I have a flat with my left front. So I jacked up the car and took the five (yes I counted FIVE and I checked it three times) wheel nuts off. But the wheel won't come off. I pulled and I yanked but it won't budge. The wheel is now up in the air, sorta saluting me. I have never taken a wheel off the S2000 before and I read the manual just in case there was something mysterious to the S2000, like the fuel door release. Please help.

Cheers

 

The wheel is probably getting stuck on the threads. Lift the wheel up slightly and then pull the wheel off.


If you are having trouble taking the wheel off, you might want to have someone else help you put it back on....
JUST IN CASE.

 

it usually gets hot and sorta fuses to the hub. you should just try kicking it - literally, or hitting it with a rubber mallet a few times around the various edges of the tire - even if its flat. dont try just pulling.

 

Our wheels are "hubcentric". That means that the centerbore of the wheel is designed to fit snugly on a flange from the hub. Sometimes this juncture gets stuck, but not seriously so. Contamination from salts and dirt can make the wheel stick even more firmly. There are no "threads", it's just a friction fit.

Do like Schatten suggests, make sure the car is securely supported (like on appropriately placed jack stands) and whack it a couple of times, trying different locations around the wheels circumference until it pops free. WARNING - if the car is being supported with the jack from the tool kit, I wouldn't do this procedure.

 

Have you tried cursing at it?

 

take it down off the jack (leave the lugs off) and hit some corners at high speeds with it...it will come off.



Matt

 

Spray a bit of WD40 into the contact plate - don't get it onto your tires. Let the oil sit for a bit... try pulling it off. It should come off. WD40 work wonder.

 

Try this method, just be prepared with AAA's phone number and keep your wallet handy too.

 

yeah, try to miss the brake disk too.
i would recommend reasoning with it. Explaing how upsetting it is to you when it won't listen. Explain how it hurts you to be treated this way....then KICK IT!!
That should get it off.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by s2kpdx01
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i would recommend reasoning with it.