Look where the nail is located!
So, Saturday morning I made a few calls & my suspicion was sadly confirmed-damage to the tread can sometimes be repaired, but side wall damage means replace the tire...so I figured I'd put together a little photo demonstration on how to change a truck tire and share it with the rest of you!
1st, figure out if your vehicle is drivable. In my case the nail had punctured completely through the tire & I was lucky to have made it home.
2nd, find your spare tire (some vehicles do not have spare tires anymore), cause if you don't have a spare tire you might as well just call for some help (and save time messing with the car jack).
As you can see I've got a spare (not a full-sized spare)...now where is the jack?
3rd, once the spare tire is found, the jack & tools are found, it's time to lower the spare tire. Counterclockwise drops the spare to the ground!
4th, deciding where to position the jack. Ford recommends placing it on the axle housing...they also supplied an easy to read laminated guide showing just where to put it.Oh, make sure the parking brake is on and with a manual transmission I put it into reverse...blocking the front wheels maybe helpful as well.
5th, if the wheel has a center cap, find out if it is just pushed on or if there is a bolt holding it in place (then remove it).Lefty loosy Righty tighty
6th put that spare on, tighten the lug nuts while the tire is off the ground, then when you remove the jack, retighten the lug nuts when there is weight on the tire...unless you want to have a tire come off while driving down the highway (whatever floats your boat...weirdo).
7th, if you can drive the car to the tire place then they will install the tire (no additional charge...). In my case we had to go to the store as a family, so I just tossed the punctured tire & rim into our trooper and just had the tire place mount and balance the new tire on the rim...I then installed it myself (so if it falls off later this week it's on my head).
Again re-tighten the lug nuts with the tire on the ground..then again after 50 miles of driving.
8th Put the spare back...
9th..go wash your hands, they're filthy!
2 comments:
Bill really got a kick out of this. He said now he can do it himself and not make you do it anymore.
Nice Erin...but I'm a bit confused...is Bill er, eh, William...volunteering to change my punctured tires in the future? Or he implying he's had me change his tires in the past? heehee
-Bill needs to contact me on facebook.
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