WD-40. Lots of it.
Well, now wait. Is it the wheel that's stuck or just the nut?
If it's just the nut, then heat it with a propane torch to break the
corrosion seal. Heat the nut by playing the flame over it for several
minutes, then turn off the torc and bang on the nut (if this is on
your '66 TR4A, it shouldn't have the silly octagonal nuts that Nader
made them use on post-68 cars).
If you've got the nut off and the wheel itself is stuck, then use
the WD-40. Spray it between the wheel hub and the splined shaft on
the car. Use lots of it, then use a rocking motion on the wheel --
pull the top, then the bottom, then the sides, then the top, then
the bottom, etc. And be patient.
And I'll bet that, after this, you will do the same thing I did after
I got my stuck wheel nut off -- grease the splines twice a year, whether
they need it or not. :-)
--Scott "This is what the maintenance is meant to prevent" Fisher
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