Can you change a car wheel?

0ph0rce0

So my brother of 26 just called me to ask if I know how to change the wheel on a car as he had a puncture.

**** me I laughed so loud. I mean in what day and age does a person not know how to change a wheel. I had to go down and change it for him.

So I put it to you, can you change a wheel on a car, and is it really that difficult.

Death and Taxes

Its simple, you just ring the AA and wait a few minutes!

I hope you showed him how to do it instead of just doing it yourself

CardBordWindow

I learned how to change a tyre when I was about 13/14!
Never had to do it since, but I reckon I'd still be able to do it without much hassle.

0ph0rce0

bluewolf wrote: »

I hope you showed him how to do it instead of just doing it yourself

That's where I have failed

kneemos

Disconnect the airbag,undo the nut.Simple.

Micky Dolenz

My driver takes care of such things.

Shenshen

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

So my brother of 26 just called me to ask if I know how to change the wheel on a car as he had a puncture.

**** me I laughed so loud. I mean in what day and age does a person not know how to change a wheel. I had to go down and change it for him.

So I put it to you, can you change a wheel on a car, and is it really that difficult.

Watched my husband do it some years back and helped, we were out on the road in the pouring rain with a serious puncture at the time.
I didn't drive back then, and nobody in my family had a car, so it was rather a new experience. But it sure as gravy isn't rocket science, so yes, I can do that.

flutterflye

No idea whatsoever, other than to get a man to do it for me (I'm not even messing!)

navandiver

I was shown how to change a tyre before i could buy a car!! Dad was very insistent that he wouldnt be called on to change tyres!

westendgirlie

Just because I know how to change a wheel, doesn't mean I'm gonna admit to it. Especially when there is a strapping young lad somewhere to do it for me instead

gobnaitolunacy

As easy as p*ssing in bed.

Yes, unless it's one of these.

alwaysadub

I know how to change a tyre, however the last time I had a flat( only the 2nd time ever) the nuts were way too tight to loosen cos they had been tightened with one of them gun things at the garage. Nobody could loosen them, so had to go to the garage to get them to change it.

I learned how to change a tyre when I was learning how to drive, wallopped a kerb, got a flat. My instructor made me change the tyre so I'd know for future reference!

who the fug

FFS the mother taught me how to do that when I was about 9 ot 10, mind you she was fierce into child labour

ash23

Last year one of the girls in work got a flat. She was heavily pregnant so obviously I wouldn't let her change it herself.
Well, I would have thought it was "obvious" but I couldn't believe the number of people in the car park who were walking past her and not offering to change it for her. Even when I stopped to help, only one of the lads from work came out to give a hand and between the two of us we sorted it.

I really hope it was that none of them knew how to change a flat as opposed to them all being totally ignorant f*ckers.

miamee

My dad has shown me a few times (while doing it for me, lol) but I have never actually had to do it myself. My dad is great at fixing things with my car but almost always makes me watch so that I know what he is doing and what went wrong and how he is going to fix it.

HeyThereDeliah

I know how to change a tyre but the nuts are way to tight to get of and lifting the spare from the boot is another ordeal.
I would just call someone it's easier.

who the fug

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

I know how to change a tyre but the nuts are way to tight to get of and lifting the spare from the boot is another ordeal.
I would just call someone it's easier.

Small length of scaffolding tube in boot, will make it easier to open the nuts

HeyThereDeliah

who the fug wrote: »

Small length of scaffolding tube in boot, will make it easier to open the nuts

Should I even ask ?

who the fug

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

Should I even ask ?

Put over tyre iron so you have more leverage to crack the nut, other tip is stand over the tyre fitters and make them but the wheel on by hand.

Driving all over Ireland in the sixties in her mini, made the mammy very practical

knucklehead6

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

Should I even ask ?

It lengthens the handle of the wheel brace, thus making it easier to turn.

That's why all those wheel braces etc you can buy in the shops have telescopic handles.

it's all about reducing the amount of effort you need to apply.

kneemos

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

Should I even ask ?

Don't fcuk with the nuts...they be crazy.

Conall Cernach

I used to work in tyre depot place when I was a teen and when we were changing lorry tyres we'd have to get a big 10' long pipe and put it over the wheel brace for extra leverage. Usually we'd have to jump up and down on it to have a hope of shifting a nut before we could use the air gun. Nuts should be put on with the air gun but the final tightening should be done by hand as you will then have a feel of how tight they are.

pcnoobie

no idea
im a man
and i drive

was never thought, never seen anyone do it, was never forced to do itmeself
but if it came to it that i had to do it because of a flat tyre then id give it a go, surely cant be difficult

phil1nj

I think the real question here is "does the car wheel really want to change?" . Otherwise we're all just pissing in the wind.

Penn

Yeah, not a problem. Except one time when I was younger. I was really tired coming home from shift work. Got a puncture, p*ssing rain, really dark.

Got out the wheel brace, put it on but the nut wouldn't move. Stood on the wheel brace (no scaffolding tube with me like I have now) and used my whole body weight.

SNAP.

