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please HELP. how to change my car tire?

please HELP. how to change my car tire?

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ATF+4 is the recommended fluid
Hi there it is anti-clockwise to un-do the wheel nuts, but make sure you loosen them a turn before jacking up the car as this keeps the wheel in place, place a brick or a block of wood at the front and rear of a wheel thats not going to be lifted to prevent the car rolling and falling off the jack, if you are usin the emergancy jack that came with car, i would suggest you have every thing to hand like the new wheel ready to put on quickly as these jacks are designed for just that an emergancy tyre change if you are going to take your time about it buy a small trolley jack and axle stands then if you need to get under the car you can jack it up and support it safely on the stands. If this is going to a regular thing buy a tyre wrench with an extending handle as this makes light work of the wheel nuts, good luck with it.
1. Loosen off the 4-6 wheel nuts. 2. Lift car with jack. 3. Remove wheel nuts and tire. 4. Place new tire on wheel hub. 5. Put on wheel nuts.* ** * This should be done with a torque wrench, generally 80-110 lb?ft of torque. If it is temp just put on tightly to get to location of torque wrench. ** Place wheel nuts on in a star pattern, to allow of flush attachment.
ATF-4 and the pan bolts are torqued to 165 in-lbs.
ok. I probably shouldn't have been rude so I changed my answer. Previous person answered correctly, but I would be concerned about you doing this if you don't have a clue how to do it because jacking a car up is pretty dangerous. Definitelly use your parking brakes before you jack it up. I assume the new tire is already mounted on a wheel. Otherwise you would have to take the old wheel off, and take it and the new tire to a tire shop for them to mount the tire on the wheel for you. It's not something you can do easily by yourself.

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