult to begin to loosen the lug nuts.
With the nuts loosened, set up the jack so that once you begin to turn it, the slot in the jack fits right into the frame of the van. You will see the frame that fits the slot in the jack between the front tires and back tires, on either side of the van.
Once the tire you want to change is fully lifted off of the ground, loosen the rest of the lug nuts and remove the tire. Replace it and reverse the order of what you just did. Get the 5 lug nuts onto the new tire, but only snug them up by hand. Once the tire touches the ground as the jack is lowered, then you can fully tighten the lug nuts with the crowbar.
GO TO TIRE CENTER OR GARAGE THAT SALE TIRES AND DO BRAKE WORK.THEY WILL HAVE TOOLS TO REMOVE BROKEN STUD AND PRESS IN NEW TIRE STUDS.REASON TIRES STUDS BROKE TOO MUCH TORQUE WAS APPLIED TO BRAKE STUDS CAUSING THEM TO BREAK.COST TO FIX ABOUT $60.00
You should only need a standard lug nut wrench to remove the wheel, unless you have a lock nut (usually one nut is different) and it requires a 'key' to remove that one nut-if they are all the same, however, you just need a lug wrench with the correct size to remove them.
your owners manual is a valuable source of information, but if you do not have it here is what you do: the vehicle should be on a flat hard surface then you need to locate your jack and lug wrench , with the vehicle still on the groung loosen each lug nut about one turn then make sure that your emergency break is on, place the jack under the vehicle in an appropreate spot to raise the wheel off the groung, once the wheel is off the ground you can remove the lug nuts and pull the wheel off. Then you can put the spare tire on and replace the lug nuts tighten them in a criss cross patern as tight as you can get them then lower the vehicle back to the ground and check the lugs again. I hope this helps, good luck !!
Not to sound like an *** but hit it harder? Theres nothing else holding you wheel on except corrosion. If you put one lug nut on loose and then hit the tire from the back and keep spinning it hitting it in a different spot each time it should fall right off and the lug will stop it from flying.
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