Posted by: venom

Have you ever been stranded alone along the highway with a flat tyre? The nearest telephone is two miles away and you cannot seem to flag someone down to help you. If you have actually replaced a flat tyre before, you’d agree with me that it’s really not that difficult.

What you need to do first is to make sure that the flat tyre is on flat and solid ground. If it is not currently so, try to push your car into such a position. The flat and solid ground is required to ensure that your car actually moves up instead of the jack digging into the ground when you try to jack up your car.

Pull your hand-brake to make sure that your car will remain stationary when you change the flat tyre. If you have any warning signs, put it a good two hundered meters away from your car in the direction of on-coming traffic. This provides ample warning to any on-coming traffic to avoid your car.

Once your car is in position, retrieve your car’s spare tyre and plae it near the flat tyre. Then, locate your car’s jack and your tyre’s associated spanner. This is usually found in the boot of your car - the jack should be beside the spare tyre while the spanner should be in the toolbox.

Use the spanner to loosen all the nuts on the flat tyre. You should do this before jacking up your car - otherwise, the tyre will move along when you try to loosen the nuts on the flat tyre. Then, place the jack between the flat and solid ground; and a solid position at the bottom of your car that is near the flat tyre. Jack up your car until the tyre is a good three inches above the ground.

Use both hands to grip the tyre soundly and give it a strong tugs away from the car. This should loosen the tyre and allow you to pull it out. Before you replace it with the spare tyre, it’d be good to keep the flat tyre into the space used to store the spare tyre. This reduces clutter and lets you work in a more comfortable environment.

Roll the spare type into position and use both hands to lift the tyre up. Quickly fix the tyre into position. Since the tyre is quite heavy, you may have to have a few go’s before you can manage to fix the spare tyre back into the car.

Before you use the spanner to try to tighten the nuts, release the jack first. This prevents the tyre from moving along with your tightening effort. Once the jack has been released, tighten all the nuts soundly. Keep the tools and have a good look around to ensure that you have not left anything lying on the road. Besides you losing the object, it will also be dangerous for other motorists if you leave things lying on the road.

That’s all there is to it. Jump right back into your car and drive away. Make sure you remember to fix the flat tyre so that it’s ready for use the next time you need it.