Just hit a pot hole and the wall of my tire is fucked. Popped the trunk to replace it but I forgot the scisor jack that came with my car doesn’t work. Long story short, I had family who lived near by pick up my floor jack and ratchet kit. Now I am looking into tire replacement, but also how I can just solve this on my own the next time.

Are bottle jacks good for emergency tire replacement, or should I just look for a scisor jack? I feel like bottles are easier, but theres always a few people saying they are junk when I look into them. I have a tire iron but had them grab my ratchet set just in case since it was next to the jack.

I just feel like a dumbass now and want to make sure I’m not a dumbass in the future

  • manualoverride@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Last week I put together a kit because my car only comes with a pump and a can of tyre goo:

    • 2t bottle jack the correct height for the axle jacking points (fits in the palm of my hand)
    • 2 x lightweight wheel chocks
    • 2 x folding axel stands (checked to make sure they can lift axels enough to change a tyre)
    • wheel spanner for the lug nuts turned down to fit the bottle jack handle hole and drilled the end to work the jack release valve. (The handle that comes with most bottle jacks are useless)

    On uneven ground bottle and scissor jacks are always sketchy, having chocks and axel stands can give you enough time to get out of the way and prevent an accident. Most importantly the time to test out the kit is at home before you need to use it.