How to Change a Flat Tire
1. Put the car in park in a level area and apply the parking brake. Place manual transmission cars in gear. Make sure you have pulled off the road. Turn the engine off and put on the hazard lights. You may want to open the hood to indicate to other drivers that you are stopped for repairs.
2. Place a wheel chock or a large rock behind (if facing uphill) or in front (if facing downhill) the diagonally opposing wheel to prevent the car from rolling. Do this even on a slight incline. Get out the spare, a lug nut wrench (tire iron) and the car jack.
3. Remove the hubcap, if necessary.
4. Loosen the lug nuts, which hold the wheel in place, before jacking up the car: Place one end of the lug nut wrench over a lug nut. Use a hollow pipe (about 2 feet in length) for leverage by slipping it over the end of the lug nut wrench. Turn the wrench counterclockwise to loosen the lug nut. Loosen the lug nuts in a star pattern'first loosen one a few turns, then loosen the one opposite. Work across the tire until all the lug nuts are loose and unscrewed slightly.
5. Carefully jack up the car (see 'Jack Up a Car Safely'). Check your owner's manual for the correct and safe place to put the jack. Jack the car up a little higher than is necessary to remove the old tire so there is room to put the new, full tire on.
6. Remove the lug nuts all the way and set them aside in a place where you won't lose them and they won't roll away. The flat tire should be hanging from the threaded studs now.
7. Remove the flat tire and set it aside.
8. Lift the new tire onto the wheel studs. If you're confused about which is the right way to put the new tire on, check for the valve where you add air'it always faces out.
9. Replace the lug nuts. Tighten them the same way you loosened them: Give each nut a few turns, first one, then the one opposite, working around the wheel in a star pattern. Try not to tighten adjacent nuts consecutively.
10. Slowly lower the jack and remove it.
11. Tighten the lug nuts again'as much as you can.
12. Put the hubcap back on.
2006-09-25 17:32:00
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answered by Michigan 3
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Check this site out. Step by step instructions
Step 1: Choose your spot well
Pull off the road so that you are safely out of the flow of traffic
Try to stop in a straight part of the road, so that passing traffic can see you from a distance
Stop the car on a level spot, it is unsafe to jack up a car on an incline
Turn on your Hazard lights
Step 2: Remove tools from vehicle
Retrieve the tools listed above from the car and place them within reach
If desired, put on the gloves, and place the blocks under the tire opposite the flat
Step 3: Loosen the lug nuts
Remove the hubcap, if necessary
some cars won't have hubcaps... consult your owners' manual for proper instructions in removing the hubcaps
Using the lugwrench, begin to loosen the lug nuts
sometimes the lug nuts are quite difficult to loosen
if you can't loosen them, try jumping on the lug wrench to loosen them
Do not remove the lug nuts, only loosen them
Step 4: Jack up the vehicle
Consult your owners' manual and find where the jack needs to be positioned
usually, the jack contacts the car at a small plate on the frame of the car
this plate is usually located just in front of the rear tires, and just behind the front tires
Position the jack under the car, and raise the jack until it contacts the frame
Make sure the jack is properly positioned
Extend the jack until the tire is about 6 inches off the ground
remember: don't stop raising the car when the flat tire is just off the ground...the spare tire is fully inflated and will require more ground clearance
Step 5: Remove the flat tire
Remove the lug nuts from the bolts, and put them aside
Grab the wheel
it is easiest to grab the tire at the "nine o'clock" and "three o'clock" positions
Pull the wheel straight toward you, and off the car
Step 6: Put on the spare tire
Position the spare tire directly in front of the wheel well
Align the holes in the center of the spare tire with the bolts on the car
Lift the spare tire and position it on the threaded bolts
Push the tire onto the car until it cannot go any farther
Replace the lugnuts on the bolts and tighten them, but not too tight...just enough to hold the tire in place while you lower the car
Step 7: Lower the vehicle
Lower the car with the jack until the car is again resting on all four tires
Tighten the lugnuts, starting with one, then moving to the one opposite it, and so on...
