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I have changed numerous tyres at the roadside. It can be done quite easily. I had issues with one wheel which had ‘stuck’ to the hub - severe kicks with my size 11s didn’t make any difference. Luckily I was able to be a hammer which sorted it out. If you are going to buy a spare wheel and tools, make sure you get a decent wheel brace - I’ve had one bend (Renault I think) to the point it was unusable.
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This. Deffo carry a hefty extendable brace with a decent quality socket. All the manufacturer-supplied ones are a token gesture at best, made from horse hair and rusk.
Use plenty of copper slip when re-fitting wheels to make sure they’re less likely to fuse to their hub.
Wheel theft is much less common these days; back in the day a mate had a lovely Seat Ibiza Mk1 SXi with the original multi-spoke wheels which were constantly targeted to the point where he just stuck it on steels…
ectoplasmosis
On the above…has anyone had success changing to their spare at the roadside?
This ^ should have been perfect conditions - in a car park, access to tools - but still failed due to smashing the key for the locking bolt to bits.
I wonder if it’s worth the fuel carrying the spare around.