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Help Changing Tyre

  • 16-02-2011 4:23pm
    #1
    The Guv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭


    Hi all, got a flat yesterday and must change it. Have never changed one before so need a bit of help. I'm pretty confident of changing it no problem, but i'm terrified i'll put the jack in the wrong place and it will damage the car or slip etc. Any advice for me?

    Cheers!


Comments

  • #2
    markc1184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭markc1184


    Look under the car first and there should be some notches on the underside. Put the jack between them and away you go.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    - Loosen the wheel nuts before you jack it up
    - have the car in gear, handbrake on and engine off
    - have the spare alongside you
    - jack it up, as mentioned use the notches for locating the jack
    - remove nuts
    - wheel may require a kick to get it off the hub
    - throw on new one and hand tighten nuts
    - drop it and tighten them fully

    :)


  • #4
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    RoverJames wrote: »
    - have the car in gear

    :)

    If it's a front wheel drive, and wheel to be changed is the front one then what's the point in having it in gear?
    I would even discourage to lift a front of the car using jack while car is on gear.


  • #5
    HooterSnout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭HooterSnout


    markc1184 wrote: »
    Look under the car first and there should be some notches on the underside. Put the jack between them and away you go.
    What notches? :confused: This is news to me.


  • #6
    twowheelsonly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,273 ✭✭✭twowheelsonly


    HooterSnout wrote: »
    What notches? :confused: This is news to me.

    Almost every car has notches/marks where the Jack shoud go.


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  • #7
    HooterSnout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭HooterSnout


    I must have been doing it wrong all these years. Or maybe the old fashioned crazy way.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CiniO wrote: »
    If it's a front wheel drive, and wheel to be changed is the front one then what's the point in having it in gear?

    Easier to tighten the nuts up.


  • #9
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Easier to tighten the nuts up.

    You tighten them up after you release car back on the ground.

    I've seen few times, when someone was lifting front of the car on gear. And since both front wheels were still touching the ground, all was OK. But then suddenly when one wheel lost contact with ground, car started moving, and jack broke down.
    If the car wasn't on the gear, it could be felt much earlier (lower) that something is wrong.


  • #10
    firefly08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭firefly08


    OP, be careful when the car is up on the jack - it won't be very stable. It's fine for changing a wheel but avoid getting any part of your body underneath the car or the wheel!


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CiniO wrote: »
    You tighten them up after you release car back on the ground.
    With the wheel free to move it's often not easy to get them even hand tight and the wheel flush to the hub.


    CiniO wrote: »
    I've seen few times, when someone was lifting front of the car on gear. And since both front wheels were still touching the ground, all was OK. But then suddenly when one wheel lost contact with ground, car started moving, and jack broke down.
    If the car wasn't on the gear, it could be felt much earlier (lower) that something is wrong.

    I've never had a car move forward when jacking up the front in gear with the handbrake on.


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