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A flat tire is not only inconvenient, but can be scary, especially if the driver is on a highway and feels a sudden wrongness in a spot where one of the tires is.
The first thing is to gently drive the car to a safe place. The breakdown lane is possibly not the safest area to fix a flat tire, but it will have to do if an empty lot just can't be reached without the tire being shredded and the rim being damaged.
The driver should check the owner's manual for the best place to position the jack for their type of car, because where the jack is placed is different for tire changing as opposed to an overall repair job.
Once the driver's found a place to change the tire, the engine should be cut off, the car put in park and the emergency brake turned on. The spare tire should be removed from the trunk, and rolled to the flat tire.
The jack should never be placed on anything that can break. It should be put firmly on level ground. Next, the wheels have to be blocked, with bricks, wedges or wheel chocks which will prevent the car from rolling. Blocks, like other emergency items, should be kept in the car's trunk.
The hubcap should be removed. The hubcap can be prided off with a screw driver. The lug nuts should be loosened before the car is jacked up. The hubcap should be laid on its back and the lug nuts put into it so they don't roll away. Lug nuts may be hard to get off, but the driver, of course, should have a lug nut wrench in the trunk. Lug nuts on the right side of the car are right-handed. Lug nuts on the left side may or may not be left-handed.
The car can now be jacked up.
The flat tire should be grasped and pulled toward the driver till it comes free, then it should be rolled out of the way. Both the flat tire and the spare will be heavy. When the spare is in place, the lug nuts should be replaced and tightened by hand. The car should be lowered to the ground and jacks and blocks removed. The lug wrench should be used again to tighten the lugs as much as possible without stripping the threads. The driver might even want to step on the wrench to give it extra power. Then, the hubcap should be replaced.
Both the flat and tools should be stowed in the trunk.
What else can I help you with?
What is the safest way to deal with a flat tire on the highway?
The safest way to get a tire changed while traveling is to have a sevice garage change the tire. If the tire will be changed by someone in the vehicle, the car must be driven out of traffic and stopped on level ground as possible. Then proceed to change the tire according to the owner's manual.
Which way does your car pull with a flat tire?
Towards the side with the flat.
A man drove all the way from Montreal to Vancouver without knowing he had a flat tire?
The spare tire was flat.
What is the best technique for using a bike tire iron to efficiently change a flat tire?
To efficiently change a flat tire using a bike tire iron, start by loosening the nuts on the wheel with the tire iron. Then, lift the wheel off the ground and remove the flat tire. Next, place the new tire onto the wheel and align the valve stem with the hole in the rim. Use the tire iron to carefully push the tire onto the rim, working your way around the wheel. Finally, inflate the tire to the recommended pressure and tighten the nuts back onto the wheel.
We had a flat tire Amos was sun burned and we got losted what is the correct way to write this sentence?
We had a flat tire, Amos was sun burned, and we got lost.
Can you use fix a flat twice?
No, and if you used it already no tire place will repair the tire in the conventional way.
How can you prevent from getting a flat tire?
There is no absolute way you can prevent flats.
Why have a spare tire?
If you are a long way from home and get a flat you need a spare to fit on .
Is there a special way to change a tire on a dodge neon 1994?
No, you change it like any other tire.
What would break the tire monitor?
if you run a tire flat or when the tire is beingh takin off rim if not careful it can be broken t`hat way also
How you know your vw is a super beetle?
easiest way to tell is to open the trunk, or the front of the car and see if your spare tire is laying flat or snugged up right against the hood.If it lays flat in the belly of the truck its a super. if its sticking up and kinda leaning back towards the windshield, its a standard.
I have a flat tire is there any way to get a cheap tire to replace the flat one?
Sure there is. Most local tire retailers will have used tires and so forth that are a great and inexpensive way to replace your flat. Of course, going this route there will be no warranty. In the long run, it's always better to get something that will be covered for a while. You can find fairly low prices at Wal-Marts and Tire Kingdom type places as well.
