My name is Josh. I'm 26 with all of my limbs in tact and fully functional. I drive a tow truck for a living and change countless tires a week for road side assistance services.. I know how much a pain in the was it can be to do. But with no arms.. That's amazing. But besides that I watched a video of you pumping gas which lead to the driving video to the drive thru video to this one.i just wanted to say that you're drive to do things without assistance is inspiring. And I just told my wife I feel like I have no right to complain about anything anymore. I hope I can raise my children (who have all their limbs intact as well) to have half the will power and determination that you do. Thank you for being such an inspiration and god bless
Joshua Calloway FINALLY..EXCELLENT WONDERFUL COMMENT!!! Thanks! Im SO sick of negative comments on videos that inspire. I pray for those people to Meet God. If they dont now, they Will one day.
I read your very nice comment, but as I gazed to the reply section, I noticed something awe-Inspiring. The like number was at an extraordinary position. I had to make a choice of great magnitude, 69 or nothing? As I sat there pondering, a very sudden feeling swept over me, I knew with absolute certainty what I was to do. I.... Left it at 69
You brought tears of pure joy to my eyes. I'm a mechanic with two arms realizing that it makes no essential difference. Quality of the soul makes the difference. And you are such a beautiful soul. How inspiring !
Never give up and if it's to put a tire. It's so great to see you, because sometimes it's difficult with two arms. So inspiring! People can learn a lot from you, not otherwise.
You are one of the most positive people I have ever seen. Everytime one of my kids says they can't do something, I am going to make them watch your videos.
Just because things are harder to do don't mean you can't do it. You are showing so many people to put your best foot forward. Try and don't give up. You can achieve anything you put your mind to do. Tfs you are awesome and I'm glad to have found your channel.
Honey you're so blessed to have the strength, will and determination. You deserve a tv show on TLC, maybe you should reach out to the network. My family and I would watch. After watching some of your videos I can't complain about anything. Keep doing what you're doing. May God bless you!!!!
THAT was impressive, I've changed dozens of wheels over the years and I honestly didn't think that you'd manage it, Well done to you, that was 7minutes of pure awesome
Your last upload was 2 years ago, I hope all is well with you. I stumbled upon your videos because one showed up in my suggestions. You are an inspiration!
Congratulations,you did it. Quite a feat of determination. I hope you won't have to do it again. Could be dangerous for anyone. I had one fall on me. I'm an old man now and had a flat at the grocery store this summer. I started changing the tire. I got the car jacked up and a young guy come over and insisted on doing it.I was happy to let him because,NOW THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART, it gave him a sense usefulness and happiness by helping me.
On top of how amazing this is, it’s more amazing that you are threading the lug nuts back in without cross threading them! Unbelievable and excellent job! WOW!!
That's awesome! I know people with arms that can't change a tire or don't try to. I like your spunkiness and positive attitude towards everything and I like your video's. Thank you for entertaining and teaching everyone that no one is limited in what they can achieve. God bless you
I am in awe! To have the willpower and drive that you do, is truly amazing! I will gladly show this video to anyone who claims to "not be able to do something" so they can see that regardless of your situation, you find a way, and I'll tell them, NO EXCUSES! Well done! Cheers from Kentucky! :)
You are an inspiration. I'm confident you can do anything you set your mind to. I am on a Veteran's adaptive sports team that does water sports such as scuba diving and sailing, as well as golf and snow skiing. We have one person on our team who lost all 4 limbs in Iraq. She loves scuba diving. I bet you would be good at several sports. I would encourage you to look into it. I'm glad that you are out there living life to the fullest. God bless and keep on keeping on.
Letisha, you are amazing! You are a great example of why the disability system should never have low expectations. Letting people try as opposed to assuming they cannot is the best way forward. You have shown how many things people can do without arms to the public.
I've seen quickfit technicians do far worse and not tighten the nuts. You'd be surprised how many people can't do what you just did Tisha, you did a really good job.
Next level core and leg strength...I don't think I could even lift my legs like that while sitting up for more than a minute, and that's without doing anything dexterous with my feet and toes... You're a boss
100% respect to you Tisha! I have a hell of a time lifing a tire back on and lining up the holes and I am able bodied. Mad reapect for you and your friends. Keep on doin what ya do!
This is freaking unbelievable... 50% of people can’t change a tire at all. And this is a impossible task without arms. And you somehow did the impossible. Props to you. Absolutely amazing
Whenever i feel low i watch her video n all my worries go away. She is truly inspirational. Hope Trisha is reading my comment. If so pls give a thumps up. It will really help me to overcome my bad days.
You are AWESOME! My boss can't change a tire...he has 2 arms and 2 legs but no brain. I'm impressed by your positive attitude,some people just don't realize how much they have going for them.
Wow!!! You never gave up. While watching this I was like man it's hard for me to change a tire and I see you doing it I can only imagine how tired you were but u never gave up. You are a true admiration.❤ you are stong,beautiful, and powerful. Get it girll(:
I really appreciate you . I'm also a right Arm Amputee from Elbow . But I do love to do all the things , especially Challenges . I tuneup my Car and do 80% work by myself . People having two normal Hands many many of them can't change the Tire of their Cars . Keep it up .
Hi Tisha, great videos ! One helpful hint for you or anyone is to use what mechanics call a power bar. In this case, I would suggest a 3 foot long piece of abs plastic pipe, about 3" diameter. Slip it over the x-wrench when its horizontal and then step on the end of it. It will give you about three times the power to be able to crack the nuts loose, and more power to tighten them afterwards. Also, the bigger radius is gentler on limbs ! Thanks again for your vids !!
You inspire me sister. Love the life we have and make each moment great. I saw this in action when I see your videos. A great woman indeed . God bless You
you are awsome..... nothing can hold you back.... you can do stuff what people whit arms even cant.... love how to see you wanna do everything on your own...respect from the nederlands
God put you here for a reason! So amazing young lady! You've helped my life so much, Tisha! You are an earth angel! And for those who thumbs downed her, you are pure evil!
