Walsh Manufacturing
Tire Change Station
A mobile, safe, cost-effective, and accurate hands-on learning experience of a practical skill; changing a tire.
- Extremely safe, mobile, and quite a bit smaller/lighter than a vehicle.
- Classroom friendly. Easily fits through doorways. No dirt, grease or rust commonly found on a vehicle.
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Exposes students to many transferrable skills and knowledge
such as;
- righty-tighty / lefty-loosey for correct nut rotations
- star shaped tighten procedure to ensure that a balanced tightening force is applied
- importance of hand-tightening to allow for desirable lug nut contact.
- A learning module is supplied so that teachers and students can successfully use this station to confidently change a tire. (Module also includes a very short True/False quiz if a teacher is interested in tracking learning effectiveness)
- All hardware is included; jack, deep impact socket, and torque wrench.
Lesson plans are available in both English and French.
For more information contact Tom Walsh.