Wheel Change Manchester

A flat tyre leaves you stopped at the side of the road. Depending on your vehicle, you may have a spare wheel in the boot or no spare at all. MW Recovery provides mobile wheel change and tyre replacement across Manchester and Greater Manchester. We carry spare tyres and sort the problem at the roadside in most cases.

Modern vehicles increasingly come without a spare wheel. Run-flat tyres are used on some BMW, Mercedes, and MINI models and can be driven slowly for up to 50 miles after losing pressure. If your vehicle has run-flat tyres, it still needs attention quickly because continued driving on a flat run-flat causes permanent tyre and rim damage.

Types of Tyre Problems We Attend

• Puncture: caused by a nail, screw, or sharp object in the tread. Minor tread punctures can be repaired. Sidewall punctures cannot be repaired safely and need a replacement tyre.
• Blowout: sudden total loss of pressure. The tyre typically shreds. The damaged tyre and possibly the wheel need replacement.
• Slow puncture: gradual loss of pressure over hours. We find the cause and repair or replace the tyre.
• Kerbing damage: hitting a kerb damages the tyre sidewall and sometimes the alloy rim. Sidewall damage is not repairable and the tyre must be replaced.

How We Change Your Wheel

If your vehicle has a spare wheel, we jack the vehicle using the correct jacking points, remove the damaged wheel, and fit the spare. Space saver spare wheels are limited to 50 mph and are for getting to a tyre fitter, not for normal everyday driving.

If you have a puncture repair kit instead of a spare wheel, we check whether the damage suits temporary inflation. Puncture repair kits only work on small tread punctures and do not work for blowouts or sidewall damage. If the kit cannot seal the puncture, we supply a replacement tyre from our vehicle stock.

We carry common tyre sizes for hatchbacks, saloons, SUVs, and vans. If we don't have your specific size, we take you to the nearest tyre supplier or our Salford workshop where tyres can be ordered and fitted quickly.

Alloy Wheels and Locking Wheel Nuts

If your vehicle has locking wheel nut keys, which most alloy-wheeled cars do, make sure you know where the key socket is stored before you need it. It is usually in the glovebox, the boot, or with the spare wheel kit. If the key is lost, we can sometimes remove the locking nut with specialist tools, but this is not always possible without workshop equipment.

Tyre Safety

Tyres must have a minimum of 1.6mm of tread across the central three-quarters of the tyre width. Below this is illegal in the UK and carries a fine and points per tyre. If any of your tyres are near the legal limit when we attend, we will let you know so you can plan replacement.

Areas We Cover for Wheel Changes

We cover all main roads and residential streets across Greater Manchester. We regularly attend wheel changes on the M60, the A56, the A57, the A580 East Lancashire Road, and in central Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Stockport, Bolton, and Wigan. Call 07553 322281 or see our full services list.