Rear Flat Tire Change Roadside Tips

1967coronet · Friday at 9:42 PM

Im with dadsbee on this one.
Find a correct bumper jack that fits your car. If you have mags make sure to carry
a breaker bar and socket that fits.
Couple of shop rags to keep it from scratching the chrome.

WileE · Friday at 9:55 PM

Am I THAT old compared to everyone else here ?? Huh ? When we had a flat tire out on the road anywhere, guess what we used ?? A BUMPER JACK ! That's it ! No problem. No damage. No injuries. You don't go under a car to change a wheel/tire. Oh yeah, guess what, a few years ago I had a flat on my Cordoba. Pulled car over on a side road, and VOILA ! Bumper jack, and spare changed in minutes. ( No one was hurt, including the ol' geezer while performing this exercise )

WileE · Friday at 10:08 PM

I'm actually afraid to ask how many here have never used a bumper jack.

RemCharger · Saturday at 1:08 AM

WileE said:
I'm actually afraid to ask how many here have never used a bumper jack.

It's a fair question.

Kern Dog · Saturday at 1:20 AM

I have.
I have also used a manual tire pump. I don't use either of those things anymore because newer and better things have come along.
Bumper jacks can and do bend or scratch bumpers. Back when you could get a replacement bumper for fifty bucks, that was fine but try to find a shop to straighten and rechrome your bumper now. You could spend $800 to correct a bumper.
My Charger is not a 100 point show car but I still like to keep it looking good. The bumpers on my car are thin and narrow. A Coronet or Satellite bumper may be better suited to lift a car but I still wouldn't do it unless the car looked like this:

mr340 · Saturday at 9:06 AM

When using a bumper jack always slide the spare tire partially under the car in case it does come off the jack and after removing the flat tire swap it out for the spare while installing the spare.

Daves69 · Saturday at 9:49 AM

mr340 said:
When using a bumper jack always slide the spare tire partially under the car........

Lol, like this? (from '78)........

It's been years possibly decades since I've actually used a bumper jack. Scissor jacks are more useful IMO although I feel the bases are too small.
My flats have been on trailer tires for my boat. A scissor jack for a flat on I57 just outside of Chicago with semis barreling by @ 60-65 would be a bit unnerving.
I bring my old 35 buck (clearance) aluminum Walmart floor jack along and a battery impact JIC such occasions occur these days.

I'm considering a tri air bag lift to replace it though.

GTXDAN · Saturday at 10:41 AM

I'm with KD here for sure because bumpers are a major cost now a days. Just get a scissors jack and weld a bigger base on it. And like MARPAR said get a socket and cordless impact to run the jack and change your tire. My old camper had scissor jack stabilizers mounted on the back so I got a HF impact extension and cut the drive end off and welded a socket on it and used that with a cordless drill to run the stabilizer jacks. I could park the camper and have it all level and stabilized in about 10 min.

Rear Flat Tire Change Roadside Tips

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