Hi Hayden, Thank you for this helped me out I changed mine yesterday on mine which is a 2006 RD7 and I'm in Australia I had a security lock nut on each tyre so I had to use the socket wrench you used but an additional key for it to remove those particular ones I'll grab the part number Incase anyone else needs it and post it.
The hook on the end of the tool hooks to the jack. And the other end hooks to the lug nut tool. So you can rotate the jack in a continuous motion instead of stopping every half rotation lol. Hope that makes since
3:50 I did that first time with my very first car 30 years ago and broke almost all wheel studs. Don't do it. Use either Four Way Lug Wrench to apply pressure evenly or power impact wrench tool. And you have to unscrew and screw it back in cross way (X). Means when you loose one nut, loose another one on opposite side of that wheel. And so on. Same way you have to tight it up.
I use my foot to operate the lug wrench also, but I don't kick it. I stand on it with one foot (holding the car for balance). If that's not enough torque, I gently bounce up and down until I create enough torque to start the nut. I've never broken one.
@@SergSpace It's all just putting force on the end of a lever arm, whether you do it with your foot or your hand with or without the help of an extension pipe. You either apply torque suddenly or gradually. There are no other possibilities. Your options were using a 4-way lug wrench- why don't manufacturers provide one with the car instead of the straight one they do provide ?- and a power impact wrench- do you really expect everybody to buy one of those for a possible flat? I see your point that force is being put on the nut in a circular way rather than from one direction, but I bet 90 % of lug nuts are removed and replaced by other means outside of professional repair shops, and I think most of those nuts manage to survive.
@@swerne01 "why don't manufacturers provide one with the car instead of the straight one they do provide ?" I had the same question to Mechanic, who replaced my stud. You can't replace it by yourself. They have to heat the disk with studs with gas torch to certain temperature kick the old stud out and with same heat to expand metal insert the new one. So they did. I paid like $250. Went home and did the same mistake (what an idiot), I was young and stubborn. So I broke another one. Went to mechanic again. You should see his face. He didn't wanted to do that again, because it's not a simple process. Than they recommended me 4-Way Cross Wheel Brace Wrench (4 way lug wrench). I bought one. I Also bought electric impact wrench for $55. Now it's quick, effortless and secure to change the wheel. I use it for 18 years now. Never had stress over flat tire again.
Just wanted to check I’d got the jacking points right before I rotated the tyres on mine, thank you! Top tip though, always slacken off the wheel nuts a bit when it’s fully on the ground, so much easier and safer. Also, if you put the hook end of the jack winder in the jack, and pointed end through the hole in the wheelbrace, you can wind the wheelbrace to raise and lower the jack….. clever stuff!
When I read your tip about using the jack winder and the wheelbrace, I thought, "so that's how you do it". I'm embarrassed to tell you I then checked my owner's manual, and the same technique was shown in there. I'd just never looked.
To your point of being quick when the wheel is off the hub with the car on the jack, you can decrease that time even more by raising the car fully before you remove the wheel and by having the spare ready to go and next to you. You can decrease the time with the wheel off to seconds, not minutes. Just like a pit stop.
Hi Hayden,
Thank you for this helped me out I changed mine yesterday on mine which is a 2006 RD7 and I'm in Australia I had a security lock nut on each tyre so I had to use the socket wrench you used but an additional key for it to remove those particular ones I'll grab the part number Incase anyone else needs it and post it.
The socket adapter I needed for my security lock nut 1 on each tyre is F502 Incase anyone needs it.
@@c0ffe3mn88hey where did you get the part?
Thank you. This was helpful. Just got a flat tire today and hoped someone had posted. Glad this was available. All the best going forward. 🙏🏽
thank you. I'm using a floor jack but all videos show those points not the factory, You do it right!!!
The hook on the end of the tool hooks to the jack. And the other end hooks to the lug nut tool. So you can rotate the jack in a continuous motion instead of stopping every half rotation lol. Hope that makes since
He use to work for AAA
3:50 I did that first time with my very first car 30 years ago and broke almost all wheel studs. Don't do it. Use either Four Way Lug Wrench to apply pressure evenly or power impact wrench tool. And you have to unscrew and screw it back in cross way (X). Means when you loose one nut, loose another one on opposite side of that wheel. And so on. Same way you have to tight it up.
I use my foot to operate the lug wrench also, but I don't kick it. I stand on it with one foot (holding the car for balance). If that's not enough torque, I gently bounce up and down until I create enough torque to start the nut. I've never broken one.
@@swerne01 Somebody will after your instructions because it's wrong way to do that.
@@SergSpace It's all just putting force on the end of a lever arm, whether you do it with your foot or your hand with or without the help of an extension pipe. You either apply torque suddenly or gradually. There are no other possibilities. Your options were using a 4-way lug wrench- why don't manufacturers provide one with the car instead of the straight one they do provide ?- and a power impact wrench- do you really expect everybody to buy one of those for a possible flat? I see your point that force is being put on the nut in a circular way rather than from one direction, but I bet 90 % of lug nuts are removed and replaced by other means outside of professional repair shops, and I think most of those nuts manage to survive.
@@swerne01 "why don't manufacturers provide one with the car instead of the straight one they do provide ?" I had the same question to Mechanic, who replaced my stud. You can't replace it by yourself. They have to heat the disk with studs with gas torch to certain temperature kick the old stud out and with same heat to expand metal insert the new one. So they did. I paid like $250. Went home and did the same mistake (what an idiot), I was young and stubborn. So I broke another one. Went to mechanic again. You should see his face. He didn't wanted to do that again, because it's not a simple process. Than they recommended me 4-Way Cross Wheel Brace Wrench (4 way lug wrench). I bought one. I Also bought electric impact wrench for $55. Now it's quick, effortless and secure to change the wheel. I use it for 18 years now. Never had stress over flat tire again.
Ooh, I did it for years with a short bar (aching back) until I finally bought a breaker bar lol
Thanks for suffering through to show with the basics
You should always loosen the lugnuts before you lift the car.
Exactly
Just wanted to check I’d got the jacking points right before I rotated the tyres on mine, thank you! Top tip though, always slacken off the wheel nuts a bit when it’s fully on the ground, so much easier and safer. Also, if you put the hook end of the jack winder in the jack, and pointed end through the hole in the wheelbrace, you can wind the wheelbrace to raise and lower the jack….. clever stuff!
When I read your tip about using the jack winder and the wheelbrace, I thought, "so that's how you do it". I'm embarrassed to tell you I then checked my owner's manual, and the same technique was shown in there. I'd just never looked.
Can you make a video to change the rim or the hubcap for another one?
Thank you my dad died and girls don't get taught these things usually so you helped
To your point of being quick when the wheel is off the hub with the car on the jack, you can decrease that time even more by raising the car fully before you remove the wheel and by having the spare ready to go and next to you. You can decrease the time with the wheel off to seconds, not minutes. Just like a pit stop.
My scissor jack failed. Threads are toast. I have a new bottle jack. Are the jack points the same?
Hey whats that spanner size??
Lol you're supposed to loosen the lug nuts before you jack it up
You might wanna take your own advice buddy
You probably wanna use your head and loosen the lug nuts before jacking up..
Zoom out buddy