This is amazing, your just a normal average lady and it show if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything, people should take a few tips from you, great content, your my new favourite youtuber and always make me smile while I spend my time in hospital. Thanks for making me happy and smile
this young beautiful lady is very ambitious Anne is determined to do it on her own, she's very amazing you are an inspiration. you really need to have your own TV show it would be a hint. thank you so much for sharing and God bless you.
Back in the 70's when I started college, I took my first programming course. First assignment was to write a simple program, go to the IBM 370 computer center, figure out how to submit it. Back then programs were entered using punch cards which you made using a specialized keypunch machine. I walked in, seeing all those machines with lots of buttuns, levers and typewriter pad clicking away. Being clueless as to their use, I walked up to the first guy I saw at one and asked if he would show me how to use this contraption. He said sure, leaned back in his chair, wearing socks that had each toe individually covered like a glove, loaded in some cards flipped the appropriate levers and buttons , all with his toes, teaching me how to use the machine. It wasn't until he started that I noticed his missing arms. Talk about a lesson that stuck. Several years later, I saw him teaching as a professor, using an overhead projector instead of a black board. I bet his students were as inspired as I was. You amaze me in a similar way. Your smile and your wonderful can do attitude inspire us all. In an exspression that shows my age, "You Go Girl". I think the channel of videos of things you can't do would have no material at all. By the way, instead of standing on that lug wrench, try kind of stamping on it a few times, the impacts should act as a force multiplier and will require less of your energy to loosen and to tighten those bolts.
This is sad in a way if someone who doesn't have arms changes a tire how come there is people who doesn't know how and they give up so easy I mean look at her.
Men If you have your lady in the garage changing tires...with no arms...you might wanna think about some things. On the other hand its amazing how resourceful she is ☺.
You are bad ass plain an simple an to the 28 people who dislike this amazing young woman how it must suck to be you going through life having no empathy or emotions I hope one day you can see the beauty in someone like her
Hola tisha .....yo creo que debería de ser el canal de supertisha..... ya que lo que haces en cada capitulo tuyo lo encuentro increíble.....tisha eres mi inspiración y cada vez que veo un vídeo tuyo me ciento un mal agradecido de la vida ya que tuve la suerte de llegar a este planeta con todo puesto....y algunas veces me ciento tan inútil ante la vida ..,.... gracias a ti y sigue siendo la tisha de siempre...........haaaa y me di cuenta de que a 170 personas no les gustó tu vídeo ...yo me pregunto cómo lo harían ellos...?.....ok saludos cordiales desde Chile....mi nombre es Benito Henríquez Díaz y vivo en casas viejas .... Chile
Trisha, you are amazing. The one concern I have is that you need to put a chock behind one of the wheels to stop the car from rolling. Other than that, you are amazing beyond belief! And you don't lose your sense of humor. The Lord bless you and keep you.
Some ideas to make it easier. Break the lug nut or lug bolt free BEFORE jacking the car up at all. Use a wrench with a longer handle to provide more leverage and make it easier. If you can't find a wrench with a longer handle, you can use a small length of metal pipe over the wrench handle to extend it and increase leverage. Be aware that if the nuts have previously been overtightened, you could bend the wrench, and putting a pipe over the wrench handle makes it easier to bend the wrench. Assuming the car is like most and the handbrake works on the rear wheels, before loosening the nuts make sure the handbrake is set and the front wheels are chocked to prevent rolling. I can't be sure but it looks like you jacked up a rear wheel at the reinforced area on the pinchweld, and placed the jackstand forward of that point, where the pinchweld may not be reinforced. Just be aware that if the jack should give out and the car should fall onto the jackstand, the pinchweld may bend somewhate at the point where the jackstand was placed. The service manual or owners manual should designate side support points, 1 for each wheel, along the pinch weld - points where the pinch weld is reinforced. It should also designate a center jack point for jacking up the whole front (the 2 front wheels) and another for jacking up the whole rear. Since the reinforced points along the pinch welds are small, there is usually no room to place BOTH a jack, and a jackstand, under the reinforced spot. So if jacking up only one wheel, usually only a jack is used, without a jackstand, or if a jackstand is used, it is only used as an extra safety measure, knowing that it may bend the pinchweld if the jack should fail and the car should fall onto the jack stand, but at least there is something there to keep the car from falling down completely and causing injury. With only a jack holding up the car, any kind of jack, you should of course never put your head under the car, and limbs should be placed underneath only momentarily, and ready to be instantly pulled out. With a rolling jack, a safer method to jack is to jack up an entire axle, then place one jack stand on each side of the car - at the point where the pinch welds are reinforced. Then lower the car onto the jack stands and withdraw the jack. By the way, the reason a rolling jack has wheels is not only to roll the jack into place, but to allow the jack to roll forward as its lift pad goes up. It needs to roll as the lift pad goes up because the lift pad goes up in an ARC; it does not go straight up. The car remains still, the as it goes up the lift pad gets closer to the handle of the jack, so the entire jack needs to roll forward. While the wheel is still in the air, just SNUG up the lug nuts. Wait til all 4 wheels are on the ground before fully tightening any lug nuts. Put a single drop of oil on the threads on the studs, or lug bolt before tightening the nuts or the bolts. Also put a single drop of oil on the mating surfaces of the nut, where the nuts' or bolts' surface contacts the wheel's surface. Spread it around. Make sure the wheel's surface is free of sand or soil. Then use a torque wrench to tighten the nuts or bolts. The oil on the thread makes it easier to run down the nut, and the oil on the mating surface makes the torque measurement more accurate. A click type torque wrench may not be as accurate as a bend-beam torque wrench but it is generally easier to use, and accurate enough. A deflecting beam torque wrench is both accurate and easy to use. Also they are both typically quite long, and thus provide enough leverage to make tightening easy. It is primarily the friction between the wheel and the inside surface of the lug nut, that keeps the lug nut from loosening. Some people think it is friction between the threads of the nuts and the threads of the studs, but it is not, rather, these threads these serve to provide the leverage needed to force the inside surface of the nut firmly against the surface of the wheel. The amount of force needed to overcome friction between 2 surfaces (and thereby loosen the nut) is directly proportional to the amount of force pushing the 2 surfaces together, and the spirally configured inclined plane of the threads is what enables increasing the amount of force. The torque needed to tighten the lug nuts on a smallish car is typically around 80 foot pounds. Owners manual may have the specification. Many mechanics over-tighten the lug nuts. Overtightening stretches the studs, weakens them, and actually WEAKENS the attachment of the wheel to the brake hub. A torque wrench is not expensive, but you can also measure the tightness with a scale placed at a specific point on the wrench handle. 80 foot-pounds means a force of 80 pounds at a point on the handle 1 foot from the center turning axis of the lug nut. If you measure force at 2 feet, you only need 40 pounds of force to tighten the nut to 80 foot-pounds. The math is very simple.
