System and method for wheel replacement in a vehicle

A wheel release system comprising:

• a plurality of bolt locking gears arranged in a symmetrical array such that each bolt locking gear rotates in a same rotational direction, each bolt locking gear having a cylindrical through-bore at its center, a wall of the cylindrical through-bore having an inner spiral thread formed thereon;
• a drive shaft connected to one of the plurality of bolt locking gears, wherein rotation of the drive shaft causes each of the plurality of bolt locking gears to rotate in the same rotational direction;
• a plurality of power bolts, each power bolt having an outer spiral thread sized to interlock with the inner spiral thread of one of the plurality of bolt locking gears, each power bolt capable of being inserted through apertures in a wheel and wheel hub assembly and into the cylindrical through-bore of a respective bolt locking gear, each power bolt rotatably tightenable to interlock with the corresponding bolt locking gear and securely hold the wheel to the wheel hub assembly and rotatably loosenable to disengage said interlock and release the wheel from the wheel hub assembly,
• wherein the rotation of the drive shaft causes the plurality of bolt locking gears to rotate in the same direction and correspondingly tighten or loosen the interlocked state of the plurality of power bolts;
• and
• a lug release bolt having an outer lug spiral thread sized to interlock with the inner spiral thread of the through-bore of one of the plurality of bolt locking gears, the lug release bolt capable of being inserted into said through-bore from a direction opposite the insertion direction of the respective power bolt, wherein
• the lug release bolt, when rotated counterclockwise by an external torque, causes the array of bolt locking gears to rotate and unscrew the power bolts inserted therein and release the wheel.