Tyres are the only component in a car’s whole body that continuously keeps in contact with surface and because of it they remain highly prone to the faults and deformities. That is why, it is very essential for every car owner to have knowledge of how to change a flat tyre. Knowledge not only makes you self dependent but also fall very essential when tyre of your car burst’s out during a long journey. Below are few tips for changing a car tyre.
1) Remember, changing a tyre is not possible without the help of a number of right tools including a jack and a wheel brace.
2) Whenever, the tyre of your car goes flat, the first step should be pulling it over to a safe area (away from traffic). Also, don’t forget to turn on the hazard / parking lights and applying the hand bakes. To be on safer side, put a rock piece or a brick beneath the other side tyres of the car.
3) The first step should be getting down on your knees and try to find small grooves where the jack needs to be positioned. Now, try to shift some of the vehicle’s weight from flat tyre by turning the handle slowly.
4) Keep in mind that while changing a car tyre, applying right technique much more crucial than using your strength.
5) Unfasten the nuts of the tyre you are going to replace before applying jack. For loosening-up the nuts place the wheel-brace on any of the nut and turn it anticlockwise. You might have to fit on the nuts in case it refuses to budge easily.
6) Now slowly jack-up the car so that the tyre can be inflated fully.
7) Lift the wheel out of the car after removing all of the nuts. Again if wheel refuses to come out due to corrosion, install it back on a single nut and give it a good kick so that it can easily come out.
8) Now care fully put the new tyre into the bolts keeping the air valve’s face on your side. First tighten all the bolts with your hand and than use a small pinch of wheel brace to tight them further. Don’t tight nuts fully at this step as the car is yet to jacked-down on that wheel.
9) Now care fully jack down the car and use full strength to tighten the nuts further.
10) Don’t forget to remove the rock / brick to which you had placed beneath the tyres. Also carefully place the jack in side the car on its original place.
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1) Remember, changing a tyre is not possible without the help of a number of right tools including a jack and a wheel brace.
2) Whenever, the tyre of your car goes flat, the first step should be pulling it over to a safe area (away from traffic). Also, don’t forget to turn on the hazard / parking lights and applying the hand bakes. To be on safer side, put a rock piece or a brick beneath the other side tyres of the car.
3) The first step should be getting down on your knees and try to find small grooves where the jack needs to be positioned. Now, try to shift some of the vehicle’s weight from flat tyre by turning the handle slowly.
4) Keep in mind that while changing a car tyre, applying right technique much more crucial than using your strength.
5) Unfasten the nuts of the tyre you are going to replace before applying jack. For loosening-up the nuts place the wheel-brace on any of the nut and turn it anticlockwise. You might have to fit on the nuts in case it refuses to budge easily.
6) Now slowly jack-up the car so that the tyre can be inflated fully.
7) Lift the wheel out of the car after removing all of the nuts. Again if wheel refuses to come out due to corrosion, install it back on a single nut and give it a good kick so that it can easily come out.
8) Now care fully put the new tyre into the bolts keeping the air valve’s face on your side. First tighten all the bolts with your hand and than use a small pinch of wheel brace to tight them further. Don’t tight nuts fully at this step as the car is yet to jacked-down on that wheel.
9) Now care fully jack down the car and use full strength to tighten the nuts further.
10) Don’t forget to remove the rock / brick to which you had placed beneath the tyres. Also carefully place the jack in side the car on its original place.
