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Hi folks,

ANyone know how to deal with this? The car has alloy wheels and although we took off the four nuts from the tire, the wheel does not come out and we are curious if it needs a special hub/kit or whatever that would engage it on the Mazda emblem on the alloy wheel so the tire could come out!!

It has been snowing hard, so there is also a chance the thing got frozen and indeed does not need a key whatsoever and would be able to come out with sheer force.

Any ideas?!?? Anyone know of how to deal with this sh*t?

Thank you so much, --ersin

Probably the wheel is corroded to the flange. A couple of good heavy kicks should break it free. Next time you put an alloy wheel on a steel flange, consider to apply some "anhydrous lanolin" (get it from a drugstore) on the mating flanges/surfaces - will retard the 'dissimilar metal corrosion'.

out!!

I doubt it. More likely, it's just gotten stuck. Give it a swift kick, or several, once you've removed the nuts.

same prob once, broke the lugnuts loose a couple turns, drove the car around the block, prob fixed 8-)

If the swift kick method doesn't work, you can try putting the lug nuts back on, but leaving them loose. Then VERY CAREFULLY drive the car a short distance. A single hard application of the brakes might also help. The wheel should come off after your short drive.

------------- Alex