I thought I'd broken the nut. Luckily, I had actually forgotten to take the hubcap off, and had been trying to take off one of the fake nuts on the hubcap instead of the actual tire nut.

who the fug

who the fug wrote: »

Small length of scaffolding tube in boot, will make it easier to open the nuts

Did that once and broke the bloody wrench! :mad:

who the fug

Deleted User wrote: »

Did that once and broke the bloody wrench! :mad:

Was it a Volvo by any chance, changing a wheel for a mate once and bent the volvo one by standing on it

who the fug

who the fug wrote: »

Was it a Volvo by any chance, changing a wheel for a mate once and bent the volvo one by standing on it

No, Triumph herald, the head of the wrench split where it goes over the nut.

0ph0rce0

So 5 said Not a hope, and that was a few women who either said i'll get someone else or some good looking lad to do it.

Jesus my brother is a tool

Not only can I - I have to do 12 twice a year because we have a set of Winter Tyres for each car and I tend to do my car and the gfs cars. So twice a year I pick a saturday or sunday and change 12 tyres in a row. Fun it is not.

Rigol

Seriously - its about a 4 step process. The 2/3 tools involved practically describe what they are for themselves by their shapes.

There are harder challenges on the Sun's sports and games page.....emm I've been told.
You better have a good reason if you're male and can't change a wheel, or you're handing in your man card.

Rigol

Deleted User wrote: »

Not only can I - I have to do 12 twice a year because we have a set of Winter Tyres for each car and I tend to do my car and the gfs cars. So twice a year I pick a saturday or sunday and change 12 tyres in a row. Fun it is not.

12? ....You both drive six wheel half tracks?

Rubberlegs

No, not a clue:D. Don't have a clue as to what goes on under the bonnet either. I just drive the car, and hope nothing ever goes wrong. . .

Rigol

Rigol wrote: »

12? ....You both drive six wheel half tracks?

4 wheels per car. 3 Cars. My maths is bad but not THAT bad. 4x3=12 right? I am even doubting myself now.

Penn

Deleted User wrote: »

4 wheels per car. 3 Cars. My maths is bad but not THAT bad. 4x3=12 right? I am even doubting myself now.

You're fine. I thought the same until I realised you said your car and your gf's cars (3 cars), rather than you and your girlfriends cars (2 cars)

Rigol

Penn wrote: »

You're fine. I thought the same until I realised you said your car and your gf's cars (3 cars), rather than you and your girlfriends cars (2 cars)

Whats a woman doing with 2 cars let alone one.
She'll only hurt herself.

whatdoicare

In theory I do but tbh I don't really want to. I'd ruin my manicure!

Naid23

My dad made me change a tyre when I got my first car - I could barely lift the wheel let alone put it on the car.

I swiftly signed up to AA after that ha

who the fug

Deleted User wrote: »

4 wheels per car. 3 Cars. My maths is bad but not THAT bad. 4x3=12 right? I am even doubting myself now.

I count 18 wheels

Penn

Penn wrote: »

You're fine. I thought the same until I realised you said your car and your gf's cars (3 cars), rather than you and your girlfriends cars (2 cars)

Rigol wrote: »

Whats a woman doing with 2 cars let alone one.
She'll only hurt herself.

Amazing the difference an apostophy can make to the understanding of a sentence. I think in this case it should be "girlfriends' cars"? I am not actually 100% sure how you mix the plural and the possessive. It is two girls - each with a car. I trust it will not break the grammar nazi rule if someone informs me how to correctly write this at my request? Feel free to PM me the answer if you feel the mods might call GN rule on it if you answer me here.

who the fug

who the fug wrote: »

I count 18 wheels

Ok...... go on......

knucklehead6

2 girlfriends?

And a pet wolf?

who the fug

Deleted User wrote: »

Ok...... go on......

See what you missed by paying attention at school to apostophy and ****, when you could have been figuring that one out

miamee

who the fug wrote: »

I count 18 wheels

Deleted User wrote: »

Ok...... go on......

who the fug wrote: »

See what you missed by paying attention at school to apostophy and ****, when you could have been figuring that one out

12 tyres plus 3 steering wheels plus 3 spares...but he's only changing 12 of them.

knucklehead6

knucklehead6 wrote: »

2 girlfriends?

And a pet wolf?

....And a vegetable garden....

who the fug wrote: »

See what you missed by paying attention at school to apostophy and ****, when you could have been figuring that one out

Seems I did not pay attention to the apostrophy thing either. I wonder what else I have missed out on that would have improved my life as imeasurably as being able to pluralise the possesive and count 18 wheels on 3 cars

miamee wrote: »

12 tyres plus 3 steering wheels plus 3 spares...but he's only changing 12 of them.

No spares actually. We got those weird wheels that temporary fix themselves if they puncture with foam or some such. I actually do not know the details having not actually HAD a puncture yet but I am sure I will see it myself how it works soon enough.

Scortho

First time i get a flat i had to get help from one of the lads in work. The wrench that volkswagen give is as useful as tits on a bull!
Having got a proper wrench its actually a fairly easy thing to do now.

bnt

I changed the tyre on my landlady's car a few months ago. I don't have a licence and have never owned a car - yet I can do that because the actual job is mechanical, and the skills required aren't specific to cars. One such skill is the ability to read and follow printed instructions. :cool:

Where To

I voted no to give the poll more balance.

who the fug

Where To wrote: »

I voted no to give the poll more balance.

Should have checked that tracking whilst you were at it