Theodore Zuckerman false. Your suggestion of "oil" is dangerous. As it will definitely cause an inaccurate torque reading and or overtightened lug nuts. Her vehicle looks like a Toyota Corolla i.e. 76ftlbs
Manuals that come with torque wrenches say to measure torque when the mating surfaces have a light coat of oil. Many vehicle owners manuals and service manuals specifically say measure the torque with oil on the 2 mating surfaces, the bottom of the bolt head or nut, and contact point on the wheel where the bottom of the bolt head or nut makes contact with the wheel. That is what my VW manual said for the lug nuts. I noticed that the Toyota manual said do NOT use oil. Honda manual made no mention. The thing is, without oil, the amount that the nut tightens in will vary quite a lot, from nut to nut, depending upon how much corrosion and fine soil there is on the mating surfaces. So one screw may be much tighter than another. Which could put flexion into the wheel. But if you use oil, every nut will tighten almost the same, as long as the torque is measured the same. So I prefer to use oil. It also makes the labor for both off and on easier. Esp oil on the threads makes getting the nut off easier because it prevents corrosion from causing the threads to seize. Oil on the threads is irrelevant as to the torque ratings (unless the threads are extremely filthy or corroded). What holds the nut from turning is the contact point between it and wheel. I've always brushed on a light coating or used my finger to place a light coating of grease. As little oil or grease as you can get to make as thin a film as you can get, does the trick. I also put a single drop on the threads of the stud, and then turn the nut on, then off, to make sure the threads on the stud are evenly covered, then back on again. I've been doing this 1000's of times over the last 50 years and never had a problem.Yes the nut will turn a bit further with oil than it will without oil. But there is no risk that you will cause the stud to elongate and weaken, and decrease in diameter at a certain point and weaken (and become likely to break next time), which is the danger of overtightening. What DOES weaken the stud is idiots tightening the nuts with power tools with misadjusted torque settings, unlubricated torque mechanism, or with cheap tools that don't even have a torque setting mechanism. With a spec of 76 foot pounds anything between 72 and 80 ft pounds is OK. But hold the trigger down for only a fraction of a second too long on a power wrench without a torque setting, and the nut can easily end up getting tightened to 120 ft pounds. Also, one nut may be 120 ft pounds and another may be 76, causing the wheel to flex and not lie flat against the disk or drum.
I removed the section about supporting the car on the pinchweld using 2 or more jack stands. The weight of the car should rest on the reinforced part of the pinchweld. The rest of the pinchweld may not be strong enough to support the weight of the car safely., even if the weight is distributed along a long length of pinchweld. Can you find something else that is unsafe?
The place to support a car, either the 2 front wheels or the 2 rear wheels, are the support points recommended by the manufacturer. These are usually reinforced areas of the pinch weld just behind the front wheels and just ahead of the rear wheels. Repeat: they are indeed on the pinchweld, but are the 4 spots where the pinchwelds are reinforced. You can use the supplied emergency scissor jack on one of these points, use a pair of jack stands on the 2 front points, or the 2 rears points, or all 4, or you can use the 4 lift pads of a hydraulic lift of the type found in a professional shop, on all 4 support points. You may be correct regarding using a piece of lumber to distribute the car's weight the across a large length of pinchweld, but you are saying something that is exactly the same as what I said earlier, and that removed - after you objected to it. So you are contradicting yourself. I removed it because, while it is probably safe and effective, I am not sure that inexperienced people can figure out how to do it safely. As far as the subframe. It depends WHERE on the subframe. To be on the safe side, I want to limit my recommendations to the manufacturer recommended spots - and they tend to be the 4 above-mentioned reinforced areas of the pinchweld, that are near the wheels, and in addition to those 4, manufacturers tend to limit their recommendations to two other spots, one spot is a place on the sub frame that is about halfway between both front wheels, that is used to lift both front wheels, and the second spot is a place near the rear of the car to lift both rear wheels (on a front-wheel drive car, usually it is a reinforced area of the body). Lifting anywhere else requires more expertise than most car owners have, so I am going to stick to mentioning the manufacturer recommended points here. That said, the reinforced pinchweld areas on an older rusted car may not be safe lift points once they have acquired considerable rust, and you will need some expertise as to where to lift, or support, the car, instead. I recently rotated the tires on my 2015 Honda Fit. The front point for lifting both front wheels was quite far from the front of the car, and only about 5 inches off the ground, plus between it and the front of the car there were several pieces of plastic shrouding that were only abuot 4.5 inches off the ground, making it rather a PIA to get the jack under the car and its lift pad lined up with the car's lift point. The smallest, lowest rolling jack I could find would not fit under the car so that its lift pad would reach the car's lift point! I had to first drive the car up onto ramps (about 1.5 inches high) in order to get the rolling jack under the car! And then, there wasn't a lot of space for the first few up-and-down motions of the jack's lift lever. Later, I had to remember to put the ramps under the front wheels before jacking the car down. This is a front-wheel drive car: the rear of the car was very light. There was a piece of steel bar, a cylindrical bar about 3/4 inch in diameter, welded to the bottom of the spare-tire bin. This was strong enough to use to lift up both rear wheels. It is also the manufacturer's recommended lift point. The spare tire bin did not bend. But the rear of this car is very light. Engine, transaxle, even the gas tank - all are up front.
