Teddydogno1
Active Member
Monday my wife came home with a flat. Didn't mention it to me, but I noticed it when I brought in the trash can. "Oh, it gave me a low pressure warning when I was leaving work, but it drove fine so it couldn't have been flat."
It was sitting on the rim. I filled it up completely and by morning was back on the rim. Time to put on the Summer tires anyway. So yesterday it was dry and I did it myself rather than trying to ferry the wheels to Discount Tire, who usually does my seasonal swaps.
No issues. The Harbor Freight low profile jack worked fine and fit the jack-point pads fine. First time I have worked with lug bolts instead of studs & nuts. A little harder getting in place while getting the first one started. Glad they are only 195 on a 17" wheel and not my 305s on a 20" wheel for the Challenger though!
Book said 101 ft-lbs torque. Easily reached with my torque wrench. Seems like fairly low torque and easy to achieve. That sound right, though? Any tricks or special techniques for wheel changes for our MINI that I missed? Wheel didn't seem to be "hub centric" or anything...just prop up with my feet while starting the bolt, work them all in loosely before tightening first to 90 then 101 ft-lb. Easy. Getting the new set out of the shed after moving half the contents out of the way (including my winter set for the Challenger) was the hardest part.
I think I'll take the flat down to DT to have then check, but it looks like there is a jagged cut in the sidewall. Don't really need to deal with the tire until late Fall, but probably need 2 new tires as these have about 23k miles on them. This was passenger-front and were ready to move to the rear with more wear than the rears. So two new tires for front before winter. I think I have road hazard certs on them...
Rob
It was sitting on the rim. I filled it up completely and by morning was back on the rim. Time to put on the Summer tires anyway. So yesterday it was dry and I did it myself rather than trying to ferry the wheels to Discount Tire, who usually does my seasonal swaps.
No issues. The Harbor Freight low profile jack worked fine and fit the jack-point pads fine. First time I have worked with lug bolts instead of studs & nuts. A little harder getting in place while getting the first one started. Glad they are only 195 on a 17" wheel and not my 305s on a 20" wheel for the Challenger though!
Book said 101 ft-lbs torque. Easily reached with my torque wrench. Seems like fairly low torque and easy to achieve. That sound right, though? Any tricks or special techniques for wheel changes for our MINI that I missed? Wheel didn't seem to be "hub centric" or anything...just prop up with my feet while starting the bolt, work them all in loosely before tightening first to 90 then 101 ft-lb. Easy. Getting the new set out of the shed after moving half the contents out of the way (including my winter set for the Challenger) was the hardest part.
I think I'll take the flat down to DT to have then check, but it looks like there is a jagged cut in the sidewall. Don't really need to deal with the tire until late Fall, but probably need 2 new tires as these have about 23k miles on them. This was passenger-front and were ready to move to the rear with more wear than the rears. So two new tires for front before winter. I think I have road hazard certs on them...
Rob
