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How to Change a Flat Tire

A flat tire never happens when it’s convenient. You’ll be all dressed up and on the way to an important event when you run over that errant nail.

Tools needed: Spare tire, jack, lug wrench for a Flat tire

1. Park your car on a flat surface. If you get a flat while on the road, pull your car as far away from traffic as possible. Make sure to put on the Emergency Brake. Don’t park in the middle of a curve where approaching cars can’t see you.

2. Turn on your hazard lights. Get the jack, wrench, and spare tire from the trunk of the car and bring them over to the tire that is flat. Use other tools or supplies, if needed.

3. Use the wrench to loosen the lug nuts. You may need to remove the hubcap. Don’t remove the lug nuts at this point; simply loosen them by turning the wrench to the left (counter-clockwise).

If the lug nuts are really tight, try placing the wrench on the nut and standing on the wrench arm to use your full weight on it or put some wd 40.

4. Use the jack to lift the vehicle off the ground. Different car models may have different places to put the jack; consult your owner’s manual for specific locations. Once the jack is securely in the correct spot, jack up the car until the tire is about 6 inches off the ground or enough space so you can easily replace it.

Tips how to change a Flat tire

5. Remove the lug nuts and pull the tire off the car. Be sure to place the lug nuts in a pile that won’t get scattered, and pull the tire straight toward yourself to remove it from the wheelbase. If the tire is to hard to remove it once you took off the lug nuts try kicking the tire on the side.

6. Place the spare on the car. Line up the lug nut posts with the holes in the spare, and push the spare all the way onto the wheelbase until it can’t go any farther.

7. Put on the lug nuts. Tight them very gently, make sure they hold the tire steady.

8. Lower the car back to the ground. Use the jack to bring the car back down to ground level. Remove the jack from underneath the car.

9. Make sure the lug nuts are tightened. With the car back on the ground, you can now tighten the lug nuts. Rather than tightening them one by one in order, start with one lug nut, tighten it about 50%, move to the opposite nut (across the circle) and tighten that one about the same amount. Keep tightening opposite lug nuts gradually in turn until each lug nut is as tight as it can be.

10. Put your flat tire and tools back in your trunk. Please make sure you take the bad tire to a flat fix in case this happens again you won’t be left with no spared tire stranded in the middle of the road.

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