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Summary: When putting car tires back on after a rotation, line up the holes, put the hubcap back on, and look for the cut out for the wheel valve. Replace the wheels after rotation with tips from an automotive repair specialist in this free video on car tires.
Kirby Witt has been involved in the auto industry as far back as he can remember. His grandfather had a Mobil Service Station for 60 years. When he was 14 years old he started learning...read more
"Okay, we're ready to put the tires back on. You've got to line up the holes, set on there. Don't forget the hub cap. Also, you want to look on the hub cap; there's a cut out for the tire valve. Make sure that goes around the valve so if you put air in the tires, you can get to it. I would start the lug nuts by hand if you are using an air wrench, especially. Make sure that they're getting threaded on there correctly, not cross-threading. You've got all four lug nuts started, time to take the impact wrench, just going to snug each one up, we're going to go back over them and tighten them for the final time."
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