A couple of days ago I tried to lower my spare tire down. Doing it the proper way as I have done on other vehicles before my current '05 LT Tahoe. I have never read an instruction manual in my 39 years on this planet nor do i plan on starting any time soon. Anyway has anyone else's spare tire gotten stuck or jambed ? How did you get it to release? i can turn all day long on the handle and mine wont go up or down. The handle is inserted properly as I can tell by feel. I took the liberty of smacking the spare tire a few times 10-12 with a rubber mallet to see if that would some how free up the little winch/pulley above it but it had 0 effect. From my observation while underneath the tahoe it looked as if the spare tire has never been down before because it looks brand new. All the smacking did was get dirt in my face and eyes. Any suggestions??