Stupid question/advice time

"Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24) 07/30/2015 at 11:21 • Filed to: None

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So it’s time to rotate my tires on the slobalt but what would be the best way to do it with only 2 jack stands and a floor jack

Nibby > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:22

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Buy a stuffed animal crane machine. Use its crane.

Garrett Davis > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:23

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Two jack stands and a floor jack? Or just two jack stands?

Alfalfa > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:23

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MANPOWER.

How many friends do you have, and how much beer can you afford to bribe them with?

CalzoneGolem > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:24

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I wouldn’t bother with stands. Just jack up the corner and swap on the doughnut then move to corner you want to put that wheel on.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Garrett Davis 07/30/2015 at 11:25

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Two jack stands aND a floor jack

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:25

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One jack stand at each end, and some delicately positioned balance rocks.

Skamanda > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:26

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The correct answer is that you should’ve bought directional tires, so you only have to jack up one side to rotate them! Plus, they perform better anyway...

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:26

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Just swap the front wheel with the back wheel on each side.

http://jalopnik.com/5925881/how-to…

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:27

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Jack up both rear tires. Place axle stands. Remove both rear tires. Jack up one front wheel, remove and replace with the tire being rotated. Do the same to the other side.

Alternately, if you don’t want to have the vehicle resting on just a jack at any point... Do one side at a time? That would seem like the most logical solution in any case

thebigbossyboss > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:28

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Take front left tire off. Put on spare tire where front left was. Rotate to where you need to be. Take other tire you rotated with and put on front left. Repeat process for right side.

I don’t rotate my tires, in canada there’s no point since you change them every 6 months anyways.

BigBlock440 > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:28

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I wouldn’t bother with the jackstands, you’re not putting any part of your body underneath it. Jack up one side in the center, take tire A off, toss it under the car, take tire B off and put it where A was. Take A and put it where B was. Put car back down and repeat on other side. Done in 10 minutes.

Garrett Davis > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:29

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Then you should be able to get away with throwing the jack stands under some pinch seams on the front or rear and then lifting with the jack from either the rear cross brace or the front pumpkin if it’s accessible.

This isn’t exactly a recommended way to do things, so be careful around that jack. Throw a rag on the end of the handle or something to make it more visible.

Party-vi > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:38

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Spend $50 and buy two more jack stands.

gizmo-ms3 > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:48

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Jack up one side from front pinch weld until both wheels lift up. Swap wheels front to back. Done.

That’s how I’ve always done it with no jack stands. Front weight bias keeps it from falling over. Maybe I’m an idiot.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/30/2015 at 11:54

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Yeah this sounds pretty logical

ly2v8-Brian > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 11:58

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drive it around the block.

Seriously though get some solid pieces of wood. It is a legit method. I used railroad ties to put a bulldozer up to remove tracks, so some smaller pieces of timber can handle a compact.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > CalzoneGolem 07/30/2015 at 12:05

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Most Slobalts don’t have donuts. They come with an emergency inflator kit (fancy Fix-a-flat). A compact spare was like a $90 option if I remember right.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 12:06

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That’s exactly how I used to do mine. You can jack the back up and put a jack on each corner of the beam axle, then use the floor jack to do each front corner independently.

jmalek > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 12:08

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The way that I did it with my slobalt is I would put jackstands on the front subframe mounts. Then I would jack up one rear corner at a time, thanks to it being very difficult to jack the whole rear end due to the stupid torsion beam rear suspension.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/30/2015 at 12:13

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We actually had a spare in ours so this could be plan b but would take more time. Was also planning on doing an oil change too so im gonna need the jack stands anyway

BloodlessWeevil > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/30/2015 at 13:15

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My recommendation, swap both sides front-to-rear then swap the two rears side-to-side (assuming the tires are not directional.) I would not trust the jack while swapping tires.

Walk of Shane > Garrett Davis 07/30/2015 at 13:18

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This is exactly how I do it on my MS3. Just make sure you do it on a level surface and have really good jack stands and a really good floor jack.