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willald
Jan 31, 2015Explorer II
Update: Took the tire off today, managed to wrestle it into the trunk of the car, and tried taking it to a few tire shops. Pretty much struck out - Every place I went, said they did not have the tools to work with 19.5" tires; even if they could find the leak, they could not fix it, as they couldn't dismount or mount the tire from the rim. I thought that being just 19.5" tires, most tire shops could work with them, as this size is commonly found on dually pickups (right?). Apparently not, only truck tire shops. And of course, the two truck tire places here in town, were closed by the time I got there. Sooo, MH will stay up on a jack, tire will stay in the car's trunk, and Monday I'll try again (no tire place will be open tomorrow).
On another note: This was the first time I got brave and tried to take off the MH tires myself. It really is not as hard to work with these tires as I was lead to believe by some folks on here. Lug bolts came off pretty easily with a good size wrench and breaker bar. Picked up a 8 ton bottle jack from Harbor Freight, that handled lifting it pretty easily. Also picked up a 150 ft-lb torque wrench that I'll use to get the lug nuts back on with the proper torque. Really, all I need is the bottle jack, torque wrench, 13/16" socket, and the breaker bar. Most of which are tools many people would already have, anyway.
Only tough part was lifting the tire up into the trunk, but that was/is doable as well.
Guess thats one good thing about 19.5" tires on a gasser, they're much easier to handle. :)
On another note: This was the first time I got brave and tried to take off the MH tires myself. It really is not as hard to work with these tires as I was lead to believe by some folks on here. Lug bolts came off pretty easily with a good size wrench and breaker bar. Picked up a 8 ton bottle jack from Harbor Freight, that handled lifting it pretty easily. Also picked up a 150 ft-lb torque wrench that I'll use to get the lug nuts back on with the proper torque. Really, all I need is the bottle jack, torque wrench, 13/16" socket, and the breaker bar. Most of which are tools many people would already have, anyway.
Only tough part was lifting the tire up into the trunk, but that was/is doable as well.
Guess thats one good thing about 19.5" tires on a gasser, they're much easier to handle. :)
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