Tire Change

1] Change your tyre in a flat, stable, and safe location. You'll need a stable, flat surface to keep the automobile from rolling away. If you're near a road, pull over as far as you can and activate your emergency flashers (hazard lights). Soft ground and hills should be avoided.

2] Put the parking brake on and the car in "Park" mode. Put your vehicle in first or reverse if you have a conventional transmission.

3] Place a hefty object in front of the front and back tyres (e.g., a boulder, concrete, a spare wheel, etc.).

4] Remove the spare tyre as well as the jack. Place the jack beneath the frame near the tyre you'll be changing. Make sure the jack is in touch with the metal frame of your vehicle.

• Molded plastic runs along the bottom of many automobiles. When you start lifting, if you don't put the jack in the appropriate area, it will fracture the plastic. If you're not sure where the jack should go, see your owner's manual.
• Most current unibody automobiles have a small notch or mark immediately behind the front wheel wells, or just in front of the rear wheel wells, where the jack is supposed to go.
• Place the jack on one of the frame beams just behind the front tyre or in front of the rear tyre on most trucks or older automobiles with a frame.

5] Raise the jack until the automobile is supported (but not lifted). The jack should be firmly secured against the vehicle's underside. Double-check that the jack is perpendicular to the ground.

6] Remove the hubcap and spin the nuts counterclockwise to free them. Don't remove them completely; simply break the resistance. When loosening the nuts, keep the wheel on the ground to ensure that you're turning the nuts rather than the wheel.

• Use a normal cross wrench or the wrench that came with your car. On separate ends of your wrench, there may be varying sizes of apertures. A properly sized wrench will smoothly slip over the nut without rattling.
• Keep the exact socket size for your lug nuts as well as a breaker bar in the trunk to prepare for any unexpected tyre changes.
• To break your lug nuts out, you'll need a lot of force. If everything else fails, stomp on the wrench or use your body weight (be absolutely certain you are turning it the correct way - counterclockwise). However, if you use your entire weight or stomp on the lug nuts, you risk stripping them because it's difficult to maintain complete contact.

7] Pump or crank the jack to lift the tire off the ground. You need to lift it high enough to remove the flat tire and replace it with a spare.

• Make sure the car is stable as you hoist it. Lower the jack and correct the problem before fully raising the car if you notice any instability.
• If the jack is leaning or lifting at an angle, lower it and reposition it so that it can raise straight up.
• It's also a good idea to maintain a tiny jack stand in the vehicle in case the jack breaks down during the tyre replacement. In the case of a jack failure, using both the small and regular jacks will keep you safe.

8] Continue to remove the nuts until they are completely removed. To loosen them, turn them counterclockwise. Rep with the remaining lug nuts, then remove them fully.

• Some automobiles have reverse threaded lug nuts, which are uncommon. These are mainly older Chrysler and GM vehicles.

9] Remove the tire. Place the flat tire under the vehicle so in the event of a jack failure the vehicle will fall on the old wheel, hopefully preventing injury. If the jack is placed on a flat, solid base, you shouldn't have any problems.

• The tire might stick due to rust. You could try hitting the inside half of the tire with a rubber mallet to loosen the tire, or use the spare tire to hit the outside half.

10] Placing the spare tyre on the hub is a good idea. Make sure the rim of the spare tyre is aligned with the wheel bolts before tightening the lug nuts.

• Be sure to install the spare tire the correct way and not backwards. The valve stem of a doughnut tire should face outwards, away from the vehicle.
• If your vehicle uses acorn-style lug nuts, it is easy to put those on backwards as well. Be sure the tapered part of the nut faces the wheel when tightening it down.

11] Tighten the nuts by hand until they are all snug. They should turn easily at first.

• Tighten the nuts as much as possible with the wrench in a star pattern. Don't totally tighten the bolts one at a time to ensure the tyre is balanced. Giving each nut a full turn until they are equally tight, go around the tyre in a star pattern, one nut across from another.
• If you use too much force, the jack may become unbalanced. Once the car is down and there is no danger of it falling, tighten the lug nuts again.

12] Lower the vehicle without putting all of your weight on the tyre. Tighten the nuts to the maximum extent possible.

13] Remove the jack and fully lower the automobile to the ground. Replace the hubcap after you've finished tightening the nuts.

14] Place the old tyre in the trunk and bring it to a repair. Obtain a cost estimate for the repairs. The cost of repairing a small hole is usually less than ₹1000. If the tyre cannot be repaired, they can properly dispose of it and sell you a new.