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pvt.joker

Hi,

Was driving to work at 6am today through the phoenix park, which was basically an ice rink. The car went out of control on a roundabout and went over a kerb busting one wheel. Ive tried jacking the car up but the jack kept slipping so Ive had to leave the car there overnight :rolleyes:
Whats my best option, seeing as this frost is set to last a few days, and i really need the car. Somebody mentioned some type of powerjack would this work better than a standard jack, and if so where would i get one of these, as i really need to get the car out of there tomorrow
thanks for the help

frank gooding

A decent trolleyjack should be more stable.

Just bring some blocks of wood or another spare wheel to put in under the car in case it falls.

Good pair of gloves too.

746watts

you could bring 2 flasks of warm salty water with you , 1 to melt the icey ground where the jack is, and the other to de-ice the windscreen when you've the wheel changed.

put the car in gear with the handbrake on as well. While you are jacking up the car put the spare under the sill in case the car slips off the jack. when you remove the busted wheel swap it with the spare under the sill in one movement. On with the spare, fingertight the nuts and let down the jack until the tyre make just enough contact to allow you to tighten the nuts properly. slide out busted wheel from under the sill and let the jack down fully. Recheck wheel nuts again.

pvt.joker

746watts wrote: »

you could bring 2 flasks of warm salty water with you , 1 to melt the icey ground where the jack is, and the other to de-ice the windscreen when you've the wheel changed.

put the car in gear with the handbrake on as well. While you are jacking up the car put the spare under the sill in case the car slips off the jack. when you remove the busted wheel swap it with the spare under the sill in one movement. On with the spare, fingertight the nuts and let down the jack until the tyre make just enough contact to allow you to tighten the nuts properly. slide out busted wheel from under the sill and let the jack down fully. Recheck wheel nuts again.

thanks, good advice there. Hopefully this'll work. I'll go in prepared tomorrow

Matt Simis

Hydraulic Jack - leave at home and bring out in emergencies.
Super easy and super safe compared to the car's emergency jack:
http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_217059_langId_-1_categoryId_212549
Comes in a variety of weight ratings too. Every car owner needs one, as well as:

Telescopic Wheel Brace
http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_564313_langId_-1_categoryId_212481
Leave in the car. The extra length equates to a massive increase in torque that makes it easy and fast for anyone to take off wheel nuts.


Halfords links for example only, can get these in any Auto shop.

johndaman66

If the ground on which you are parked is anyway soft pvt.joker you could bring along a large very flat stone or block and put the jack on top of it and work from there. This is in addition to 746watts excellent advice. Also it might be no harm to chock the wheel on the corner to which you are working on it you want to be extra safe about it.

746watts

pvt.joker.... how did you get on?
hope you found car in one piece after overnight parking and changed wheel okay.

pvt.joker

Hi,

I set off this afternoon with 2 flasks of hot salted water, gloves and a new jack.
The road in the park was still covered in snow and ice, so the salted water worked great at melting the inch or so of ice under where the jack needed to go. Jacked it up, threw the spare in under in case the jack slipped, off with the wheel and on with the new one. All done in about 10 minutes! Great advice, worked perfectly.
Steerings feeling a bit dodgy so im thinking the wheels/tracking might need looking at as it got a fair bump going over the kerbs.
Thanks again

The-Game

Glad to hear no one got at the car either and all was safe!

Pdfile

pvt.joker wrote: »

Hi,

Was driving to work at 6am today through the phoenix park, which was basically an ice rink. The car went out of control on a roundabout and went over a kerb busting one wheel. Ive tried jacking the car up but the jack kept slipping so Ive had to leave the car there overnight :rolleyes:
Whats my best option, seeing as this frost is set to last a few days, and i really need the car. Somebody mentioned some type of powerjack would this work better than a standard jack, and if so where would i get one of these, as i really need to get the car out of there tomorrow
thanks for the help

cut off some non slip stuff off your old wetsuit and attach to the bottom of any supporting beams.


oldest trick in the book.

mickmcgee

good one