HELP: Flat Tire.. WHEEL OFF ?!
 

Hey guys,

My girlfriend has a 2004(i believe) Mazda3. She got a flat and didn't drive to long on it (she says)
Well i undid the lugnuts, and jacked the carup and the flat would NOT come off.
I kicked the top of it, kicked the bottom, used a pry bar, hit the back of the wheel with a hammer and chunk of wood, Still nothing!!
If you take the center cap off theres a bolt there about the size of a 1/2" or something... but that can't be holding the wheel up can it? Isn't that there for the Axle nut or something? Please help.. [:@]

RE: HELP: Flat Tire.. WHEEL OFF ?!
 

I have no idea why it is still on there, maybe rust? But depending on how long she drove on it, the tire might not be any good. So if you get it off, might wanna drop by a tire shop and have it checked out

RE: HELP: Flat Tire.. WHEEL OFF ?!
 

If you can get it to air up put the lugnuts back on, do not tighten them all the way and then drive it turning the steering wheel back and forth, it should break loose.

RE: HELP: Flat Tire.. WHEEL OFF ?!
 

Or roll the spare tire right up next to the one you want to take off.

Grab the 12 o'clock position of the spare tire and swing the bottom/back of it into the 6 o'clock position of the tire you want off.

It's contact resistance corrosion built up between the rotor (steel) and your wheel (aluminum) It's very common on any cars, especially if you're in the rust belt.

If you can find the nail on the tire causing the flat, I'd patch it right on the car. Use the black self-vulcanizing plugs. I've used them dozens of times and have never had one fail.

Even had one timemy friends and Ijammed about 8 of them into a gash in the sidewall of a truck tire to get us home. We didn't go fast, but it got us out of trouble.