Removing the tyre:
- Move to the side of the road safely, put on your hazard lights and set your emergency break.
- Find your spare tyre and tools (lug wrench and a jack) – usually in the trunk or under the car (but you can check in your owner’s manual as well).
- Remove the wheel’s hubcap. Don’t remove the lug nuts – just loosen them up.
- See your manual to find the right place to lift the car with the jack.
- Lift the car until the wheel is off the ground.
- Remove the lug nuts and then the tyre with both hands.
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Notice: Do not attempt to change a tyre if it risks the safety of you or your passengers.
Mounting the spare:
- Align the holes on the spare with the bolts on the wheel and push the tyre in as far as it will go.
- Replace lug nuts and tighten.
- Replace the opposite lug nuts (this ensures they are tightened evenly).
- Lower your car.
- Retighten each lug nut, then its opposite.
A few more tips:
- Carry a pair of sturdy gloves and a garbage bag in your trunk, in case the tyre you're removing is covered in mud and a sturdy board to place your jack on in case the ground is soft, to avoid the jack sinking in.
- Check the inflation pressure of the spare tyre before mounting. If this is not possible, once mounted, drive carefully at low speed until it can be checked.
- Visit the nearest service station and inflate the tyre correctly.
- If you have a mini spare, make sure you stay within its speed and mileage requirements.
- Visit your garage to find a replacement tyre.
Wheel nuts:
- Where necessary, use light machine oil on the wheel nut threads to help their removal.
- Poorly tightened wheel nuts risk damaging the brake discs or wheel mounting system.
- Use a torque wrench to make sure you tighten the nuts correctly with the correct torque.
If you don't have a torque wrench get a tyre specialist to check them as soon as possible. This will ensure the correct torque has been applied. - Correctly tightened wheel nuts will also make it easy to remove them.
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