I just noticed a fairly large screw in my rt rear stock tire. I'm going to take it to Discount Tire tomorrow. I have a few questions that I could use some help with.

1. Is there any way in particular that the car should be jacked up?
2. After the tire is patched, how should I have them balance it?. ie. where to tell them to put the balancing weights.
3. What should the torque wrench be set at when tightening the bolts?

Thanks

George

 

1- they will tyipcally use the bay lifts, so dont worry, but if they don't and just jack up the car, see this page: https://www.s2ki.com/faqs/faq_jack.php

2 - they will see where the weight came off, mark it - thing is, this is the important part - they typically do not rebalance the wheels on repairs - you need to make sure they do! the balance of the tire IS changed when you put on a patch and the tire doesn't go on 'exactly' like it was before. Make sure they re-spin it on the balancer and use an aluminum stick-on weight on the inside of the wheel.

3 - they will take care of that, not to worry - either by their torque sticks or by their torque wrenches.

p.s. - make sure you get a patch, not just a plug. it only takes a few minutes extra to do the patch and both require removing the tire from the wheel.