i was wondering if anyone of you actually buy those hydraulic car carrier when u travel out , in case your tyre puncture? it's kinda bulky . The one supplied by the car manufacturer i find difficult to use bcos have to turn so many time manually with a metal bar. This can be dangerous when stall on the highway. Any suggestion to alternative method to change tyre in a shortest time?

buy comprehensive car insurance.. it give free service

For me, I bought a hydraulic jack VAN/SMALL LORRY. Its quite small and you can fit it under your seat.

hydraulic got small one. seen one before when i father use pajero long time ago.

U talking bout d hydraulic bottle jack?

i remember got 1 movie.

put a big size balloon. put the connector to your exshaut pipe.

rev ~~~ then it will jack up

i've used 1 from my friends merc.. small hydraulic 1.. but if normal car is quite handy.. at that time i use to replace my friends kembara.. the highest point i can go can't even lift the kembara tyre.. so hav to swap with normal jack..

it's easy if u r in federal highway, if u r in remote town, another story liau.
i kena b4 at night trying to turn the pulley of the manual jack at night, very troublesome and dangerous.

If you have a flat in a dangerous area or soemwhere you cant change tyre safely.... drive to somewhere safe. U might ruin the rim... but that's slightly less troublesome then dying.

ya ya..i think so.

i don't like the one which the mechanic usually use, it's so big and bulky. sometimes when driving around the steep corner, can hear it roll at the back and hitting the car..

i remember last time carrefour got sell, very cheap only, less than RM50, but now dont know how already....
you still can go and check it, i think still there

Keep a bottle of those temporary instant tyre repair filler. Then when ur stuck with a puncture in a deserted and dangerous looking place, just fill your tyre with it, drive away to a safer place then only change your tyre.

i would not recommend this. i use to keep this but after some time, the foam becomes liquid when press, probably because of heat or it exceed expiry date. that's the reason y we never know when the time we need it , it fail to work.

i use 2 tonne small hydraulic jack..bought at Giant..

can fit at spare tyre well area..

when got offer still can get at RM50 or less.

but those are cheapo ones. written there 2-ton, jack a car can lah. want to jack a 1.5ton lorry punya front also kinda hard. and suggest to use it along with a jack stand. else, the jack would 'kaput' very fast.

dont use to service car la..just for emergency cases..

this one is also like the one mechanic usually use one right, only smaller version . still it take up quite some space behind the boot n also roll at the back . i got one of this before.

Observe the road properly while driving.
I always try my best to avoid pothholes and the left lane.

Call the Care line...

Or stop a taxi and ask him to change for you...pay him abt RM20 bucks sure he take

If the rims are light OK, some needs a lot of effort putting it on...especially at night or hot day.

And ALWAYS PUT THE CAR KEYS, WALLET, PHONE whatever in your pockets when you are doing it.

This post has been edited by azbro: Jun 15 2012, 02:51 PM

What's so difficult to change a spare?
Get a hydraulics bottle jack, very small n easy to use. Just make sure your tyre man don't over tightened the nut using his gun. Otherwise, u will have problem during emergency.

ok this hydraulic bottle jack is quite small i presume. i always hesitate to buy because im not sure if it's good . i will probably try this out . need to do some hunting again. don't know if still can find it.

Get the DC 12v electric motor powered scissor car jack.
Fast and effortless but expensive compared to hydraulic bottle jack.

I'm a scissor jack fan all the way. More work to raise the car, but its safer to see the screw cogs holding up the whole assembly rather than a rubber valve inside hydraulic ones.

roughly how much is this?

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i find the electronic one vulnerable to malfunction . if seldom use, thing get spoil easily. i prefer this one .

http://www.mudah.my/Silverline+Hydraulic+B...on-15508670.htm

do u think 2 ton is enough for myvi?

what talk you?

mine is just like this.

turn also no sakit tangan.

where u get this? how much

most of the scissor jack is difficult to turn and very troublesome.

it has been in my car bonnet for 16 years if i can trust my car grant. don't know about its price.

Agreed with you, much safer to work around with the scissor type car jack.
Turn scissor car jack with cordless power drill. Brilliant trick!

good video. will try it out soon.

the L bar and scissor jack they provided is more than adequate already..just loosen the nuts cross section while the tyre is level on the ground, use your leg and bodyweight...then only jack up..similar prosedure to tighten when on the ground... torgue is like few "tick" sounds, 2-3 ticks, or 1/16 of the circumference.

difficult and dangerous. even 10 seconds on the highway consider dangerous. so u want it fast and remove your panic fear when changing tyre. u need the fast system. moreover, imagine the burning sensation of your palm when u do it.

Perhaps, use portable air compressor pump for a fast recovery and then drive to nearest R&R area for spare tyre change or nearest workshop for puncture repair.

i have a second thought about this air compressor. if a tyre is burst on the highway, this compressor is totally useless i presume. it's only good for slow leakage of air if it happen outside the home or town car park. for highway, my guess is beyond repairable . the leak is too big and even if u pump, a few meter will puncture again if travel to find a workshop is out of vicinity.