Thanks for using jack stands. Your friend is lucky, a good friend of mine died because he didn't support his car properly and it feel on him. I don't like thinking about it but it had to be a horrible way to go so please, practice safe lifting everyone
This girl is a bad ass woman you are my new superhero I watching you doing things make me love my life even more. Thanks for your time and the videos every time I learn something from you.
So cute your friend is hilarious and I love your guy and think you 2 are perfect and awesome For not letting anything stop you and not complaining about what you have or don't have... super funny Cristy and Darren went to eat lol such a good video and I admire you for the fact you didnt give up... Did Christie say hold it on with one toe I am dying laughing. I think it's great that you actually change the tire with no arms in having the lake adjustment I was complaining because I have you no issue with one leg being shorter but watching you always makes me feel like a big whiny a** baby so I've learned to stop complaining and just take it like a beast so thanks for the encouragement
Okay I commented twice already but like come on this is crazy. I’ll just say one more time that you’re amazing. You can do anything and I respect that!
I see that you are good at being independent, but maybe I can suggest that you can get different size blocks that you can put at the end, of the lug wrench for leverage, and then you can stand and bounce that will make it easier, to bust loose the lugs for you.
please keep your videos coming, you are quite an inspiration to all of us. when I was young my parents taught me the expression. I cried because I had no shoes,_____
Holy shit 😲 girl your brilliant. I meet people who say that they can't work because they have a bad back and look at you you make me proud to live in a world where you live your grat.
If you're really going to prepare to do this along side the road (you totally should) the tools would be pretty simple to modify to make it a lot easier. Sawing the unneeded sockets off the wrench and adding grips would be a good start. A pedal in place of the bar on the Jack would be another. In any case, great work.
Wow, no arms, and you did it the old fashioned way too. I just use my cordless impact gun. Very impressive. I hope you made sure those lugs were torqued on properly after you set the car down?
Wow! Amazing what a woman! You are not only an inspiration to the world but you deserve your own show on tv. Not like the the majority of stupidity that is aired now a days. God bless your soul and keep up with that positive energy.
Now I am really ashamed to say that I don't know how to change a tire. I've only seen a couple of her videos and she is doing things that I can't do with my hands. I can't draw, paint, or change a tire. I really have to work on giving excuses. She took all the excuses away. Great job!
Awesome job! It might help putting the handbrake/e-brake on to prevent the rear tires from turning. Also have the shifter in park if doing the front tires. I prefer to use a telescopic socket wrench for the bolts but it might not be the ideal tool for armless person. Regards!
I'm. So proud of you! For ABSOLUTELY ALL OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR AMAZING INDEPENDENCE.. HOWEVER:. ALWAYS have AAA. I never want you on the roadside doin this, not ANY WOMAN..the world's a wicked place!!!! GOOD JOB ❣️❣️❣️👾💟
My name is Josh. I'm 26 with all of my limbs in tact and fully functional. I drive a tow truck for a living and change countless tires a week for road side assistance services.. I know how much a pain in the was it can be to do. But with no arms.. That's amazing. But besides that I watched a video of you pumping gas which lead to the driving video to the drive thru video to this one.i just wanted to say that you're drive to do things without assistance is inspiring. And I just told my wife I feel like I have no right to complain about anything anymore. I hope I can raise my children (who have all their limbs intact as well) to have half the will power and determination that you do. Thank you for being such an inspiration and god bless
Joshua Calloway *God ✌
Joshua Calloway FINALLY..EXCELLENT WONDERFUL COMMENT!!! Thanks! Im SO sick of negative comments on videos that inspire. I pray for those people to Meet God. If they dont now, they Will one day.
I got recommended the exact same vids in the same order
I read your very nice comment, but as I gazed to the reply section, I noticed something awe-Inspiring. The like number was at an extraordinary position. I had to make a choice of great magnitude, 69 or nothing? As I sat there pondering, a very sudden feeling swept over me, I knew with absolute certainty what I was to do. I....
Left it at 69
The Legend how diapointed would you be if I unliked?
a girl that can change a tire AWESOME and with just feet priceless
Darlin....there are people with all limbs that can't do that. You rock!
You brought tears of pure joy to my eyes. I'm a mechanic with two arms realizing that it makes no essential difference. Quality of the soul makes the difference. And you are such a beautiful soul. How inspiring !
Never give up and if it's to put a tire. It's so great to see you, because sometimes it's difficult with two arms. So inspiring! People can learn a lot from you, not otherwise.
You’re an inspiration to millions of people young lady!! True angel with an amazing personality
That is amazing..not the tire change but her will and attitude...good job Tisha
You are one of the most positive people I have ever seen. Everytime one of my kids says they can't do something, I am going to make them watch your videos.
Just because things are harder to do don't mean you can't do it. You are showing so many people to put your best foot forward. Try and don't give up. You can achieve anything you put your mind to do. Tfs you are awesome and I'm glad to have found your channel.
Honey you're so blessed to have the strength, will and determination. You deserve a tv show on TLC, maybe you should reach out to the network. My family and I would watch. After watching some of your videos I can't complain about anything. Keep doing what you're doing. May God bless you!!!!
I love this woman. She is awesome! I cant even get my wife with both her arms to do this. Simply amazing!!
who could ever give a thumbs down to her? how dare they!
