Flying down the interstate at seventy-five miles per hour, when all of the sudden your vehicle starts shaking and swerving all over your lane. You pull over to the side of the rode and realize your tire has popped and you will need to change it. Changing a flat tire may seem like a simple enough job, but there are some safety tips you need to follow first. Park the vehicle on level ground on the side of the road away from the flow of traffic. Place the vehicle in park or in case of a manual transmission leave it in first gear, set the emergency brake, and take the keys out of the ignition. After you have finished each of these safety procedures you will be ready to change the flat. First, remove the jack, spare tire and the lug wrench. Be sure to remove the spare before jacking the vehicle, especially if the spare is under the vehicle. Secondly, remove the hub cap (if there is one) by popping it off the rim using the flat end of the lug wrench. Thirdly, loosen each lug nut, be sure not to remove the lug nuts completely at this point. If your vehicle is equipped with locking lug nuts, you will be …show more content…
Then raise the tire about two inches off the ground. This will allow enough space to remove the flat and swap it with the spare. Never, under any circumstance, place any part of your body under the vehicle or tire once it has been raised! Now, remove all of the lug nuts. If you have trouble removing a lug nut, spray it with WD-40 and let it sit for a couple minutes. When removing the lug nuts, place them inside the hub cap, this will make them easier to find and put back on. This will help make the job easier. Next remove the flat tire from the working area. Place the flat out of your work space but you can use it to block another tire in order to insure that the car will not be
This completes the above car work. Now that the car is up on the lift, remove the front wheels. Now, remove the cotter pins from the from the ball joints, and loosen the 18mm castle nuts. At this point, the ball joints can be popped free and the nuts fully removed. Next, remove the 10mm bolt from the power steering line bracket and remove the line from the plastic clips.
Remove from the oven and invert while still in the pan. Let cool for at least an hour upside down.
Take a pinch from the dough and form a ball between your palms. It should fit in the dent you have in your hands.
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My basic advice is whenever you make any modification, save the factory original parts. You might want to restore the original condition for trade-in or private sale. Remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and those shiny 22 inch wheels might not be what the next owner is looking for.
On some vehicles it maybe better to remove the body of the vehicle from the frame. this will require unhooking everything from the fire wall of the vehicle. Sometimes this will take lots of time. remember to label all the wires when removing them this will help in the reinstallation process. Also the steering column must be removed from the vehicle and all of the dash. After this you can remove the body mounting bolts from the frame and slowly remove the body from the vehicle.Muscle Car Restoration (How to Restore A basket Case.)
Step 4: Following the instructions on the jack or in the owner's manual, place the jack under the vehicle as recommended by the car's manufacturer. Then raise the tire approximately two inches from the ground. This will allow enough room to remove the flat and replace it with the spare. WARNING: Never place your hands or feet under the vehicle or tire once it has been raised.
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Since the automobile was first created, more and more safety precautions have been taken to make an automobile ride as safe as possible. I will provide information on how to keep you and your car up to date with some precautions to ensure safety on the road.
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When the temperature is in the nineties, the black asphalt of the road can reach 150 degrees. This is why most tire blowouts occur during the summer months. Unlike the obvious dangers of winter driving on slippery roads, tire blowouts take motorists by surprise and often result in loss of control of their cars.
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Richard Petty once said “You’ll got home safe, so drive safe, and stay safe.” Being a racing legend, he is an advocate for safe driving to minimise the cases of road crushes that have been on the rise. He double up as the chairman of the Veterans’ Safe Driving Initiative, the initiative is aimed at guiding the veterans returning from deployment on safe driving tips. It is necessarily important since the infrastructure has changed over time. Another initiative is being run in Minnesota where the teens are guided on the important safe driving tips. Study shows that more crushes are likely to occur in teen driving than veteran driving. It is also evident that young drivers are more likely to cause a crush within six months of passing the driving test and young male are worse than the females in the field.
Lower the package/object by placing your feet steady as when lifting. Tighten stomach muscles then bend hips and knees.
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