Time for winter tyres!

[BobA]

So -2 degrees here this morning and time for the switch to my winter wheels/tyres. Luckily it was dry and a balmy 3 degrees here today so 2 hours or so did it including resetting the tyre pressure monitor to the different wheels and sorting the pressures. The tyres (Goodyear) are directional so swapping is limited but I swap front to rear each year. Having been caught out before with my trolley jack being too high I remembered to put the wheels up on blocks first so I could get the jack out afterwards. The wheels needed firm encouragement with a lump hammer on the tyres to get them off and alas I still forgot to get any suitable grease so they’ll likely be stuck again come Spring. 😉

 

Summer wheel coming off

 

winter wheel going on. Bolts torqued to 140N.

 

job done. Note the correct use of the rubber puck to save the jacking point and the stud to assist with refitting these bloomin’ heavy wheels!

(wish I could get the hang of getting the pics the right way up! 🙃)

Edited November 21, 2022 by BobA

[ally]

Good stuff. Will probably be doing mines in December. 
Those mounting studs are good, I also sometimes shove on 5 normal studs, which makes mounting a bit easier again. 

[Mr H]

Mine are now on as well 🙂 Still surprises me how close the clearance is with 18" wheels comepared to the summers on 19"ers.

[Top2donkey]

I too, put my winter tyres on last week, my summer 19's are stored away and the M&S 18's are on and gripping so much better in the wet slippery conditions than my summer set, my son was starting to call me DK (Drift King!!) on the summer set 😂🤣

 

My only trouble is that i cannot get the TPMS system to recognise the winter wheels as they have never been used on this car before (BMW 520d 2015 F10) because i bought them from someone on Ebay with nearly brand new tyres on, and reset the Idrive tyre pressure bit, but after 5 minutes or so, it gives me an error.

I do have Bimmerlink and Bimmercode and wondered if there was a way of linking or registering a second set of wheels with my car ?

 

Thankyou

[Matthew]

7 minutes ago, Top2donkey said:

I too, put my winter tyres on last week, my summer 19's are stored away and the M&S 18's are on and gripping so much better in the wet slippery conditions than my summer set, my son was starting to call me DK (Drift King!!) on the summer set 😂🤣

 

My only trouble is that i cannot get the TPMS system to recognise the winter wheels as they have never been used on this car before (BMW 520d 2015 F10) because i bought them from someone on Ebay with nearly brand new tyres on, and reset the Idrive tyre pressure bit, but after 5 minutes or so, it gives me an error.

I do have Bimmerlink and Bimmercode and wondered if there was a way of linking or registering a second set of wheels with my car ?

 

Thankyou

They should synch automatically but only if they are the same frequency and compatible with your car. 

[ally]

As above, have them checked for correct frequency at a good local garage. 

They don’t need to be on the car for this, they might find one bad / non working sensor which may be all it takes to give the error. 
 

[BobA]

What age are the wheels? I’m not an expert but do TPMS sensors not use a (non-replaceable) battery which lasts up to maybe 10 years but could be on their way out?