How To Change A Car Tyre

Step 1: Change A Tyre

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. My name is Eddie Weber, and I am going to show you how to change the tire on a car. Come on.

Step 2: Puncture

Many people's worst nightmare is a puncture; a flat tire. Well, I'm here to help. Now, let's get the spare tire out of the boot of the car. Pull the spare tyre out of the boot of the car. One very important thing to remember is that the tire must be pumped up, obviously.

Step 3: Check Tyre

Check the tire for little stones, nails, bits and pieces. If there are pieces in the tyre, get a little screw driver and pick them out. However, don't dig it out too hard because you'll puncture the good tire.

Here's a little tip that will come in handy. Get the mat from your car to kneel on, just to save your knees, wear and tear, the whole thing.

Step 4: Items Needed

These are all the things you need to change the tire of a car. This is the triangle which warns oncoming traffic. Stick it behind the car 30-40 yards back.

Another very important piece of equipment is a nut spinner, obviously to untighten the nuts at will. There's two sorts of nut spinners. This is a straight nut spinner, but you also have one's that are the right angle nut spinner. I actually prefer the right angle one for the leverage.

This is the jack. You know what that's for, don't you? You got it - raise the car up and take the wheel off. Anyway, you know that, don't you? Here we go. And, last but not least, a spare tire.

Step 5: Jacking Point

Now, this is where we attach the jack to the car. It's called the jacking point. Some cars, like this one, have two jacking points for different types of jacks. Make sure that the jack fits the jacking point you are trying to use.

I can't stress the importance enough of affixing the jack to the correct point. If you miss, the jack will go right through the bottom of the car. This could be a real expensive piece of damage.

Step 6: Loosen The Wheel Nuts

Before we raise the car, we will need to take off the wheel trim and loosen the wheel nuts. We'll take them off completely after the car is raised.

Now, if the car is raised up in the air before the nuts are loosened properly, you'll find it almost impossible to get the right amount of leverage to loosen the nuts.

Sometimes, the nuts might even be rusted on. If so, depending on which wheel you are changing, you might find it difficult to keep the wheel from spinning.

Step 7: Jacking

Let's look at jacking up the car. Why are you doing this? You are raising up the car so you can get the damaged wheel off. Have you ever tried to pull a wheel off a car when the car is not raised up?

The car will fall on top of you - broken bones or even worse; a damaged car. At least, that's my opinion. Wind the jack in a clockwise direction until the car goes up in the air. Anti-clockwise and you'll get nowhere fast.

Step 8: Winding

Next, it's time to take the wheel nuts from the old wheel. What you need to do here is attach your spinner to a wheel nut on the old wheel and I'm winding it. This is done by winding the nuts in an anti-clockwise direction.

I find it's a great to use the hubcap to put the wheel nuts in as you take them off. If the nuts are sticking, push off but don't over-force them. It's always worth having a can of lubricant just to spray on particularly stubborn nuts.

Step 9: Take Off The Old Tire

It's now time to take the damaged wheel off the car. It's going to be heavy, so be careful. Try not to roll the car into oncoming traffic. We have, of course, checked that the tread is OK, and the new tire is pumped up. Some cars only have mini tires which can be used for just a few miles at low speed. Check your car's handbook. Don't take risks with your safety.