VIDEO: How to change a tyre for dummies

What does one do after hitting one of the many potholes in Randfontein? Or perhaps getting a flat in a foreign area?

Qualified mechanic, Barney Nel took the time to show the Herald and by extension the rest of Randfontein how to correctly change a tyre. However, he also gives safety tips in the event of getting a flat in an unsafe environment.

With regards to safety he said, “I feel that if a woman were to get stuck on the side of the road, they should drive to the nearest and safest place to get help or change the tyre. There was a case where a woman was in a similar situation in Krugersdorp and she was raped and murdered. Tyres and rims are replaceable — lives are not.” This is true for both men and women who get stuck in a dangerous or unknown area.

His wife Gerda Nel added, “If you drive with a flat, drive very slowly with your hazards on. Preferable in the emergency lane of the road until you get to safety.”

See video  here.

How to change a tyre:

• Look for a clear and level surface to stop

• If safe, indicate to leave road onto said surface

• Switch on hazards and switch vehicle off

• Pull handbrake up, park car in first gear

• Remove keys from ignition

• Put traffic triangle approximately 10 meters from rear of car

• Find two steady stones

• Place on opposite side of flat on behind front and rear tyres

• Remove spare, jack, wheel spanner from boot.

• Place spare under car near jacking point

• If vehicle has wheel trim, remove

• Loosen wheel nut half way

• Put jack at jacking point and jack car

• Turn jack handle clockwise until wheel is off ground

• Fully loosen bolts and lift wheel off car

• Remove spare from under car

• Put flat where spare was

• Position spare and fit nuts

• Hand tighten nuts on opposite sides

• Refit wheel trimming

• Replace flat, jack, and spanner in boot

• Have spare repaired as soon as possible

• Check spare regularly

• Pump spare up more than tyres already fitted on car

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