Melbaby Gregory 52 insecure people who cant change a tire WITH arms, thats who! They must have been intimidated by her mad skills!!! 😆
Mrs. Kristy Jean Jones 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Melbaby Gregory mean cruel people that’s who
I can #65
How dare YOU questioning how others vote! Now I changed my up vote to down out of spite. Proud to be #67.
THAT was impressive, I've changed dozens of wheels over the years and I honestly didn't think that you'd manage it,
Well done to you, that was 7minutes of pure awesome
Your last upload was 2 years ago, I hope all is well with you. I stumbled upon your videos because one showed up in my suggestions. You are an inspiration!
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I am VERY IMPRESSED! I changed tires for a living, you ROCK!!
Congratulations,you did it. Quite a feat of determination. I hope you won't have to do it again. Could be dangerous for anyone. I had one fall on me. I'm an old man now and had a flat at the grocery store this summer. I started changing the tire. I got the car jacked up and a young guy come over and insisted on doing it.I was happy to let him because,NOW THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART, it gave him a sense usefulness and happiness by helping me.
On top of how amazing this is, it’s more amazing that you are threading the lug nuts back in without cross threading them! Unbelievable and excellent job! WOW!!
Your attitude is infectious!!Wish there where more people like in this world;)
I admire all you do. I made my children watch your videos to show there is no excuse to be lazy or dependent.
That's awesome! I know people with arms that can't change a tire or don't try to. I like your spunkiness and positive attitude towards everything and I like your video's. Thank you for entertaining and teaching everyone that no one is limited in what they can achieve. God bless you
You're amazing, Tisha! Very inspiring!
I am in awe! To have the willpower and drive that you do, is truly amazing! I will gladly show this video to anyone who claims to "not be able to do something" so they can see that regardless of your situation, you find a way, and I'll tell them, NO EXCUSES! Well done! Cheers from Kentucky! :)
You are an inspiration. I'm confident you can do anything you set your mind to. I am on a Veteran's adaptive sports team that does water sports such as scuba diving and sailing, as well as golf and snow skiing. We have one person on our team who lost all 4 limbs in Iraq. She loves scuba diving. I bet you would be good at several sports. I would encourage you to look into it. I'm glad that you are out there living life to the fullest. God bless and keep on keeping on.
Letisha, you are amazing! You are a great example of why the disability system should never have low expectations. Letting people try as opposed to assuming they cannot is the best way forward. You have shown how many things people can do without arms to the public.
Still faster than the idiots at Jiffy Lube xD
Pep Boys too! You should get paid for that observation.
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You are an amazing person, you make me realize how I take so many easy simple things for granted. I love how you laugh and smile through it all!
I've seen quickfit technicians do far worse and not tighten the nuts.
You'd be surprised how many people can't do what you just did Tisha, you did a really good job.
It's unbeleiveable! A few woman can't change wheels with arms. You can change without arms.
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István Kovács captain obvious
More than a few. 🚲
Many men cant change a tyre, pathetic!
I know these are old videos but I found you recently and I've fallen in love and just simply impressed and amazed. I hope you are doing well.
Next level core and leg strength...I don't think I could even lift my legs like that while sitting up for more than a minute, and that's without doing anything dexterous with my feet and toes... You're a boss
You go girl!!!!! You are so awesome. We need more people in this world like you.
Well in my 63 years ive seen a lot of talented people.but you are quite possibly the most amazing person I've seen.
100% respect to you Tisha! I have a hell of a time lifing a tire back on and lining up the holes and I am able bodied. Mad reapect for you and your friends. Keep on doin what ya do!
This is freaking unbelievable... 50% of people can’t change a tire at all. And this is a impossible task without arms. And you somehow did the impossible. Props to you. Absolutely amazing
Young lady you are an inspiration to all of us ! Much love and respect very well done !
Whenever i feel low i watch her video n all my worries go away. She is truly inspirational. Hope Trisha is reading my comment. If so pls give a thumps up. It will really help me to overcome my bad days.
I watch her videos she is very determined
You are AWESOME! My boss can't change a tire...he has 2 arms and 2 legs but no brain. I'm impressed by your positive attitude,some people just don't realize how much they have going for them.
Wow Tisha you have such patience, perseverance and a positive attitude, I'm not sure I could do the things you do, love your videos!
Wow!!! You never gave up. While watching this I was like man it's hard for me to change a tire and I see you doing it I can only imagine how tired you were but u never gave up. You are a true admiration.❤ you are stong,beautiful, and powerful. Get it girll(:
I've been a Mechanic for over 20 years and I work for Mercedes Benz ... I don't think I could do this ... Maaaaajor props to you girly! Just wow
Props to you. I know men that can't change a tyre and threy have arms. We wish you all the happy Ness you deserve it. From Australia xx
I wish i had 1% of you're drive and determination. You are an inspiration.
I'm not one for saying things like this, but you are an inspiring person. You are a gem and your attitude is fantastic.
Now I’ve seen everything! Very impressed , there’s people with arms that can’t change a tire .. total awe ... great vid 👍🏻
Tisha is unstoppable, she can do anything.
Well done Tisha! (My daughter has the same name!) You're an inspiration. God bless you!
Your determination and persistence is inspiring! I'm sure you were tired but you hung in there.
I think it’s bad ass that you even attempted to do it, yet alone getter done. Big props 👏🏻
You’re one amazing person! Watching you has changed my life! You’re my hero !!!
This lady just put this on my bucket list, now I have to do it at least once
Which part the changing a tire, the no hands or both
There is nothing to say. Absolutely incredible. Truly inspiring
I really appreciate you . I'm also a right Arm Amputee from Elbow . But I do love to do all the things , especially Challenges . I tuneup my Car and do 80% work by myself .
People having two normal Hands many many of them can't change the Tire of their Cars .
Keep it up .
