Tire question?
I often see experts on here saying that if you have one flat you should change all four because of the "overloading" that occurs on the other three. I am putting on new brakes, how do I jack it up so...
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troubledwaters wrote:
If you stop believing everything you read on the internet you won't have a problem jacking up your trailer and installing new brakes (or whatever). What you need to be worried about is where you put the jack, not how much load is on the other tires.
Best answer is above. You put more stress on the other tires driving than you will jacking to do the brake job. Way more. Don't worry about it at all.. There "Danger" from jacking it up is zero.
Well I take that back... When they put new tires on my Rig last year they used my 12 ton bottle jack on the rear.. They now have "Bottle jack" size hole in their parking lot where it punched right through the asphalt... ON the other side I set the jack.. I set it on plank 2x8x36"
That's the only danger. put a plank under the jack so you don't punch through asphalt.. Not needed on concrete or packed earth. THough I'd still use it on packed earth.
