You are driving your car on the road; you see a pothole or any other obstruction in the way. You might think it is not safe to go on that road with that kind of disturbance in the middle. So what do you do? You change your tyres !!!
Simple isn’t it !! Almost everybody has known how to change tyres since childhood. But, very few people know about changing bicycle Hankook Tyres Croydon or motorcycle tyres, which can be dangerous if done wrong. What about a unicycle? How does one deal with punctures in unicycles? Do they have inner tubes like bicycles and motorcycles? We will answer all these questions right here…
Some people may say… “Unicycle doesn’t have an inner tube, so how can you get a puncture?” The answer is, while unicycles don’t have inner tubes per se, they do have a “tyre” that can go flat and needs to be repaired or replaced in the same way.
Now that you know how to change tires, let’s look at the different types of tyres available today.
There Are Two Types of Tyres- Tubeless and Tube Type. Tubeless tyres are slowly getting popular as they don’t require an inner tube. All you need is a sealant filled inside the tyre when it is new and then the tyre is inflated. There are no patches or plugs required in case of a puncture. On the other hand, Tube type Cheap Tyres Croydon remain the most popular type of tyres. They have an inner tube which needs to be replaced when it goes flat.
Now That We Know About the Different Types of Tyres, Let’s Take a Look at How to Change Tyres for Each of These Types:
How to Change Tubeless Tyres?
The process of changing a tubeless tyre is slightly different from changing a tube-type tyre. Here are the steps:
- Park your car on a flat surface and apply the parking brake.
- Loosen the lug nuts on the wheel with the flat tyre using a wrench or socket set.
- Jack up the car and place the jack stands under the frame to support the car weight.
- Remove the lug nuts and wheel and set them aside.
- Clean the area around the tyre with a rag.
- Inflate the new tyre to 20psi using a bicycle pump or air compressor.
- Mount the new tyre on the wheel and replace the lug nuts. Tighten them up with a wrench or socket set.
- Lower the car to the ground by removing the jack stands and tightening the lug nuts fully.
How to Change Tube-Type Tyres?
The Process of Changing a Tube-Type Tyre Is Pretty Simple. Here Are the Steps:
- Park your car on a flat surface and apply the parking brake.
- Loosen the lug nuts on the wheel with the flat tyre using a wrench or socket set.
- Jack up the car and place the jack stands under the frame to support the car weight.
- Remove the lug nuts and wheel and set them aside.
- Clean the area around the inner tube with a rag to remove any dust particles that might have got in between while driving on potholed roads or other places where your tyre could have come into contact with something else.
- Inflate new inner tube just enough so you can take it out from its packaging, but not much more than that i.e not up to full pressure as stated on its label.
- Locate the hole where air leaks using a soap solution of dishwashing liquid mixed with water in a spray bottle. Just apply this to the inner tube at all possible places where air can be leaking out and you will notice bubbles forming wherever the leak might be.[You must use this mixture else you cannot pinpoint the exact position of puncture]
- Once you have located the hole, mark it for reference later on when putting back the tyre on steel-rimmed wheels or aluminium rims.(Marking point can vary depending on the type of tyre if it has Beadlock then remove the tyre from the rim)
- On tubeless tyres, remove the valve-stem and sealant would leak out. If you want, you can mark the point where it came out after removing it. On tube-type tyres, remove the inner tube and patch up if required using a tubeless tyre repair kit and apply some sealant inside to plug small holes or punctures.[You can do this if your Car Tyres Croydon has punctured multiple times.
- Once done, put back the old inner tube in its packaging carefully as we will need to use it later if making an exchange. Put the new inner tubes on steel-rimmed wheels or aluminium rims without removing them from the wheel. (Inner tubes for alloy wheels are expensive)
- Carefully inflate the inner tube anywhere between 5 and 10 pounds, not more than that.
- Replace the wheel on the car and tighten lug nuts with a wrench or socket set.
- Lower the car to the ground by removing the jack stands and tightening the lug nuts fully.
- Finally, take your car for a spin to check whether the tyre is holding air and if there are no more leaks, your tyre is ready to go on the road.
