Can you change a tire?

[mix]

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. yes n/t

[GirlAfire]

21. Nope, not at all. There are...

...men for that kind of thing. :P

[asdjrocky]

2. I'll change any tire you have.

Busted truck tires as a youth, the old split rims too.

[Kali]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

in my sleep, blindfolded, with no shoes, probably even one handed!

cool picture

[Alexander]

4. Not only can I, I've already done it.

[Riftaxe]

5. Change it into what? (nt)

[mix]

6. from flat to full, not everyone can nt

[asdjrocky]

7. Yes, but the tire has to really want to change. nt

[Mopar151]

19. The humor in this post cannot be appreciated

Until you encounter a tire which is truly reluctant to change. Like a rusty splitrim, or a Michelin on a Chrysler cop car (double safety bead) wheel.

[asdjrocky]

20. You've busted some tires.

Or have done your research, lol. I did mine at Trade-wind tires in Lodi Ca. That's right, I was stuck in Lodi again.

[Mopar151]

25. I busted me some tires

If I have a "mentor" in the tire game, it's Don Jackson at Charlestown Tire. I learned alignment when I was a GM tech, scaling & setup from being around Modified racing since I was a kid.
These days, I race a Modified style car in the New England Hillclimb series (when I have fuel money.. f'n banksters...) <www.hillclimb.org> and have a vintage Coats "Iron Tireman" hand machine - it does'nt bend lightweight steel wheels, or gouge aluminium ones. The wife's car is handled by pros - and not the kids at Sears. I reddomend the 'Scandanavian method" to anybody in snow country - Winter tires on winter wheels, Summer tires on summer wheels.

[Captain Hilts]

48. Or a dumbass with an impact wrench put the lugs on too tightly or ruined the threads. nt

[goldcanyonaz]

8. Yep, in my sleep.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. No.

I have never changed one...

I hope that doesn't make me a bad person!

:P

[Mugu]

10. Unless I can talk somebody else into changing it,

it won't get changed until I do it.

[csziggy]

11. I voted "No" since I cannot physically do it anymore

I learned how to change a tire in Driver's Ed and have done it on various cars and trucks in my life. But now with a bad back and bad kness, and totally out of shape, I simply cannot do the work anymore. Today I can barely sit up my back is hurting so bad.

Even if I weren't physically worn out, I might not be able to do it. The last time I tried to change a tire on my truck, the lug nuts were tightened so tight the AAA truck driver couldn't get them off. He called a tow truck and had it taken to a shop where they used the hydraulic wrench to get them off - and of course, put them back on.

[Iggo]

12. Yep.

I'll always remember Dad telling me, "Nobody's gonna help you change a tire. This is a one-man job. So pay attention."

[proteus_lives]

13. Don't time me but I can do it.

[zx_3500]

14. oh definitely

doing it since my teen years

[elocs]

15. Yes and the last time was 3 years ago on a new car with a few hundred miles on it.

Tire blew on the Interstate just a few miles from my home just before the exit ramp. Goodyear would not pay for its replacement since I drove on it, but then stopping on the exit ramp did not seem like a good idea.

[BlueIris]

16. No. I have tried and tried, but it's not in the cards. Oil, yes. Tire, no. nt

[Orsino]

17. It's been nearly a quarter-century, but I assume I still could. n/t

[Mopar151]

18. Change, mount, demount, break beads, flat repair

Static and dynamic balance (on and off car), 2 and 4 wheel alignment (electronic and guage), scaling.
If the people who put tires on your car do not use antiseize on the lugs, hand torque the wheel lugs, and correctly stow your spare, change shops. If they do not lubricate the tire while mounting or dismounting, that's a problem too.

[bigwillq]

22. No (nt)

[Raffi Ella]

23. I've seen others do it so I think I know how to-

but I've never changed one myself so I don't know if I could do it or not.

[MajorChode]

24. Of course. I have the number for the auto club in my cell phone

[Moondog]

26. Yes. But ...

my current ride has run-flats, so I'm guessing that I'll be less likely to need to do so. Unless something really bad happens ....

[Shell Beau]

27. I don't know. I've never had to, but I know how to do it.

It is just the matter of physically being able to. I think I could. I am a strong gal.

[Cant trust em]

28. It's not difficult or complicated

You just have to be taught how to do it.

[Mopar151]

36. If some are sincerely interested, I'll post up.

There's a couple tricks so's the fairest damsel can do it.

[Roon]

29. I helped an old lady on the side of the road change her tire

I didn't just help her, I did all the work while she sat in her car. A cop pulled up just as I was finishing and asked over his loudspeaker if everything was OK..I nodded yes and he drove off..the lady then drove off on her spare..(pre doughnut tire days)

[Skittles]

30. I've never had to, but I think I do know how

[Midlodemocrat]

31. Yup. But I don't. I have AAA to do it for me.

[hunter]

32. I once replaced a head gasket in the parking lot of a K-mart.

Tire? No problem.

I'll bet the fair maiden who took that picture knew how to change a tire too.

[EFerrari]

41. That's pretty good, hunter! I wouldn't know what the head gasket was

or where it might live.

