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I have a flat tire on my 1998 mercury mystique that i CAN NOT get off. I took the lug nuts off and it dosent budge. I used a sledgehammer, WD40 on the threads. nothing worked. so I jacked up the other back tire and tried to take it off and i ran into the same problem. anything special you have to do to get the tire off. owners manual said nothing about any lock or special key to get it off.
I replaced the timing belt in my nephew's Mystique. This required removing the front left wheel.
It was extremely difficult to remove. The problem is that the center hole of the rim apparently isn't quite as big as it needs to be. Why they did that, I do not know - but that might be why so many people call those cars the Mercury Mistake...
If you've got all the lug nuts off, they're not your problem. WD40 the center hole, spin the wheel as you're pounding the inside of your rim with the sledge. It should come off.
*Be careful to, in your anger and frustration, not bend the rim by pounding on it too hard.
I have a flat tire on my 1998 mercury mystique that i CAN NOT get off. I took the lug nuts off and it dosent budge. I used a sledgehammer, WD40 on the threads. nothing worked. so I jacked up the other back tire and tried to take it off and i ran into the same problem. anything special you have to do to get the tire off. owners manual said nothing about any lock or special key to get it off.
Are you able to turn the wheel? If not, the jack may need to go up a little more.
Well it may have just been that all the lug nuts were ran with an impact till TIGHT or cranked by hand till TIGHT and not torqued properly. I've had plenty of cars like that. Usually Im able to keep wiggling the ram, pushing at the top, then bottom to try to get it to move. Sometimes I have to use a rubber hammer on the back side too...
I would think he would know to jack the wheel of the ground...I could be wrong...
Usually Im able to keep wiggling the ram, pushing at the top, then bottom to try to get it to move. Sometimes I have to use a rubber hammer on the back side too...
Plan A:
Put stands under the two front wheels.
Get a friend/associate to brace the side of the caah.
Crank steering wheel over full, spray Break Free liberally to lug nuts and center hole. Get in front of the caah with a favorite sledge hammer and a 2x4. Apply sledge hammer persuasion via 2x4 to inside of rim.
Plan B:
Go to musclehead gym, bet the house 20 bucks that no one there can remove two wheels from a Merkerry. Observe results.
Apply heat to the center of the wheel, around the lug openings. This is typically the area where corrosion siezes the wheel to the hub. The heat will cause the metal to expand a bit, breaking the bond. A small amount is usually sufficient, using a propane, or Mapp torch. No need to get it glowing red or anything extreme. This method works miracles on rusted and seized screws/nuts/bolts of all kinds. Use common sense with the open flame
^^^^ What he said just try not to melt any seals. Buy a bottle of never/anti-seize and liberally apply during reinstall.
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