How to Change a Wheel of Your Car without Any Expert Help

You are going on a short vacation with your family and suddenly you notice some weird movement of your car wheel. When you come out and see the wheel, it’s flat! What will you do? Will you call the experts and wait for hours? If yes, let us tell you that you don’t always get the help. To deal with such issues, get familiar with the information on changing car wheels.

Consider Safety:

While changing the wheel you could be struck by another vehicle or your car can slip from its jack causing you serious injuries. So, change the wheel off the road or call emergency to move your car, or move the vehicle away to evade any risk of injury.

Use High-Visibility Vest:

When you are changing the wheel you must be visible to other drivers especially at night. That ordinary yet significant costume can become safeguard for your life. So don’t forget to wear high-visibility vest.

Let People Know Your Issue:

Switch on the hazard warning lights to let people know about it and keep you safe on the roads. If ambient light is very low, use the side lights to indicate others.

Collect All Items Needed:

Collect all tools required. Read the vehicle book to know where the tools and the jacking points are. Besides, you will need a reflective warning triangle, chock for the wheels, jack, wheel wrench, spare wheel/space-saver wheel.

Let’s Get Started

• Get the spare wheel out from the car’s luggage compartment
• Take all the tools and reflective triangle out to indicate others
• If you are unable to park the car off the road, put the reflective triangle along the road
• Keep the wheel chock behind or in front of the wheel diagonally in a way it can be removed easily
• Remove the trim or hub cap of existing wheel. Take wheel wrench and relax all wheel bolts while turning them by half. (Use adapter supply tool kit to remove anti-theft bolts)
• Now place head of the jack under the jacking point and make sure that it should be on stable ground
• Turn the handle clockwise to raise the jack. Keep raising the jack until the wheel is off the road
• Now remove the wheel bolts that were in relaxed state and then remove the wheel
• Fit the spare wheel and lightly tight the bolts. Now, bring the wheel on the road by turning the handle into anti-clockwise direction
• Tighten the wheel bolts and refit the hub cap on it
• Remove the wheel chock, keep the punctured wheel and the tool in the luggage compartment
• Turn off the hazard warning lights, remove the reflective triangle, remove your high visibility vest

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