Putting on a donut or new tire is easy, my first time I had to do it in high school when I got a flat.
Nobody changes their own tires anyway unless they’re a farm person or has one of those hydraulic machines that puts the tire on the wheel. You drive or have your car towed to the tire store and wait while they do it.
Changing a tire over to spare is ridiculously easy, a jack, tire iron, spare tire, 5-8 minutes usually and back rolling again. Hydraulic machines is a broad list tools. From jacks, lifts and even sheers and the classically known Jaws of Life are all hydraulic machines
Ya that’s what he’s going to need unless he’s got 4 spare wheels with tires on them at home. He Can’t patch sidewalls and all those slashed tires need to be removed from the wheels eventually.
If it’s possible to do by yourself without a machine I’m curious. In my 40 Years and growing up on the sticks, I’ve never seen someone actually do it on a road car.
Manually changing out a tire on a rim is a royal pain-in-the-ass, and that's probably why you've never seen it done without a machine.
To do it manually, remove the stem, then break both beads with a well-positioned c-clamp, jack, or lever, or by carefully driving over the tire with another vehicle.
With the beads off, use at least two tire irons (and maybe some rags to protect your rim) to work the tire off one side of the rim. Gotta make sure that the other side of the tire is sort of nestled within the rim so that it gives you the most "slack" to work with. Also, a vise grip clamped to the rim can make sure that the tire doesn't slip back while you're prying.
Once you get one side off, you do the other, which is usually easier.
Mounting is the reverse, and only slightly less of a pain in the ass. Also soapy water is highly suggested for all these steps.
To reset the beads, you can manage it with a high-flow air compressor (at a gas station can work), but you may run into occasional problems. Wrapping a ratcheting strap around the circumference of the tire can help. Use soapy water to help the bead slip on too.
If the air compressor doesn't work, you can use the starting fluid explosion trick, but this can be dangerous and is tricky to get right. You risk melting your tire too. It is fun when it works though.
You can do an OK job with balancing by rigging the tire so that it balances like a "plate on a stick" and then seeing which way it tips.
And again, I don't suggest any of this, because it's just not worth it compared to using a machine or getting a shop to do it for you.
You ever meet people from the desert who like offroading or people who enjoy fixing their own cars? All you really need is a level and a way to get the tire to spin parallel to the ground.... you dont need a machine to do it.
you can't patch a tire that has the sidewalls pierced. I'm laughing cuz they've probably never even put on a donut.
Putting on a donut or new tire is easy, my first time I had to do it in high school when I got a flat.
Nobody changes their own tires anyway unless they’re a farm person or has one of those hydraulic machines that puts the tire on the wheel. You drive or have your car towed to the tire store and wait while they do it.
Changing a tire over to spare is ridiculously easy, a jack, tire iron, spare tire, 5-8 minutes usually and back rolling again. Hydraulic machines is a broad list tools. From jacks, lifts and even sheers and the classically known Jaws of Life are all hydraulic machines
Changing a tire to a spare isn't the same as changing the tire on the spare
That's why they pop several.
This is the bad boy referenced: https://youtu.be/TDEctdyNXZM
1/2 of what is shown, granted this is the “proper” way- but a can of ether and a torch can get the new tire on
But what if the car falls on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee3e
Ya that’s what he’s going to need unless he’s got 4 spare wheels with tires on them at home. He Can’t patch sidewalls and all those slashed tires need to be removed from the wheels eventually.
If it’s possible to do by yourself without a machine I’m curious. In my 40 Years and growing up on the sticks, I’ve never seen someone actually do it on a road car.
Manually changing out a tire on a rim is a royal pain-in-the-ass, and that's probably why you've never seen it done without a machine.
To do it manually, remove the stem, then break both beads with a well-positioned c-clamp, jack, or lever, or by carefully driving over the tire with another vehicle. With the beads off, use at least two tire irons (and maybe some rags to protect your rim) to work the tire off one side of the rim. Gotta make sure that the other side of the tire is sort of nestled within the rim so that it gives you the most "slack" to work with. Also, a vise grip clamped to the rim can make sure that the tire doesn't slip back while you're prying.
Once you get one side off, you do the other, which is usually easier.
Mounting is the reverse, and only slightly less of a pain in the ass. Also soapy water is highly suggested for all these steps.
To reset the beads, you can manage it with a high-flow air compressor (at a gas station can work), but you may run into occasional problems. Wrapping a ratcheting strap around the circumference of the tire can help. Use soapy water to help the bead slip on too.
If the air compressor doesn't work, you can use the starting fluid explosion trick, but this can be dangerous and is tricky to get right. You risk melting your tire too. It is fun when it works though.
You can do an OK job with balancing by rigging the tire so that it balances like a "plate on a stick" and then seeing which way it tips.
And again, I don't suggest any of this, because it's just not worth it compared to using a machine or getting a shop to do it for you.
Guess I am nobody then. Why act like a pussy cuck when its easy to change a tire?
Did you remove the tire from the actual wheel and put on a new one? How did you balance it by hand?
Taking the entire wheel off a car via lug nuts is simple. Changing a tire is removing the rubber from the wheel and putting new rubber onto the wheel.
I feel like im in a thread of people who either don’t own a car or don’t understand tire change vs wheel change
You ever meet people from the desert who like offroading or people who enjoy fixing their own cars? All you really need is a level and a way to get the tire to spin parallel to the ground.... you dont need a machine to do it.
I think people misunderstood your comment ridiculously. (or there's more based DIY pedes here than I imagined)