Changing a wheel.....record time.
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Chilli said:
2011Ford Expedition.... The wife's car. Flat rear. With the help of a cup of tea and 2 dogs jumping all over me.........45 mins. My personal best....well, given it's the first time I've changed a wheel I was rather chuffed.
Beat that.
Most likely delayed due to a big blowout the night before?Beat that.
thinfourth2 said:
Just under 8 minutes on my own all 4 wheels on a caterham 7
That's not bad at all, and impressive if you weren't using an air gun!I could do all four on a V8 Vantage in under four minutes - but these ones are race cars with air jacks, and I would most definitely be using a gun
at least they are still five-stud hubs, though, and it includes torque-checking them. But I presume that doesn't count for this thread 
PSBuckshot said:
Why does he pull away so slowly?A lot quicker than that but one of my pet peevs now is how all cars seem to require you to have the jack open at just so many degrees to locate a holding bolt through it so it doesn't squeak and will not interfere with the spare wheel. It takes longer to put the jack away thasn change the damn wheel!!!!
It's a right palaver. I had an A40 once where the tall jack just slotted in under the hinged boot floor. Obviously the wheels were a lot smaller in those days.
I recently has to change one of the 20" rollers on the Mustang and wat with trying to get the jack under it, fiddling about trying to get it raised and needing Charles Atlas to lift the damn thing into the boot, it took a fair while.
It's a right palaver. I had an A40 once where the tall jack just slotted in under the hinged boot floor. Obviously the wheels were a lot smaller in those days.
I recently has to change one of the 20" rollers on the Mustang and wat with trying to get the jack under it, fiddling about trying to get it raised and needing Charles Atlas to lift the damn thing into the boot, it took a fair while.
LuS1fer said:
I recently has to change one of the 20" rollers on the Mustang and wat with trying to get the jack under it, fiddling about trying to get it raised and needing Charles Atlas to lift the damn thing into the boot, it took a fair while.
The boys in the Bahamas jump out quick sharp and get a finger over holes in the truck's tyres before they go down whenever possible - easier to extend a jack without a car being on top.Not so practical on the M25
Dusty964 said:
Most likely delayed due to a big blowout the night before?
Medium, really...just medium! Didn't know where the jack was, didn't know how to get the spare out from under the car, and wasn't 100% sure where abouts to position the jack! Shamefully, I had to read the user manual!Still, 45 mins....might give Frank a call.
With the Unimog you don't even need a jack
Get a piece of wood the right length and jam it against the axle casing and drive forward with the difflocks in and it lifts its self onto the piece of wood lifting the wheel off the deck.
Still not fast to change them due to big nuts and 20" rims with the extra giggle of water ballast in the back wheels
Get a piece of wood the right length and jam it against the axle casing and drive forward with the difflocks in and it lifts its self onto the piece of wood lifting the wheel off the deck.
Still not fast to change them due to big nuts and 20" rims with the extra giggle of water ballast in the back wheels
Sukh13 said:
PSBuckshot said:
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