How to change a tyre of your campervan

A flat tyre can always happen. In your home country with your own car, but also here in Australia while on your Spaceships road trip. Your Spaceship is equipped with a spare tyre. To change a tyre is just as easy as on any regular car. If you have never changed a tyre before or you need a refresher course, the tips and videos on this page will help you out.

As a flat tyre is a non-mechanical fault the call-out costs of using the 24-hours roadside service by NRMA (National Roads and Motorists’ Association), will be your cost regardless of the insurance option you have selected. See for more info our Terms & Conditions.

Safety tips before you change the tyre

• No one should be in your Spaceship when replacing a tyre.
• Make sure that you and your fellow traveller(s) are out of the way of traffic.
• Apply the hand/footbrake and put the vehicle in 'park'.
• Loosen the wheel nuts first, but don't remove them! Tip: lefty loosey, righty tighty.
• Then place the jack underneath the vehicle, at the jacking point. See the videos below for further instructions.

Video instructions: changing a tyre

To show you how to change a tyre of your Spaceships, we've created these instructional videos. These are especially useful if you have never changed a tyre before. They show the location of the spare tyre on our campervans and how to change a flat tyre.

• How to use your Alpha budget campervan video: covers how to replace a tyre as well
• Instructional video for the Beta standard campervan: also covers replacing a flat tyre
• How to use your Beta 2S premium campervan: show you how to replace a tyre as well
• Instructional video for the Beta 4-berth family campervan: also covers replacing a flat tyre

How to change a tyre (general tips)

The video below shows some extra tips about replacing a tyre of a Toyota vehicle. Spaceships campervans are Toyota Estimas.