'Manhood' Failure: How Many Fox News Men Does It Take to Change a Tire?

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From: The David Pakman Show

[Heather MC]

1. Failing the "ManHood" test, proves one thing

They are Gay

[F4lconF16]

5. Mhmm. Do tell.

Care to continue?

[Dustlawyer]

2. To change a tire after pulling off safely and turning on flashers:

1. Loosen the lug nuts only a turn or two until it is not a strain and they break loose. You don't want to be pushing hard while up on a jack and the wheel will want to turn instead of the nuts coming loose;
2. Jack up the car and don't put any part of your body under the car. Make sure you are on fairly level, solid ground or your jack might sink and the car fall off;
3. Take the nuts off;
4. Take tire off;
5. Put spare on after confirming it has air pressure and not flat too. Make sure the tire is flush against the spindle and hold it there while you hand tighten and least one nut to hold tire in place. If tire is cocked even at a slight angle after tightening wheel it will work the lug nuts off and the tire will come off while driving;
6. After snugging up nuts, but not too tight yet, lower car off of jack;
7. Tighten nuts completely, but not so much you break the stud the nut goes on. Be sure to tighten the nuts in a back and forth order in the shape of a star. If you do the one on top, do the next one on the bottom, then up next to the first one you tightened.
8. Make sure you put up all tools.

Both of my daughters and my son had to learn before I let them drive. They learned how to check fluids and other maintenance, evaluate tire wear, how to drive a standard, and much, much more. My youngest daughter has had to change 3 or 4 flats already and laughs when all the men stop to help the pretty young lady. They cannot believe she can do it and she says they usually try to give advice and are frequently wrong. Scary, but too funny!

[RBInMaine]

3. Looks like the stupid idiot tried to get the tire off with one nut still on. IDIOTS.

[mac2766]

4. What a couple of idiots...

And the rest aren't far off.... meaning the David Packman Show.

What the guy with the lug wrench accomplished was to remove lug caps. They are decorative covers that are applied on top of the lug nuts. If you'll watch the video again, you'll see that once the decorative covers have all been removed, he tries to turn one of the lug nuts - the ACTUAL lug nuts, and is unable to. Then grabs the rim and pulls forward. That's what pulls the car forward, which pulls it off of the jack.

Was the car in park? Was the emergency brake on? Was there something in place to stoke the rear wheels?

What a huge bunch of morons.

I once got a call from my wife who had a flat tire at work. She worked for a company in a very large office building full of "men". I was easily an hour away from her and was at work myself. She told me that she had a flat in the parking lot and the "men" were trying to change her tire but were unable to. I explained that the hub was a faux hub and that it had to be removed in order to get to the actual rim and to the real lug nuts. That there was a tool in the glove compartment that was to be used specifically to remove the faux hub. She told the "men" what i had said... one even picked up the phone to get my explanation. They found the tool, but were unable to remove the faux hub.

Needless to say, I had to drive an hour to get to my wife. By that time, all of the "men" had left for the day. I changed her tire and she was able to drive home on the spare.

Please understand that I am in IT. I was once a meteorologist, then ran a scaffolding company, and am now in IT. I'm not a mechanic. I suppose it might be that cars are being built overly complex these days. That the technology of tires and rims, and lugs, etc.. is so complex that we, as humans, are unable to comprehend the technology... or...

OR.....

We are growing SOOOOOOOOO stupid that we're unable to figure out how to change a tire.

Sadly, my opinion is leaning toward the later.