Hi Tisha, great videos ! One helpful hint for you or anyone is to use what mechanics call a power bar. In this case, I would suggest a 3 foot long piece of abs plastic pipe, about 3" diameter. Slip it over the x-wrench when its horizontal and then step on the end of it. It will give you about three times the power to be able to crack the nuts loose, and more power to tighten them afterwards. Also, the bigger radius is gentler on limbs ! Thanks again for your vids !!
You inspire me sister. Love the life we have and make each moment great. I saw this in action when I see your videos.
A great woman indeed . God bless You
you are awsome..... nothing can hold you back.... you can do stuff what people whit arms even cant.... love how to see you wanna do everything on your own...respect from the nederlands
Is there anything you can't do? You just go out And show that big world what you can do... WoW! You are outstanding!!!
Ok this is about the 10th video I have watched of you and you deserve an Lifetime Achievement Award!!!!!
Everytime i come across your videos, i am so humbled by how awesome you are.
God put you here for a reason! So amazing young lady! You've helped my life so much, Tisha! You are an earth angel! And for those who thumbs downed her, you are pure evil!
I am never complaining about my sore leg again
Love from everyone in Australia 🇦🇺
Absolutely, David. Cheers from Melbourne.
This is amazing, your just a normal average lady and it show if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything, people should take a few tips from you, great content, your my new favourite youtuber and always make me smile while I spend my time in hospital. Thanks for making me happy and smile
this young beautiful lady is very ambitious Anne is determined to do it on her own, she's very amazing you are an inspiration. you really need to have your own TV show it would be a hint. thank you so much for sharing and God bless you.
Back in the 70's when I started college, I took my first programming course. First assignment was to write a simple program, go to the IBM 370 computer center, figure out how to submit it. Back then programs were entered using punch cards which you made using a specialized keypunch machine. I walked in, seeing all those machines with lots of buttuns, levers and typewriter pad clicking away. Being clueless as to their use, I walked up to the first guy I saw at one and asked if he would show me how to use this contraption. He said sure, leaned back in his chair, wearing socks that had each toe individually covered like a glove, loaded in some cards flipped the appropriate levers and buttons , all with his toes, teaching me how to use the machine. It wasn't until he started that I noticed his missing arms. Talk about a lesson that stuck. Several years later, I saw him teaching as a professor, using an overhead projector instead of a black board. I bet his students were as inspired as I was. You amaze me in a similar way. Your smile and your wonderful can do attitude inspire us all. In an exspression that shows my age, "You Go Girl". I think the channel of videos of things you can't do would have no material at all. By the way, instead of standing on that lug wrench, try kind of stamping on it a few times, the impacts should act as a force multiplier and will require less of your energy to loosen and to tighten those bolts.
This is sad in a way if someone who doesn't have arms changes a tire how come there is people who doesn't know how and they give up so easy I mean look at her.
Men If you have your lady in the garage changing tires...with no arms...you might wanna think about some things. On the other hand its amazing how resourceful she is ☺.
Much respect. Half these men out here can’t even do that. I’m very impressed
U are one awesome young woman. Ur an inspiration to they rest of us. Don't let anything keep u from ur goals ! God bless u.
I applauded your skill, but also your ability to pick cars! Toyota yota fam 4life!
You are bad ass plain an simple an to the 28 people who dislike this amazing young woman how it must suck to be you going through life having no empathy or emotions I hope one day you can see the beauty in someone like her
Just when I think I have seen it all....you go and do something like this. Tisha,You rock., gal.
He seems like a really cool guy. He also can relate to her with the leg issue and yet can still help out when she needs it.
That's Wheely good. I would never get tired of this. Seriously that's amazing!
Hola tisha .....yo creo que debería de ser el canal de supertisha..... ya que lo que haces en cada capitulo tuyo lo encuentro increíble.....tisha eres mi inspiración y cada vez que veo un vídeo tuyo me ciento un mal agradecido de la vida ya que tuve la suerte de llegar a este planeta con todo puesto....y algunas veces me ciento tan inútil ante la vida ..,.... gracias a ti y sigue siendo la tisha de siempre...........haaaa y me di cuenta de que a 170 personas no les gustó tu vídeo ...yo me pregunto cómo lo harían ellos...?.....ok saludos cordiales desde Chile....mi nombre es Benito Henríquez Díaz y vivo en casas viejas .... Chile
You are a badass! I know people that can't change a tire with arms. I loved watching you shoot too. You have a great attitude.
Keep up the good work kiddo. So happy you have friends for support. Stay happy!
Trisha, you are amazing. The one concern I have is that you need to put a chock behind one of the wheels to stop the car from rolling. Other than that, you are amazing beyond belief! And you don't lose your sense of humor. The Lord bless you and keep you.
Some ideas to make it easier.
Break the lug nut or lug bolt free BEFORE jacking the car up at all. Use a wrench with a longer handle to provide more leverage and make it easier. If you can't find a wrench with a longer handle, you can use a small length of metal pipe over the wrench handle to extend it and increase leverage. Be aware that if the nuts have previously been overtightened, you could bend the wrench, and putting a pipe over the wrench handle makes it easier to bend the wrench.
Assuming the car is like most and the handbrake works on the rear wheels, before loosening the nuts make sure the handbrake is set and the front wheels are chocked to prevent rolling.
I can't be sure but it looks like you jacked up a rear wheel at the reinforced area on the pinchweld, and placed the jackstand forward of that point, where the pinchweld may not be reinforced. Just be aware that if the jack should give out and the car should fall onto the jackstand, the pinchweld may bend somewhate at the point where the jackstand was placed.
