St3v3
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Then lifted in to studs. No sorry tried to lift it on to studs.
Lower the jack
Then lifted in to studs. No sorry tried to lift it on to studs.
Good pointI removed my spare wheel and carrier, 70+Kg carting around, must have been costing a small fortune in fuel.. I just have a couple of cans of puncture repair now. ?
I've been down both routes, I've changed wheels myself taking an average 20 mins, (finding the locking wheel nut key can be time consuming).Always interested in this type of discussion; if in a day I can earn three times what I would pay a good tradesman to do the work I need, why would I spend my own time doing it? I’d lose money and it would be a worse job. I don’t ask unskilled people to do my job, why should I try to do theirs??
I had what I thought was a puncture, turns out to be a crack in the wheel. It took me 3 days to get a wheel .
I have heard of three other similar cases
If I had no spare, I would have been fukced
It is illegal to use tubes in tubeless tyres for many years now,hold your hand out.I had that the other day, never heard of it, but tyre man says it's common, I used the rim of the spare and put a tube in the spare, I'll look for a wheel on Ebay and sort it later maybe.
Perhaps his van has wire wheels. ?It is illegal to use tubes in tubeless tyres for many years now,hold your hand out.
Had a blowout on the M1 "smart" section, no hard shoulder, in a cutting, nowhere to go except up. RAC got there before traffic police, had my spare on in no time. No spare wheel? You have to be joking!Good point
The only time I won't change a tyre is on a motorway otherwise it's the jack n tourque wrench job done !Yesterday I was following a car that got a flat tyre when I stopped and offered help I was told no thanks we just call the breakdown people. Had I changed his wheel he would have been back on the road within 10 minutes not waiting for a tow truck.I grew up when the most important thing in a car was a tool kit and have been known to even change a head gasket on the side of the road. Now I realize you can do very little to modern cars but if you are able bodied why get breakdown just to change a wheel. Is this why insurance premiums are getting so expensive?.
I made my daughter change a wheel, change and gap a plug and do under bonnet checks before she passed her test, at least she will never be stranded by minor problems like a flat or a faulty plug . Yes she carries a tool kit !I wonder why they no longer know. Is it schools or parents not passing these skills on. Certainly a shame.