I was a boy scout,,,,,, And I recently checked the spare on my almost 12 year old Tacoma for the first time in years. Couldn't crank it down but was able to get it free with a breaker bar. Think the internals on that crank mechanism got rusted or something. Sprayed the hell out of it with penetrating oil and cranked it up & down a few times. Works fine now. Shouldn't ignore those things for years at a time in a northern climate where rust and winter is more of a problem. Now I will be prepared in the event of a flat.
