Changing Your Tire? Youre Doing It Wrong
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Date: 2019-09-26
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TomJeffersonWasRight
When you get a car, put a BIG cross bar lug wrench in it. With a cross bar, you can push one bar with your feet while pulling the opposite side with your hands. Kicking can break off bolts. The original wrench just won't work if someone torqued the nuts super tight with a power wrench, especially if you are small or weak. And if you still can't work it, the first big volunteer can. And if you have kids driving, make them change one tire in the driveway, all by themselves. If need be, have a strong person loosen and retighten the lugs with the wrench first. You will get major insubordination and eye rolling, especially from females, but the knowledge could save their lives. Less than 3 weeks after the lesson, met with teenage girls' moans and groans, one daughter had a flat. The girl returned to thank me, especially for the big lug wrench, which she used alone, on a remote highway, in the dark, successfully changing the tire. Note also that Scotty has a mat to sit on.
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When you get a car, put a BIG cross bar lug wrench in it. With a cross bar, you can push one bar with your feet while pulling the opposite side with your hands. Kicking can break off bolts. The original wrench just won't work if someone torqued the nuts super tight with a power wrench, especially if you are small or weak. And if you still can't work it, the first big volunteer can. And if you have kids driving, make them change one tire in the driveway, all by themselves. If need be, have a strong person loosen and retighten the lugs with the wrench first. You will get major insubordination and eye rolling, especially from females, but the knowledge could save their lives. Less than 3 weeks after the lesson, met with teenage girls' moans and groans, one daughter had a flat. The girl returned to thank me, especially for the big lug wrench, which she used alone, on a remote highway, in the dark, successfully changing the tire. Note also that Scotty has a mat to sit on.
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Shanoy Francis
I have a floor jack similar to this one that was made by Big Red Jack's. My wife bought it for me a few years ago for Christmas, it also came with 2 jack stands and a case to house everything. I haven't really used it that much especially since I bought a 3 ton low profile floor jack from HARBOR FREIGHT. I looked over the BIG RED JACK a few days ago and noticed that it was leaking hydraulic fluid from the bottom of hydraulic cylinder. Thinking about repairing it, the repair kit is about 40 bucks or so online. To all using one of these types of floor jack or any hydraulic floor jack be sure to check for leaks every once in a while and make sure it has enough hydraulic fluid in it. Be safe and happy wrenching all
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I have a floor jack similar to this one that was made by Big Red Jack's. My wife bought it for me a few years ago for Christmas, it also came with 2 jack stands and a case to house everything. I haven't really used it that much especially since I bought a 3 ton low profile floor jack from HARBOR FREIGHT. I looked over the BIG RED JACK a few days ago and noticed that it was leaking hydraulic fluid from the bottom of hydraulic cylinder. Thinking about repairing it, the repair kit is about 40 bucks or so online. To all using one of these types of floor jack or any hydraulic floor jack be sure to check for leaks every once in a while and make sure it has enough hydraulic fluid in it. Be safe and happy wrenching all
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volvo Toyota
Good video. The only issue is if you have to drive on the flat even doing so slowly, and safely the tire could get chewed up. Sometimes there's no choice, and one ends up having to get a new tire. Reason being you don't want to have a weakened side wall of a tire that gives it its strength. However if one is on the highway, and a flat occurs far from the shoulder of the road, just drive slowly and either call AAA if one has it, or any road service club one has. If not change the tire, and get one or two new tires on that same axle if necessary to have comparable tread on each tire of the same axle.
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Good video. The only issue is if you have to drive on the flat even doing so slowly, and safely the tire could get chewed up. Sometimes there's no choice, and one ends up having to get a new tire. Reason being you don't want to have a weakened side wall of a tire that gives it its strength. However if one is on the highway, and a flat occurs far from the shoulder of the road, just drive slowly and either call AAA if one has it, or any road service club one has. If not change the tire, and get one or two new tires on that same axle if necessary to have comparable tread on each tire of the same axle.
