OMG!! Help? Damsel In Distress!

photome

I have read all the thread and I used to do all my own maintenance on cars, but one thing I would never do is change a tyre. It is not easy to do at home and for the sake of a few pounds, just isnt worth it.

maniac886

photome wrote: »

I have read all the thread and I used to do all my own maintenance on cars, but one thing I would never do is change a tyre. It is not easy to do at home and for the sake of a few pounds, just isnt worth it.

Agreed...you will probably need to get the tracking done as well so its best getting it done at a garage or mobile tyre fitters.

anewman

I guess the tyre fitters make it look easier than it is. You really need specialist equipment to change tyres, and a wheel balancer. There might be some cheap "trackside" equivalents (for those into track racing etc) that can get the job done, but it's probably best left to someone trained in changing tyres and balancing. Particularly given the safety implications tyres on cars have.

BillScarab

To change tyres as a minmum you would need a set of tyre levers and I don't know anyone who has a set of those at home. Well not for car tyres anyway, I have a set for bicycle tyres but I dont' think they'd be up to the job!

haggisAThome

vaio wrote: »

I do almost all the jobs on my cars myself but changing a tyre is one I’d stay well away from, particularly if I couldn’t get the valve caps off (which is the first really really easy step in changing a tyre)

now you know why women don't like the motoring industry !!!!


i think you will find that MSS was referring to changing a wheel and got it mixed up with what lots of blokes call changing a Tyre ! being pedantic about things like that is a bit petty don't you think ?

i am only trying to help people who don't know much about cars and the terminology

BillScarab

haggisAThome wrote: »

now you know why women don't like the motoring industry !!!!


i think you will find that MSS was referring to changing a wheel and got it mixed up with what lots of blokes call changing a Tyre ! being pedantic about things like that is a bit petty don't you think ?

i am only trying to help people who don't know much about cars and the terminology

MSS originally asked about getting the stuck valve caps off. She then said the tyres are old so it may be worth changing the tyres, so she was deifnately talking about changing tyres not changing a wheel. I don't think anyone would describe changing tyres as an easy DIY job as most people won't have the tools and certainly wouldn't be able to balance it afterwards.

haggisAThome

ahh (that's what i get for not reading the threads properly)


my apologies to vaio :beer:

RustyFlange

No one has suggested that they could be locking wheel valves and need some kind of screwdriver/key to get them off

chigley

If you are going to fit aluminium dust caps to look smart, its worth paying a bit more and getting the ones which have a brass threaded insert, as they are much less likely to seize on (unless as mentioned you use copperslip etc).

That said, I fitted some to one of my cars, and they only lasted two days before two of them got nicked. They are attractive to schoolboys on mountain bikes, as they are the same size!

goldspanners

chigley wrote: »

If you are going to fit aluminium dust caps to look smart, its worth paying a bit more and getting the ones which have a brass threaded insert, as they are much less likely to seize on (unless as mentioned you use copperslip etc).

That said, I fitted some to one of my cars, and they only lasted two days before two of them got nicked. They are attractive to schoolboys on mountain bikes, as they are the same size!

i had the locking type on my car,it was fun watching the ten year olds trying to steal the caps when they were locked, thier fingers must have been covered in brake dust because my wheels were covered in finger marks!