Safety When Changing Tires

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Summary: Safety is key when working with flat tires and cars lifted off the ground. Learn to fix a flat tire safely from an auto mechanic in this free auto repair video.

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Mitch Jones Mitch Jones loves working on cars as a hobby, and over the past 11 years has made it into a fulfilling career. He specializes in European vehicles, but can fi... read more

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Safety When Changing Tires

My next topic is the overall safety of changing the wheels and jacking the vehicle and using the various products. Now when you are jacking the vehicle like I said for an extended period of time there should be a jack stand under the vehicle in case the vehicle gets bumped so it doesn't fall off the jack and you won't be able to get it back up and you want to be careful like, jarring the car as little as possible whenever you are changing the tire because you do not want this to fall on you. Of course you can see the obvious health risk if that does happen. Now the other safety is making sure that you do not let your tire get under inflated like when we covered the punctures because if you let that go too long the inner material inside the tire will eat its way out as you are rolling along from the weight of the car and there not being enough air and air pressure in the tire so you don't want that to happen because it may cause a blow out, then you will have like a driving vehicle accident and that would not be good for your health either. So you just want to make sure that you use the proper equipment and make sure that your jack is not leaking any fluid either because you don't want the car going down and what not while you are dealing with it. And just look out for yourself like if you have to change your tire on the side of the road just make sure you get far off to where you are not in the oncoming traffic and just other things like that. Just use your common sense and you should be okay and that covers the safety of dealing with tires and jacking the vehicle.