Thank you so much for this video. I am a single mom, I was stranded, tow companies wouldn’t come help. Watched your video, was able to change to a spare with little trouble. What a lifesaver! THANK YOU!!!
And THIS, is why I started my channel. I’m so glad it was able to help you. I’m a father and a grandfather, and helping someone when they’re in a tight spot is is how I was raised and try to live my life by. Like and subscribe, I have more tips and information I try to get out regularly, to help folks out.
As everyone else mentioned, really excellent and clear video on a super popular vehicle (I own a 2006 Highlander). One minor point at 24:47 - the tire will balance better if flipped the other way. With the cable anchor holding it at a higher point the center of gravity will be below the anchor and naturally balance itself.
I’m so, so thankful for this easy step-by-step video! I was stranded on the side of the road and have never changed a tire before, but you made it so easy to understand! It went from being a stressful and overwhelming situation to completely manageable. Thank you so much for your help!
Your very welcome. I’m glad I was able to help. I’m a fellow follower of Christ as well. Thanks for watching and commenting, these make my day. Hope you subscribed. What model do you have.
What an excellent step by step, well explained, thorough and complete tutorial. Just having watched this whole thing I feel better prepared for a 3k mile roadtrip in my 2021 Highlander Hybrid Platinum! Going to check the spare tire pressure before we leave!!
@@robassable thank you for the kind words. We did a 5000 mile trip the first summer we had ours. To Northern Arizona and southern Utah, the grands circle road trip. About this time of the year too. Just me and the wife. I pray you have a safe and fun trip. ✌️
GOOD JOB!! I just bought a 2021 Highlander XLE and I'm still reading the owner's manual. You made things very clear and illuminating. This is the FIRST comment I have ever written and I enjoyed your video very much. Again, 👍👍👍
Good job, mate! I'm still learning the ins and outs of my wife's 2018 Highlander, and today she had her first flat. So I really appreciate your excellent tutorial.
This was so helpful! I had a blow out on the interstate and I knew how to get the spare down but not out or back up once the tire was changed. My spare has always been in my trunk in all my other cars never under. Thank you so much!
I bought a 2021 “pre-owned” Highlander Hybrid about 10 days ago. About a week later I was exploring and thought the jack itself was missing. I contacted my salesman [I’m really tempted to mention his name and dealership here] via text, email and phone message but now he has my money, I guess he’s forgotten all about me…. notwithstanding all the [form-letter] “thank you for your business…feel free to contact me with any questions or issues… oh please post a five-star review about us. Make sure it is five stars…”. Blah, blah, blah. I don’t think so. Moving on, however, this wonderful man from Mississippi saved the day and explained everything in simple language. THANK YOU sir!! I’ll give him five stars any day.
I appreciate the kind words. I apologize for the delayed response, I try to get back to all of my comments, but sometimes life gets in the way!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!
This was extremely helpful and much more detailed than another video I watched. However, one thing I learned from the other video is that the cable can be let out farther than shown here (unless something has changed) so that the spare can be more easily accessed. In other words, the spare can be pulled out from underneath the car to the back of the car where it is easier to maneuver the cable through the hole in the spare to remove it from the cable. I'm a 60 year old woman hoping not to have to do this, but anticipating if I must, this is good to know. Again, excellent video! Thanks SO much!!!
Yes, you can lower the cable down more, but it has been my experience that it can become tangled internally when lifting the tire back into the carrier. Great care should be taken if it’s spooled out a good ways. Thank yo for your kind words. This is the second compliment I’ve received today for this video, so I’ve had a double blessing.
@@RealWorldGarage Oh, that's good to know! This is the first video I've watched of yours. Otherwise, I may have been confident you had a good reason for not letting out cable all the way. Thanks for the explanation!
Thank you , just bought a 2021 Toyota Highlander about a month ago , leaning everything about it . Hopefully I'll never have to do this . But have the head knowledge now . Video's too me are the best tools ....
You placed the damaged tire with the wheel under the vehicle to be cranked up into the spare tire space with the finished side facing down. Shouldn’t the finished side of the wheel be placed up so not damage will occur?
I don’t know how any damage could occur. I suppose if you left it under there over a long period of time it could be damaged by gravel. But since you’re on a temporary tire at that point, the full sized one won’t be under there long.
@@RealWorldGarage Excellent video -- thanks! I suspect @leemorgan8591 was thinking that the finished side might scrape on the ground during hookup to the cable and removal. My thoughts were that having the finished side up would mean you would have more slack in the cable to work with. Hopefully I never have to try his out, but if I do, I hope the cable will be able to be wound up until it's taut with the tire laying that way.
