Tips And Advices - Change A Flat Tire

Be sure to check the air pressure in your spare tire periodically.

span> Know where to locate the jack and other tire tools and make sure you know how to use them.

span> Yes, the most important thing to do is to get your vehicle to a safe area for you can work on your vehicle. Set your triangle or flames 100 ft. or so upstream. Leave the vehicle in PARK and set the handbrake. Then, block the wheel diagonally opposite the flat with two pieces of wood. After that loosen all the lugs on the flat a full turn.

span> At this time you can take the spare out of the truck and put in halfway under the car near the jack. Do this so if the car falls any it will go on the spare tire. Raise the jack from its stowed position to nearly high enough to contact the bottom of the car. Jack the car up until the flat clears the ground by several inches, because the spare isn't flat and will need more clearance.

span> Then remove the lug nuts, and put them inside the hubcap. Pull the flat off and put in halfway under the car. Hang the spare on the studs. After that finger-tighten all the lugs and then lightly tighten them with the lug wrench, again in a crisscross pattern.

Now you can lower the vehicle and pull the jack out. Now you can tighten the lugs to their correct torque.