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348 Loaded Lever
Ever have your car shake terribly when braking at highway speeds right after a tire rotation. My dealership regularly rotates tires and lot of times they use an impact gun and spin each nut home, over tightening and warping the brake rotors (these are gm certified guys) I go home loosen the nuts and gradually hand tighten up each nut going around no less than 3 times until all lugs are tight. I think the dealerships put the newbies unsupervised on tire duty ( oh yeah this dealership is in the top ten biggest in the nation)
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Ever have your car shake terribly when braking at highway speeds right after a tire rotation. My dealership regularly rotates tires and lot of times they use an impact gun and spin each nut home, over tightening and warping the brake rotors (these are gm certified guys) I go home loosen the nuts and gradually hand tighten up each nut going around no less than 3 times until all lugs are tight. I think the dealerships put the newbies unsupervised on tire duty ( oh yeah this dealership is in the top ten biggest in the nation)
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Mike Vickstrom
Another great common sense video Scotty. I've always worked on my own cars and have only been to a shop twice and I hated the experience, but I'm stumped I keep getting a lean bank sensor 1 on my girlfriend's 03 focus, changed the sensor 1 and the PVC valve, code keeps coming back and it chugs intermittently. What's the cheapest way that I can PROPERLY diagnose the problem? My scan tool isn't sophisticated enough Keep up the great work and THANK YOU
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Another great common sense video Scotty. I've always worked on my own cars and have only been to a shop twice and I hated the experience, but I'm stumped I keep getting a lean bank sensor 1 on my girlfriend's 03 focus, changed the sensor 1 and the PVC valve, code keeps coming back and it chugs intermittently. What's the cheapest way that I can PROPERLY diagnose the problem? My scan tool isn't sophisticated enough Keep up the great work and THANK YOU
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noneya bezness
Scotty is correct. but for safety always put the tire on with your hands in the 9 and 3 position. like on a clock. reason for this is if the car falls your hand/hands will not get crushed in the process. also keep your feet and legs out from under the car to avoid injury if the car does fall off the jack. but as some people in this comment section says. if possible use road side assistance. much safer. Thank you for the wonderful video Scotty. : )
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Scotty is correct. but for safety always put the tire on with your hands in the 9 and 3 position. like on a clock. reason for this is if the car falls your hand/hands will not get crushed in the process. also keep your feet and legs out from under the car to avoid injury if the car does fall off the jack. but as some people in this comment section says. if possible use road side assistance. much safer. Thank you for the wonderful video Scotty. : )
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Lee Centner
Scotty great job You should probably mention however, if you are beside a roadway to activate your hazard lights and watch that you dont accidentally walk out in traffic. I know that this vid is about how to correctly change a tire but I had to say something about scene safety as you are likely to be by a roadway when you get a flat tire and because I spent 22 years on the State Highway Patrol in Arizona DPS.
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Scotty great job You should probably mention however, if you are beside a roadway to activate your hazard lights and watch that you dont accidentally walk out in traffic. I know that this vid is about how to correctly change a tire but I had to say something about scene safety as you are likely to be by a roadway when you get a flat tire and because I spent 22 years on the State Highway Patrol in Arizona DPS.
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Travis Chandler
When I was 16 and got my permit first thing my dad did was make me change a tire, that way I would know how to do it. The other thing he had me do that day was drive over an interstate bridge, he didnt want me to be scared of it. Really helps that I had a former semi truck driver as a dad, I actually blew the other kids out of the water in drivers ed and I even taught the teacher a couple things lol
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When I was 16 and got my permit first thing my dad did was make me change a tire, that way I would know how to do it. The other thing he had me do that day was drive over an interstate bridge, he didnt want me to be scared of it. Really helps that I had a former semi truck driver as a dad, I actually blew the other kids out of the water in drivers ed and I even taught the teacher a couple things lol
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Kevin McGee
Checking the spare tire pressure occasionally is a very good idea. I had a jeep liberty (it was my mom's old car, I didn't pick it) and my tire went flat in a parking lot. Got the tire off, got the full size spare down, and lo and behold, that was completely flat as well. So I had to call a friend and take two tires to the shop to get repaired while my car sat at Best Buy on a jack stand. Ah, memories.
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Checking the spare tire pressure occasionally is a very good idea. I had a jeep liberty (it was my mom's old car, I didn't pick it) and my tire went flat in a parking lot. Got the tire off, got the full size spare down, and lo and behold, that was completely flat as well. So I had to call a friend and take two tires to the shop to get repaired while my car sat at Best Buy on a jack stand. Ah, memories.
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