Step 1: Pull off the road on a completely flat area and place the car in park. Turn off your engine and switch on your hazard lights to warn other drivers of your situation. Step 2: Place a large rock or a sturdy, heavy object behind the tires if you’re facing slightly uphill or in front of the tires if you’re facing slightly downhill. Next, you will need your spare tire, a car jack, and a tire iron.
Step 3: Remove the hubcap using the wedge on your tire iron. Loosen the lug nuts by turning the tire iron counterclockwise. Don’t remove the lug nuts yet! Simply loosen them in a star-patterned order - Loosen one and then move diagonally to the next one and so on.
Step 4: Jack up the car. Many cars have a particular spot on the frame for placing the jack. You may need to consult your owner’s manual to find this spot. The new, fully inflated tire will be slightly bigger than the flat one, so jack up the car high enough to take this into account.
Step 5: Completely remove the lug nuts and place them aside being sure not to lose them. If you have a hubcap, place them inside the upside-down hubcap.
Step 6: Carefully remove the flat tire. Place the new tire onto the wheel with the air valves facing out.
Step 7: Replace the lug nuts in the same “star” pattern that you used to loosen them. Do not tighten them completely.
Step 8: Lower and remove the jack from the car, then finish tightening the lug nuts.
Step 9: Replace the hubcap, if necessary. That’s it! You just learned how to change a tire! From driversedguru.com
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