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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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Ok so my roommate owns a 98 s70 and we where on our way to some store when he notices his rear left tire was flat. So he pulls over and checks it out. I offer to help change the tire. "nonsense" he says the tire iron doesn't fit. "ridiculous" I replied, How could his tire iron not fit his tires? So I got out his car jack and tire iron and began cranking the jack lifting the car only a couple of inches off the ground so I could see for my self if this was indeed true. Well what my roommate neglected to mention was that his tire wasn't the original tire but a replacement he had gotten a few years back and that's why the tire iron wouldn't work because the nuts where a different size than the others.
Well confused as to why he would let me go through all this work rather than telling me the whole story I decided to leave it at that. I lowered the car down and tried to pull the jack out. I don't know if horror or surprise came first but after the initial pull and the jacks stubbornness to not move, I think I felt both in an equal amount.

So the big problem: the car jack had a sort of 'C' shape and I placed it around a small pipe thinking that if the pieces fit that's how it should go. And low and behold 2 tons of car was enough to bend the metal around the pipe and now it is stuck. So does anyone have any ideas or know of any tool that will help me pry the car jack off? Thanks in advance.

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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by thatnewguy
"ridiculous" I replied, How could his tire iron not fit his tires? So I got out his car jack and tire iron and began cranking the jack lifting the car only a couple of inches off the ground so I could see for my self if this was indeed true.
I'm curious as to why you thought you needed to jack the car up to try the tire iron on the wheel? And I guess, why you'd jack up someone else's car, if you're not familiar with how and where to jack up the car.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 04:29 PM
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hindsight is 20/20 my friend. And I was sort of looking for advice on fixing the problem not pointing out mistakes that where made.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 05:08 PM
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that it is my friend... that it is.

My guess would be you're going to need a BFH (that's Big F**king Hammer) and possibly a pry bar of some sort to get it unstuck. Hard to give you more help without seeing it. Good luck!
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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The jack point is 1/2 way down the side of the car. If the opening on the jack is stuck on something, just kick it loose if you won't damage some line or something.
 

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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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BFH, will equal, from the picture it looks like just sheet metal, so while you will probably bend it, that is what any mechanic is going to use.
 
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