Thank you for a great video. This was very helpful and you have covered everything important. What I really loved about the video were your consistent emphasis on safety measures. Totally Appreciate it sir. God bless!
Great video, thanks for taking the time creating this under such hot conditions. I hope and pray I will never have to apply what you have taught in the video but it is always better to know. Again thanks
Yeah I hope you don’t either, but it pays to acquaint yourself with the tools, locations and the process. It indeed was hot. I was even in the shade of the garage. 🥵
Thank you!! I appreciate that. I don’t know why RU-vid is showing me this comment 9 days late. I try to respond to most all of my comments as they come in. It makes a difference when the viewers watch the commercials!!
Much appreciate your detailed video. I m probably half your age but feel like only tenth of your energy after watching you sweating but going on. I promise i will do as you suggested if it comes to that.
Lots of humidity where I live. Sweating in the summer is a way of life for me. 😅 glad you enjoyed the video, I appreciate you watching and commenting!!!
Thank you very much for your video. My Wife and I learned a couple of things from you. I have rebuilt and restored muscle cars all my life so I am familiar with some of the techniques. I would have however flipped the tire over so that the front side of the wheel was not exposed to anything damaging the wheel. Will it load up if you do that?
Being the spare I’m not particularly worried about it being damaged. If it’s flipped over you have to lower it down to check or adjust the air pressure. Thanks for watching and commenting!!!
This is great video thank you. Will be subscribing. If I have a metal shard stuck maybe half an inch in the tread, I pulled it out and it doesn't seem to be losing air yet. I'm taking it over tomorrow morning to get new tires. If it doesn't seem to be losing air, think I should still change to spare just in case, or will be ok to bring it over on regular tire?
If it’s not losing air it’s probably not going to start. Without looking at it personally, I can’t say definitely yes or no as to the safety of driving it. I’d say its probably fine. Especially if you are just staying in in town and not driving at highway speeds. You are limited to 60 mpg with the donut sized spare. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks
Thank you for watching and commenting. Helping someone makes all the sweating I did worth the effort. I plan to do more videos on the 21 Highlander moving forward. If you’ve poked around my channel you see I do lots of stuff in the automotive industry. It’s still car show season and I have had my focus on those, but that is about to be winding down and I will be moving back into repair and tutorial content. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Subscribe for more content like this in the future.
GREAT video! Thank YOU. I have a question I hope you can answer. I want to buy a floor jack. How much height is required by a hydraulic floor jack, in order to lift the either a Highlander, or RX350? Pittsburgh/Daytona has 3 that look tall enough: Pittsburgh 2 ton claims 15 7/8" for $185 (37.5 lb weight) , and,, Daytona 2 ton claims 16 3/4" for $209, (42.7 lb weight), and, Pittsburgh 2.5 ton claims 18 5/8" - $219, (54 lb weight) I'd like to get the lightest, cheapest one - for $185 - but I am not sure its max height of 15 7/8" is enough?
I have a standard hydraulic floor jack that is 25 years old. I’m not sure if it’s lift height, but where I place it it does fine. Just never ever get underneath the car sitting on just a floor jack, always have the weight safely on a jack stand on level ground if you have to get underneath. I’m sure you know this but I can’t stress how important it is. I lost a friend who thought he’d just get underneath it for a minute.
Had someone wanted to put a plug after several attempts to put a patch which included setting the patch on fire. I told him no, I'll take the tire back. I had it repaired by someone else.
@@fooledman setting the patch on fire and inside of the tire is the old school way of doing it. It helps speed up the process of attaching the patch. If he knew what he was doing that’s fine, but some folks get carried away. When I started out that’s just how it was done, but with today’s chemistry it’s really not necessary.
How much height is required by the jack, in order to lift the rx350? Pittsburgh/Daytona has 3 that look tall enough: Pittsburgh 2 ton claims 15 7/8" for $185 (37.5 lb weight) , and,, Daytona 2 ton claims 16 3/4" for $209, (42.7 lb weight), and, Pittsburgh 2.5 ton claims 18 5/8" - $219, (54 lb weight) I'd like to get the lightest, cheapest one - for $185 - but I am not sure its max height of 15 7/8" is enough?
@@z512345 well you don’t live in Mississippi, it was 95* with 90% humidity, in July when I filmed this. I always hear how hot it is in Arizona and Utah, well when we visited there in the summer of 21 (last week of July and first week of August), yes it was hot, but it’s nothing like summers in the south eastern states.
That’s probably not a bad idea. I work on cars, trucks, vans daily, and I grew up around it, so it all comes natural to me. Hope you don’t have to have this information, but I hope it helps you if you do. Thanks for watching and commenting
