Mazda Miata: Do you use snow tires on your car?

net (Leon van Dommelen) wrote in message news:<com>... 

:LOL: I really enjoy Leon's perfectly composed works of fiction :-)

Iva is right. It takes about 1/2 hour, even in a blinding snowstorm
with ice under the car. If it's done March and December, the wheels
don't have enough time become so attached to the hub as to need a
mallet.

The car needs jacking only twice. Use a 2x4 with a longtitudinal
groove, fit it over the side weld strip and jack in the middle with a
hydraulic floor jack. You can do both wheels on one side, no problem.

Likewise with the nuts. They don't get a chance to need a breaker-bar
unless you're doing it WAY wrong or using an air hammer. A slipping
wrench requiring application of touch-up paint hasn't happened to me
in 4 years and 8 wheel changes.

A Miata in winter needs 4 GOOD snow tires. And then the fun starts...

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mcgill.ca (Nora) wrote:
 

I am glad to see that you can post again, I guess.
 

Unfortunately, Iva claimed it takes

(15 minutes) - (washing up) = (less than 15 minutes)
 

You do not mean "even", but "only" I assume. In a blinding
snow storm, you might be crazy enough to actually lift up a
corner of the car with your left hand, swapping the wheel with
your right, out of sheer panic.
 

Something not right with your brute-force technique or with the shops
you use.
 

Leon

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Leon van Dommelen wrote: 

Leon, I have only one thing to say ;-p~~~~~~~~~

Jack her up like Nora says, air gun those nuts off, slip off the
summer shoes, slip on the winter shoes, air gun those nuts back
on. Repeat for second side. Check with torque wrench. Adjust
as necessary. Wash hands.

Husband walks in and says, as I'm drying my hands, "Do you want
me to swap the tires for you?"

;-p~~~~~~ <g>

Iva & Belle.)
'90B Classic Red.)
#3 winkin' Miata

"Iva" <net> wrote in message news:<net>... 
(snip) 

Well actually, I never use an air gun cuz it's too rough and
impersonal. But it's still a 15-20min job.

Yup Leo, I can post again. "Read it and weep" *SE-GRIN*

Nora (imagine a Canadian flag here)
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and The Rollerskate (imagine a '99 silver Miata here, GONE)

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Nora wrote: 

Hubby bought new toys and I get to use them. Besides it's easier to get
the lugnuts off with the air gun than to try to manhandle (womanhandle?)
them off.

Iva & Belle.)
'90B Classic Red.)
#3 winkin' Miata

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:29:03 -0400, "Iva" <net> wrote:
 

Ya'know even being an inexperienced Miata guy, I'd still loosen the
nuts before cheicking them. Otherwise I'd just check that they where
on tight enough - not loose enough... Am I wrong? Someone experienced
plece chip in...