The service manual or owners manual should designate side support points, 1 for each wheel, along the pinch weld - points where the pinch weld is reinforced. It should also designate a center jack point for jacking up the whole front (the 2 front wheels) and another for jacking up the whole rear. Since the reinforced points along the pinch welds are small, there is usually no room to place BOTH a jack, and a jackstand, under the reinforced spot. So if jacking up only one wheel, usually only a jack is used, without a jackstand, or if a jackstand is used, it is only used as an extra safety measure, knowing that it may bend the pinchweld if the jack should fail and the car should fall onto the jack stand, but at least there is something there to keep the car from falling down completely and causing injury. With only a jack holding up the car, any kind of jack, you should of course never put your head under the car, and limbs should be placed underneath only momentarily, and ready to be instantly pulled out. With a rolling jack, a safer method to jack is to jack up an entire axle, then place one jack stand on each side of the car - at the point where the pinch welds are reinforced. Then lower the car onto the jack stands and withdraw the jack. By the way, the reason a rolling jack has wheels is not only to roll the jack into place, but to allow the jack to roll forward as its lift pad goes up. It needs to roll as the lift pad goes up because the lift pad goes up in an ARC; it does not go straight up. The car remains still, the as it goes up the lift pad gets closer to the handle of the jack, so the entire jack needs to roll forward.
While the wheel is still in the air, just SNUG up the lug nuts. Wait til all 4 wheels are on the ground before fully tightening any lug nuts. Put a single drop of oil on the threads on the studs, or lug bolt before tightening the nuts or the bolts. Also put a single drop of oil on the mating surfaces of the nut, where the nuts' or bolts' surface contacts the wheel's surface. Spread it around. Make sure the wheel's surface is free of sand or soil. Then use a torque wrench to tighten the nuts or bolts. The oil on the thread makes it easier to run down the nut, and the oil on the mating surface makes the torque measurement more accurate. A click type torque wrench may not be as accurate as a bend-beam torque wrench but it is generally easier to use, and accurate enough. A deflecting beam torque wrench is both accurate and easy to use. Also they are both typically quite long, and thus provide enough leverage to make tightening easy. It is primarily the friction between the wheel and the inside surface of the lug nut, that keeps the lug nut from loosening. Some people think it is friction between the threads of the nuts and the threads of the studs, but it is not, rather, these threads these serve to provide the leverage needed to force the inside surface of the nut firmly against the surface of the wheel. The amount of force needed to overcome friction between 2 surfaces (and thereby loosen the nut) is directly proportional to the amount of force pushing the 2 surfaces together, and the spirally configured inclined plane of the threads is what enables increasing the amount of force.
The torque needed to tighten the lug nuts on a smallish car is typically around 80 foot pounds. Owners manual may have the specification. Many mechanics over-tighten the lug nuts. Overtightening stretches the studs, weakens them, and actually WEAKENS the attachment of the wheel to the brake hub. A torque wrench is not expensive, but you can also measure the tightness with a scale placed at a specific point on the wrench handle. 80 foot-pounds means a force of 80 pounds at a point on the handle 1 foot from the center turning axis of the lug nut. If you measure force at 2 feet, you only need 40 pounds of force to tighten the nut to 80 foot-pounds. The math is very simple.
dude, too much
Theodore Zuckerman false. Your suggestion of "oil" is dangerous. As it will definitely cause an inaccurate torque reading and or overtightened lug nuts. Her vehicle looks like a Toyota Corolla i.e. 76ftlbs
Manuals that come with torque wrenches say to measure torque when the mating surfaces have a light coat of oil. Many vehicle owners manuals and service manuals specifically say measure the torque with oil on the 2 mating surfaces, the bottom of the bolt head or nut, and contact point on the wheel where the bottom of the bolt head or nut makes contact with the wheel. That is what my VW manual said for the lug nuts. I noticed that the Toyota manual said do NOT use oil. Honda manual made no mention. The thing is, without oil, the amount that the nut tightens in will vary quite a lot, from nut to nut, depending upon how much corrosion and fine soil there is on the mating surfaces. So one screw may be much tighter than another. Which could put flexion into the wheel. But if you use oil, every nut will tighten almost the same, as long as the torque is measured the same. So I prefer to use oil. It also makes the labor for both off and on easier. Esp oil on the threads makes getting the nut off easier because it prevents corrosion from causing the threads to seize. Oil on the threads is irrelevant as to the torque ratings (unless the threads are extremely filthy or corroded). What holds the nut from turning is the contact point between it and wheel. I've always brushed on a light coating or used my finger to place a light coating of grease. As little oil or grease as you can get to make as thin a film as you can get, does the trick. I also put a single drop on the threads of the stud, and then turn the nut on, then off, to make sure the threads on the stud are evenly covered, then back on again. I've been doing this 1000's of times over the last 50 years and never had a problem.Yes the nut will turn a bit further with oil than it will without oil. But there is no risk that you will cause the stud to elongate and weaken, and decrease in diameter at a certain point and weaken (and become likely to break next time), which is the danger of overtightening. What DOES weaken the stud is idiots tightening the nuts with power tools with misadjusted torque settings, unlubricated torque mechanism, or with cheap tools that don't even have a torque setting mechanism. With a spec of 76 foot pounds anything between 72 and 80 ft pounds is OK. But hold the trigger down for only a fraction of a second too long on a power wrench without a torque setting, and the nut can easily end up getting tightened to 120 ft pounds. Also, one nut may be 120 ft pounds and another may be 76, causing the wheel to flex and not lie flat against the disk or drum.
I removed the section about supporting the car on the pinchweld using 2 or more jack stands. The weight of the car should rest on the reinforced part of the pinchweld. The rest of the pinchweld may not be strong enough to support the weight of the car safely., even if the weight is distributed along a long length of pinchweld. Can you find something else that is unsafe?
The place to support a car, either the 2 front wheels or the 2 rear wheels, are the support points recommended by the manufacturer. These are usually reinforced areas of the pinch weld just behind the front wheels and just ahead of the rear wheels. Repeat: they are indeed on the pinchweld, but are the 4 spots where the pinchwelds are reinforced. You can use the supplied emergency scissor jack on one of these points, use a pair of jack stands on the 2 front points, or the 2 rears points, or all 4, or you can use the 4 lift pads of a hydraulic lift of the type found in a professional shop, on all 4 support points. You may be correct regarding using a piece of lumber to distribute the car's weight the across a large length of pinchweld, but you are saying something that is exactly the same as what I said earlier, and that removed - after you objected to it. So you are contradicting yourself. I removed it because, while it is probably safe and effective, I am not sure that inexperienced people can figure out how to do it safely.
