A tip: Put the wrench on the nut (or bolt head) with the handle=20
approximately horizontal, then put your foot on the end of the wrench=20
handle, grasp the fender wheel opening top with hand, push down with=20
foot, and pull up with hand. This puts your own weight plus the force of=20
the arm into the force. I always check the bolts by hand if someone else=20
has been near tightening them. And if they are overly tight, or loose (I=20
am checking for loose! also), that's the last of my business they will=20
see. Over tightening can distort wheels, brake discs or drums, and other=20
parts, not to ignore the possibility of over stressing the bots to the=20
point they may break in the future. It's not a good day when one of your=20
own tires passes you at highway speeds. :(

On 6/9/2011 2:11 AM, Ruben J=F6nsson wrote:
>> I could go on for hours. Oh, one last, be able to change a tire in the
>> dark quickly, especially a female. Number 1, is to get out of being a
>> sitting duck for harm by doing it self. Both daughters, before taking a
>> car alone, had to demonstrate changing a tire on a Ford Escort, and Ford
>> Bronco full size SUV.
>>
>>     =20
> After having my tires (wheels) mounted by the shop, I had to use a 1m lev=
er and
> a sturdy tire iron and even then had a hard time getting some of the nuts=
 off,
> I thought to myself that I was lucky beeing in the back yard and not on t=
he
> side of a dark road with a flat tire only equiped with the small tire iro=
n that
> came with the car. Even with the much larger and stronger tire iron I cou=
ld not
> have done it without some sort of lever (which I don't have with me in th=
e
> car).
>
> /Ruben
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Ruben J=F6nsson
> AB Liros Electronic
> Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden
> TEL INT +46 40142078
> FAX INT +46 40947388
> ruben@pp.sbbs.se
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
>   =20
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