Step 8: Put the tools away
Place the flat tire where the spare was located
Replace the jack and lug wench in their proper locations
Carefully inspect your work area and make sure that you're not leaving anything
Continue on to your destination, and have the flat tire repaired
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2006-09-25 17:30:05
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answered by Donna S 2
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Pull off the road so that you are safely out of the flow of traffic
Try to stop in a straight part of the road, so that passing traffic can see you from a distance
Stop the car on a level spot, it is unsafe to jack up a car on an incline
Turn on your Hazard lights
Step 2: Remove tools from vehicle
Retrieve the tools listed above from the car and place them within reach
If desired, put on the gloves, and place the blocks under the tire opposite the flat
Step 3: Loosen the lug nuts
Remove the hubcap, if necessary
some cars won't have hubcaps... consult your owners' manual for proper instructions in removing the hubcaps
Using the lugwrench, begin to loosen the lug nuts
sometimes the lug nuts are quite difficult to loosen
if you can't loosen them, try jumping on the lug wrench to loosen them
Step 4: Jack up the vehicle
Consult your owners' manual and find where the jack needs to be positioned
usually, the jack contacts the car at a small plate on the frame of the car
this plate is usually located just in front of the rear tires, and just behind the front tires
Position the jack under the car, and raise the jack until it contacts the frame
Make sure the jack is properly positioned
Extend the jack until the tire is about 6 inches off the ground
remember: don't stop raising the car when the flat tire is just off the ground...the spare tire is fully inflated and will require more ground clearance
Step 5: Remove the flat tire
Remove the lug nuts from the bolts, and put them aside
Grab the wheel
it is easiest to grab the tire at the "nine o'clock" and "three o'clock" positions
Pull the wheel straight toward you, and off the car
Step 6: Put on the spare tire
Position the spare tire directly in front of the wheel well
Align the holes in the center of the spare tire with the bolts on the car
Lift the spare tire and position it on the threaded bolts
Push the tire onto the car until it cannot go any farther
Replace the lugnuts on the bolts and tighten them, but not too tight...just enough to hold the tire in place while you lower the car
Step 7: Lower the vehicle
Lower the car with the jack until the car is again resting on all four tires
Tighten the lugnuts, starting with one, then moving to the one opposite it, and so on...
Step 8: Put the tools away
Place the flat tire where the spare was located
Replace the jack and lug wench in their proper locations
Carefully inspect your work area and make sure that you're not leaving anything
Continue on to your destination, and have the flat tire repaired
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2006-09-25 17:29:54
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answered by friend60402 4
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Do you mean you don't know how to change a tire, and you need that information to write a paragraph? If so, I will help you. But I won't write the paragraph for you; you should do that yourself.
To change a tire.\:
1. Open trunk
2. Remove jack and spare tire
3. Place block under a rear tire that is not flat.
4. Place jack under lift point under car, or under the rear bumper (Check owner's manual for proper placement of jack.)
5. Raise jack until car begins to lift (not until tire is off the ground
6. Take bolt wrench and remove wheel bolts. Check manual for proper direction to turn wrench.
7. Loosen all bolts on wheel.
8 Raise jack until wheel is off the ground by about 1 inch
9 Remove all bolts
10 Remove wheel
11. Put on new wheel (spare, perhaps)
12 Replace bolts and tighten all until they contact wheel.
12 Tighten top bolt snugly but not tight; it should hold the wheel against the drum.
13 Repeat 12 for bottom bolt, then left and right bolts.
14 Lower jack until tire rests on ground, but not fully lowered (so wheel won't turn when you tighten bolts)
15 Tighten all bolts as hard as you can (with hand wrench only).
16. Lower jack completely.
17. Remove block
18 Place tire and jack in trunk.
19 Close trunk.
2006-09-25 17:41:56
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answered by gp4rts 7
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1) open wallet
2) take out Auto Club card
3) call number on back of card
4) tell them you have a flat tire
5) wait for someone to come change your tire
2006-09-25 17:29:21
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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hey girl remember i helped you with the bike question
2006-09-25 17:29:28
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answered by *_* 3
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