As far as the subframe. It depends WHERE on the subframe. To be on the safe side, I want to limit my recommendations to the manufacturer recommended spots - and they tend to be the 4 above-mentioned reinforced areas of the pinchweld, that are near the wheels, and in addition to those 4, manufacturers tend to limit their recommendations to two other spots, one spot is a place on the sub frame that is about halfway between both front wheels, that is used to lift both front wheels, and the second spot is a place near the rear of the car to lift both rear wheels (on a front-wheel drive car, usually it is a reinforced area of the body). Lifting anywhere else requires more expertise than most car owners have, so I am going to stick to mentioning the manufacturer recommended points here.
That said, the reinforced pinchweld areas on an older rusted car may not be safe lift points once they have acquired considerable rust, and you will need some expertise as to where to lift, or support, the car, instead.
I recently rotated the tires on my 2015 Honda Fit. The front point for lifting both front wheels was quite far from the front of the car, and only about 5 inches off the ground, plus between it and the front of the car there were several pieces of plastic shrouding that were only abuot 4.5 inches off the ground, making it rather a PIA to get the jack under the car and its lift pad lined up with the car's lift point. The smallest, lowest rolling jack I could find would not fit under the car so that its lift pad would reach the car's lift point! I had to first drive the car up onto ramps (about 1.5 inches high) in order to get the rolling jack under the car! And then, there wasn't a lot of space for the first few up-and-down motions of the jack's lift lever. Later, I had to remember to put the ramps under the front wheels before jacking the car down. This is a front-wheel drive car: the rear of the car was very light. There was a piece of steel bar, a cylindrical bar about 3/4 inch in diameter, welded to the bottom of the spare-tire bin. This was strong enough to use to lift up both rear wheels. It is also the manufacturer's recommended lift point. The spare tire bin did not bend. But the rear of this car is very light. Engine, transaxle, even the gas tank - all are up front.
Thanks for using jack stands. Your friend is lucky, a good friend of mine died because he didn't support his car properly and it feel on him. I don't like thinking about it but it had to be a horrible way to go so please, practice safe lifting everyone
You're special, it takes a special person to be able to change a tire without arms or hands keep up the good work👍
Uh I have all my limbs, & I still can't change a tire.🤤 Tisha, your amazing!
YOU ARE NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZEING THAT CAN DO ATTITUDE IMPRESSES ME YOUR VIDEOS INSPIRE ME TO BE THE BEST I CAN BE IN LIFE
This girl is a bad ass woman you are my new superhero I watching you doing things make me love my life even more. Thanks for your time and the videos every time I learn something from you.
So cute your friend is hilarious and I love your guy and think you 2 are perfect and awesome For not letting anything stop you and not complaining about what you have or don't have... super funny Cristy and Darren went to eat lol such a good video and I admire you for the fact you didnt give up... Did Christie say hold it on with one toe I am dying laughing. I think it's great that you actually change the tire with no arms in having the lake adjustment I was complaining because I have you no issue with one leg being shorter but watching you always makes me feel like a big whiny a** baby so I've learned to stop complaining and just take it like a beast so thanks for the encouragement
Okay I commented twice already but like come on this is crazy. I’ll just say one more time that you’re amazing. You can do anything and I respect that!
I see that you are good at being independent, but maybe I can suggest that you can get different size blocks that you can put at the end, of the lug wrench for leverage, and then you can stand and bounce that will make it easier, to bust loose the lugs for you.
Wow every video I Watch I'm more Blown Away than the last I'm speechless, you're truly an amazing person and completely inspiring
I have absolutely no more excuses in life.
Tisha you do a great Job you have showed me things that I would think would be impossible
please keep your videos coming, you are quite an inspiration to all of us. when I was young my parents taught me the expression. I cried because I had no shoes,_____
You are so brave and nothing stops you even though you dont have arms I think you should be a celebrity because you are awesome
Holy shit 😲 girl your brilliant. I meet people who say that they can't work because they have a bad back and look at you you make me proud to live in a world where you live your grat.
If you're really going to prepare to do this along side the road (you totally should) the tools would be pretty simple to modify to make it a lot easier. Sawing the unneeded sockets off the wrench and adding grips would be a good start. A pedal in place of the bar on the Jack would be another.
In any case, great work.
Hi I'm sunita from trinidad you're amazing as always...you're an inspiration..we need more people like u in the world stay blessed and beautiful
Wow, no arms, and you did it the old fashioned way too. I just use my cordless impact gun. Very impressive. I hope you made sure those lugs were torqued on properly after you set the car down?
Wow! Amazing what a woman! You are not only an inspiration to the world but you deserve your own show on tv. Not like the the majority of stupidity that is aired now a days. God bless your soul and keep up with that positive energy.
Now I am really ashamed to say that I don't know how to change a tire. I've only seen a couple of her videos and she is doing things that I can't do with my hands. I can't draw, paint, or change a tire. I really have to work on giving excuses. She took all the excuses away. Great job!
Awesome job! It might help putting the handbrake/e-brake on to prevent the rear tires from turning. Also have the shifter in park if doing the front tires.
I prefer to use a telescopic socket wrench for the bolts but it might not be the ideal tool for armless person. Regards!
I'm liking this video even without seeing it till the end! what??! changing a tire Tisha? kudos to you,God bless you 😊
I'm. So proud of you! For ABSOLUTELY ALL OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR AMAZING INDEPENDENCE.. HOWEVER:. ALWAYS have AAA. I never want you on the roadside doin this, not ANY WOMAN..the world's a wicked place!!!! GOOD JOB ❣️❣️❣️👾💟