Once I had to take the radiator out of a care, walk it to a gas station where they patched it for me. Maybe out of an elderly Rambler. I don't remember putting it back in, though. Maybe that's what happened to that Rambler. lol

[Dr Morbius]

33. I've done it often enough.

In decent weather, I can replace a tire on a car within fifteen minutes, and that includes jacking it up and putting everything back in the trunk when it's done. If the weather is inclement, much more likely in the Chicago area where I live, it may take a while longer.

AAA? Tow truck? I'll save anything from $75 to $100 by replacing the tire myself, so I won't hesitate to replace a tire at need.

Not a pleasant job, but I'm an unusual guy: I don't see work as a negative thing. Work is a good thing. Everyone should work. It's good for you. I've done much more disgusting work than changing a tire, and one shower and change of clothes later, it's all history.

If you'll pay me to do it, I'll even change your tire.

[lillypaddle]

34. maybe, if I can get the lug nuts off

it's always sumthin'

[Shell Beau]

39. Mine were on so tight once, that the college cop couldn't get them off,

and he was a BIG dude. A little WD-40 and it was all good. Probably not good, but it worked.

[Blue_In_AK]

35. I'm 63,

and so far I've never had to change a tire. Men respond to damsels in distress.

[flvegan]

37. Yes, but it's easier to call AAA.

[BlueJazz]

38. Yes but I tire when I do it.

[NV Whino]

40. You betcha.

[bluesbassman]

42. Yeah and I can make a shoe smell too,

Many other assorted cocktails. Just let me know. :)

[meeshrox]

43. Ladies...

we should all know how to change a tire! For shame!

It's a safety issue... :) *end lecture

[hippywife]

44. Theoretically I can.

Haven't had to do it in eons. I do know how though, just not sure I still have the strength to.

:hi:

[jmowreader]

49. For all who don't think they have the strength to change a tire...

First, find out what size your lug nuts are. They're probably either 19mm if you have an import, or 3/4" if you have a domestic. Go to Sears. Buy a 1/2" flex-head breaker bar and a socket that will fit both the breaker bar and the lug nut. Next, go to your favorite store that sells black iron pipe, and buy four feet of the smallest size pipe you can stick the breaker bar into. (Craftsman flex heads used to fit into a 1/2" pipe. They still should. They're made to do this with.) Throw all this shit in your trunk.

Then, the next time you get a flat, put socket on breaker bar and breaker bar in pipe, Put socket on lug nut with the handle to the left of the nut, then push down real hard on the end of the pipe. That lug nut WILL give up.

[triguy46]

45. Yep. Just did so on tuesday. And 3 weeks ago too. I'm a tire changin' fool

[greendog]

46. As a vetran driver of rural gravel roads I've done it many times.

In Alaska. In the Yukon. In the N.W. Territories. In New Mexico. In Montana. In Glacier National Park at 1 am by the light of a full moon. And most recently at the National Bison Range last month.

[Captain Hilts]

47. Sure can. AND I've gotten good at it since my tires have been slashed three times. nt

[Brother Buzz]

50. I changed a tire just today

My old French girl (45 years old) just got a brand new 27'X1 1/4" tire today. She looked so nice I decided to polish up her rims and spokes. I cleaned her chain just last week. She's still a fun ride even if she is relegated to 'around town' rides. She's happy servicing me on the short runs and doesn't get the least bit upset when I take the English girl out for the longer country rides.

Car tire changing was taught in Driver Education back in the sixties. I never obtained NASCAR pit crew speeds, but I learned to perform the task efficiently and effortlessly.

[TheKentuckian]

51. Yep. Done thousands. I can plug one too

I worked at a full service station back in the day.

[MiddleFingerMom]

52. I changed attire just last week.

.
MAY change it again next week.
.

[XemaSab]

53. I can, but the wheel will fall off a week later

:P

[NoPasaran]

54. How's that tirey-changey thing working out for everybody?

[Brickbat]

55. Yes. It's very easy.

[Arkansas Granny]

56. Yep. I can change a tire. My dad insisted that all of us know how to take care of minor

maintenance issues on cars when we started driving. He also showed us how to check oil, transmission fluid, tire pressure, etc. and how to use jumper cables. He thought it was just common sense stuff that everyone should know.

[mix]

57. I didn't have a common sense dad like you.

I had to learn all that on my own.

You are right, this is stuff we should all known if we're driving.

[nickinSTL]

58. How about...Yes, in theory

I know how to do it, I've had it demonstrated to me, but I've never actually done it.

The couple times I've had flats in recent years, my wife gets to it and changes the tire herself and won't let me touch it :eyes:

[rrneck]

59. Sure. Here's my favorite method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMN7fGZW_BY

[Fleshdancer]

60. How does anyone let their kid drive without teaching them how to change a tire?

Changing a tire and checking the oil was the first thing my dad taught me before he ever let me get behind the wheel of a car.

I'm extremely grateful for this too because I endured way too many flat tires at the age of 16. There was a lot of construction in my neighborhood at that time and if there was a nail in the road, I was destined to puncture a tire with it.

[seabeyond]

61. i have never had to so cant say. assuming i could figure it out. dad made me learn three

decades ago.

but i do think it funny how the gender difference in answers.