Spare tire stuck.

I just had a flat tire. I get out, open the Civic trunk and find a spare tire, a
jack and a lug wrench. Then I reach inside to grab the spare tire, it's stuck.
Somehow the tire is bolted down with some kind of a rabbit ear nut. No
matter how hard I try to twist it, the rabbit ears will not move.

This was my scenario last night when I had to walk home two miles just
to get a monkey wrench to twist the rabbit ears. If this were your car how
would you do it differently?

Thanks

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:42:43 GMT, "Tim Zimmerman" >
wrote:

>I just had a flat tire. I get out, open the Civic trunk and find a spare tire, a
>jack and a lug wrench. Then I reach inside to grab the spare tire, it's stuck.
>Somehow the tire is bolted down with some kind of a rabbit ear nut. No
>matter how hard I try to twist it, the rabbit ears will not move.
>
>This was my scenario last night when I had to walk home two miles just
>to get a monkey wrench to twist the rabbit ears. If this were your car how
>would you do it differently?
>
>Thanks

I would have beat the $**** out of those rabbit ears with the lug
wrench until it submitted to my will. Then I would have tossed it
into the woods so it may never be found before the end of the
Universe.

Then I would have mounted the tire and driven home.

Lg

Lawrence Glickman wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:42:43 GMT, "Tim Zimmerman" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>I just had a flat tire. I get out, open the Civic trunk and find a spare tire, a
>>jack and a lug wrench. Then I reach inside to grab the spare tire, it's stuck.
>>Somehow the tire is bolted down with some kind of a rabbit ear nut. No
>>matter how hard I try to twist it, the rabbit ears will not move.
>>
>>This was my scenario last night when I had to walk home two miles just
>>to get a monkey wrench to twist the rabbit ears. If this were your car how
>>would you do it differently?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>
> I would have beat the $**** out of those rabbit ears with the lug
> wrench until it submitted to my will. Then I would have tossed it
> into the woods so it may never be found before the end of the
> Universe.
>
> Then I would have mounted the tire and driven home.
>
> Lg
>

Yeah, me too. Take your frustration out on those little tabs.
Although, that's why I have a cell phone now. I just call my buddy who
can bring me a real jack and a real tire. Especially because I don't
carry a spare in my summer car - the nitrous bottle takes up the room.


Ray

Larry:
What are you doing out of the MS reservation?
I try to avoid this by checking the spare tire preasure
every oil change. And to chekc the preasure you have to
remove the spare.
Terry

On 8 Mar 2005 07:49:13 -0800, wrote:

>Larry:
>What are you doing out of the MS reservation?

The Night Nurse wasn't at her desk and I sneaked out of the ward for a
while.

>I try to avoid this by checking the spare tire preasure
>every oil change. And to chekc the preasure you have to
>remove the spare.

You only have to flip it over ONCE. And then, LEAVE IT FLIPPED OVER,
valve side up. What could be more simple?

>Terry

"Lawrence Glickman" > wrote in message
...
> On 8 Mar 2005 07:49:13 -0800, wrote:
>
>>Larry:
>>What are you doing out of the MS reservation?
>
> The Night Nurse wasn't at her desk and I sneaked out of the ward for a
> while.
>
Ooh, I hate that Nurse Ratchet *so* much!

Mike

In the 1991 Civic if you have the spare upside down, it will bounce all
over
the cavity under the rear deck. Very noisy. On a rough road it sounds
like
tjhe rear end is falling off.
Terry

On 9 Mar 2005 04:54:34 -0800, wrote:

>In the 1991 Civic if you have the spare upside down, it will bounce all
>over
>the cavity under the rear deck. Very noisy. On a rough road it sounds
>like
>tjhe rear end is falling off.
>Terry

can you secure it with a bungee cord or two?

wrote:
> In the 1991 Civic if you have the spare upside down, it will bounce all
> over
> the cavity under the rear deck. Very noisy. On a rough road it sounds
> like
> tjhe rear end is falling off.
> Terry

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:-) Don't worry about the rear end.

It fell off my Honda too, and it still drives fine :-)

'Curly'

In article >,
Tim Zimmerman > wrote:
>If this were your car how would you do it differently?

During periodic inspections of the tires, would have had to remove the
spare tire to check its air pressure (assuming typical under the trunk
floor mounting). At that time, would have made sure that the spare
tire could have been removed without tools not normally carried in the
car.

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