Do you know how to change a tire?

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Link_of_time
03/12/2024
01:37 PM
#51
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Yeah. Swapping the whole wheel out is pretty self-explanatory, with the only potential source of confusion being related to the jack. You should really put it in the right place.
Yeah that is the one source of pain. I feel like this is the one issue no one teaches about. "Just jack up the car" is all I ever got as a kid, but not once was I told where or what i was to look for. Even worse, is now my car so low, it's almost impossible to look under(certainly the front). Had to buy a super low-profile jack just to get to the sides.

Smackems
03/12/2024
02:00 PM
#52
Father_ posted...
Yes, call AAA.
That still exists?
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voldothegr8
03/12/2024
02:08 PM
#53
I have the knowledge, gun to head I could probably pull it off.

But I don't ever want to mess with that shit which is why I have AAA.
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TerraSeeker
03/12/2024
04:01 PM
#54
I've done it before. I assume I could again if I had to.
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Cobra1010
03/12/2024
04:18 PM
#55
It is not as simple as jacking car up, unscrew nuts, take off wheel, screw spare wheel on and screw nuts back on?
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Thermador446
03/12/2024
04:39 PM
#56
Cobra1010 posted...
It is not as simple as jacking car up, unscrew nuts, take off wheel, screw spare wheel on and screw nuts back on?

You need to loosen the nuts before jacking it up, just enough to they aren't torqued down.
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Iodine
03/12/2024
04:56 PM
#57
I haven't had to do it in nearly 5 years but im pretty sure I can make it work.
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Bugmeat
03/12/2024
04:59 PM
#58
I do and I have doneit a few times. But even if I didn't already know, I am competent enough to find a video and follow the instructions in it.

It's not a war crime the first time.
doesntcare
03/12/2024
05:09 PM
#59
To poster about the breaker bar.

Exactly what i use, than i have a 1/2" drive cordless impact that i take them off the rest of the way.
Sasquatchimo
03/12/2024
05:15 PM
#60
Luckily I learned to change a tire in my garage, and it was a 4runner. But sadly every car I own now uses run flats so there goes the tire changing skill out the window.
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Trumble
03/12/2024
05:16 PM
#61
If you mean putting the spare on or rotating them, yep. If you mean actually putting a new tyre on the rim, no.
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andri_g
03/12/2024
07:28 PM
#62
Trumble posted...
If you mean actually putting a new tyre on the rim, no.
I've done this with a manual separating station. It's a post bolted into a concrete base to hold the rim while you use a steel bar with a two-sided tongue: one side unseats the tire bead from the rim, the other side seats the tire bead onto the rim. The post is the fulcrum that you use the bar with as the lever, pulling it around the post while the tongue circles the rim to finish separating or seating the tire.

[ Depending on how stiff the rubber is, it's a job that can give your hands and arms quite a workout. ]
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