Posted by Don-WI on March 01, 2009 at 19:10:56 from (72.135.123.231):
In Reply to: Changing tires posted by NCWayne on March 01, 2009 at 18:47:40:
I was a dumass the other day and was screwing around in my truck, lost it, spun around 180 and hit the curb. A small peice of ice got wedged between the rim and the bead so it started leaking air.
I parked it by the apartment I live in and got out the jack and other tools from under the hood (88 F150) where they've been for 21+ years and had never been used before. I was able to figure out how it worked easily enough. It wanted to roll because I was on a slight slope and I didn't have any wheel chocks. I improvised and used 2 of the receiver's I had in the cab to block the front tires. About an hour later, (it was cold and BLOWING) I had the spare tire on and all was well. Only thing I was really thankfull for was that the spare tire was in the bed, and not under the truck. It was taken down many years ago by my dad and the hangers were rusted then. Ussually I leave it out for hauling stuff, but I try to keep it in. I ended up slicing into the sidewall on a front tire this fall so it was a good thing I had another tire off of the truck remounted on the rim so I still had a spare to install.
Got the other tire fixed for free by the guy that works on my truck. Popped the bead off that side, heated it up with a propane torch to melt the ice, and put it back on. Just gotta put it back on the truck now and throw the spare back in the bed.
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