Changing the wheel of a car is among the most boring things that a person needs to do. But a few precautions are necessary while doing this work.
If one is on the roadside one must place an L shaped stand a few yards behind the car. This stand comes with the tool kit in Maruti Alto. It needs to be unfolded and the shinning side should face the traffic that is approaching from the rear side. In this way the vehicles coming from the back side come to know that we are busing are mending our car.
Hand brakes ought to be applied before starting the work. After lifting the car on the Jack the wheel tends to move when we try to loosen the nuts. The hand break helps but not much. Therefore the loosening part should always be done before lifting the car. It is sometimes required to stand over nut opening tool to loosen it. It should be done with care lest it injures our ankles. Remember that the nuts get loosened in the anticlockwise direction and tightened in the clockwise direction. The tightening of the nuts should be done little by little for each nut. If one nut is made fully tight the others cannot be tightened without damaging the threads of the bolt.
The removed wheel must be locked in the dicky with a nut. In Maruti Alto there is a plyboard which fixes over the wheel and then there is a special nut which can be rotated with the thumb and the forefinger. The Jack must also be put in the notch that is designed for it. It is important as during an accident the wheel and the jack can come flying over the passengers who are already in trouble. The tool-kit must also be tucked under the plyboard at its fixed position for the same reason.
Lastly a Chinese hand pump and an air pressure gauge should be placed along with the toolkit. They can fit with them if placed properly. This is important because if the spare wheel is not used for a long time it may not have any air at all.
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