Changing a Flat Tire, Speech Example

The purpose of this speech is to teach listeners how to change a flat tire, something that everyone who drives a car should know. Depending upon where the flat tire occurs, help may not be readily obtainable.

The first step in the process should begin before the driver even gets behind the wheel. It is imperative the car contain a properly inflated spare tire (usually found underneath a mat in the trunk), a jack, a tire iron, a flashlight, wrenches, two blocks of wood, and an instruction booklet. When you get a flat tire, bring all of these things out to the side of the car to avoid having to run back and forth. Now you are ready to remove the flat tire; but before you do, make sure the car is not sitting on a slope or on dirt. Also, put the car in park if it is automatic and put on the handbrake. Now take the blocks of wood and put one block in front of each of the front tires, if the flat tire is one of the rear ones, so the car will not roll forward when it is being jacked up. “Use the tire iron (the L-shaped bar that fits over the wheel lugs) to loosen each wheel lug. The wheel lugs are almost certainly very tight. You’ll have to use brute force” (Romans, 2003). For now, just loosen the wheel lugs and put the jack underneath the car into its proper jacking points. Then, raise the car until the flat tire is completely off the ground and remove the wheel lugs and the flat tire. Next, position the spare tire over the wheel studs. “This is the most physically stressing part of the whole process” (ibid.). Now screw each of the wheel lugs back on by hand.

Once the spare tire is on, lower the jack and put it by the side of the vehicle while you tighten the lugs with the tire iron as tightly as you possibly can. Remove the blocks of wood from in front of the tires and place them and everything else that was used back into the truck.

In conclusion, changing a flat tire is no easy task and also a process that often must be accomplished in the rain, snow, or wind. Consequently, practicing this procedure in the comfort of your garage until you become proficient at it, may someday pay huge dividends

 Works Cited

Roman, B. (February 01, 2003). How to change a flat tire. Retrieved on March 24, 2012, from http://www.edmunds.com/how-to-change-a-flat-tire.html.