Lift process for removing all 4 tires
I want to buy 4 new tires for 5er. Want to remove all four tires/wheels, take them and the new tires to a mounting shop. I have hydraulic front landing gear and electric stabilizer jack system in rear...
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avvidclif1 wrote:
I used 2 HD ramps. Pulled trailer forward with front tires on the ramps, removed rear tires and went to town. Replaced moved ramps to back tires and repeated. The short amount of time the 2 tires were overloaded didn't hurt them. They are not moving and the truck was supporting a lot of the weight.
If jacking the axles, DO NOT put the jack under the round axle tube, it can crush the tube. If the axle is over the spring no problem.
Ok, I think I'll remove two tires at time. One side at a time. But I'm confused now about lifting point. My leaf springs are above the axles. Can I put a bottle jack under the round axle directly under the leaf springs to jack one axle at a time? If I cant, then where do I place jack? I've already done just that during a highway flat and seemed to work fine. Seems like if I lift tire of ground by jacking to the frame I-Beam, the travel to get tire off would be greater than the travel to just push the axle up. Plus, I'd be lifting the entire side of the 5er up and both tires would be suspended. That might put a lot of twisting stress of entire frame.
