| It is important for every driver to know how to safely | | | | room to remove the flat tire and attach the spare. Use |
| change a tire. Flat tires always come as a surprise and | | | | the lug wrench to remove the lug nuts completely. |
| it is vital that you know how to change one. Here are | | | | Place the loosened lug nuts into the hubcap to keep |
| easy instructions that anyone can follow. | | | | them organized; if you do not have the hubcap, place |
| Many people believe that driving on a flat tire will | | | | all the lug nuts in one spot. When the lug nuts are |
| damage the car further. While this may be true, it really | | | | removed, pull tire straight out with both hands and |
| does not matter when you are in danger so pull the | | | | place the flat tire on the ground. Grab the spare tire |
| car safely off the road, even if the tire is flat already. | | | | and put it on the car. Replace the lug nuts with the lug |
| Preferably, you would like the car to be in a flat spot | | | | wrench and lower the jack down so the tire is setting |
| so that the vehicle is balanced while changing tires. | | | | on the ground again. Remove the jack and replace the |
| Remove the spare tire from your trunk and check that | | | | hubcap, if you wish. Put the flat tire back in the trunk |
| it has air. Place the spare next to the flat tire, retrieve | | | | where the spare was and replace the jack and lug |
| the jack, and lug wrench. Place the jack under the car | | | | wrench to their original spots in the car. Shut the trunk |
| at the place where the owner's manual recommends | | | | and you are ready to go again. |
| (perhaps the axel or side of the chassis, but never part | | | | Having a tire blowout can be a dangerous and scary |
| of the body, which cannot hold the weight of the car). | | | | thing but you can be ready to replace a tire with these |
| Before jacking up the car, remove the hubcap, if you | | | | facts. Loosening the lug nuts on the flat, jacking up the |
| have on, from the wheel and loosen the lug nuts with | | | | car, removing the lug nuts, removing the tire and |
| the lug wrench. Do this before jacking up the car | | | | attaching the spare, tightening the lug nuts is a simple |
| because the leverage caused by loosening the | | | | way to go about changing a tire. Remember, do not |
| tightened lug nuts could cause the car to fall off the | | | | be afraid to drive on a flat tire. You can drive on a flat |
| jack. Raise the car up so that the tire is about 2 to 3 | | | | for enough distance as it takes to get you safely off |
| inches above the ground in order to give yourself | | | | the road. |