rotating tires, floor jacks
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rotating tires, floor jacks
after using the jack that came with my Ranger to rotate the tires myself, I have decided that is too much exercise for me. I went and got a couple of 2-ton floor jacks, plus jack stands. However, the lifting part of the floor jacks is a round piece too large to fit inside the intended Ranger jacking points. Any pointers ? signed "dumb as a stump"
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From: Durant, OK (SOSU)
My tires were rotated LF to LR and RF to RR per the manual. I assume yours is the same. I just used a single floor jack under the frame rail on the side I was working on, no problems.
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From: loveland, co.
I have 2 industrial floor jacks liberated from a Discount Tires dumpster. 
Since I worked there for oh 3 years or so, I rotated alot of tires. Usually I had 3 jacks, but with the 2, I lift the rear by the dif and d-side by the frame. I usually cross the front to the rear, and just switch sides in the front. Got 60k out of a set of BFG AT's doing this every oil change(5k) on my wife's Exploder.
Since I worked there for oh 3 years or so, I rotated alot of tires. Usually I had 3 jacks, but with the 2, I lift the rear by the dif and d-side by the frame. I usually cross the front to the rear, and just switch sides in the front. Got 60k out of a set of BFG AT's doing this every oil change(5k) on my wife's Exploder.
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There was a warning in my Haynes or Chilton (I forget) about lifting at the diff, as it could crack or warp the cover.
It's that kind of thing that makes me nervous. I have to confess that the last time I did this sort of thing was on my stable of VW beetles back in the 60's and early '70's. But after somehow inheriting a 1950 Ford tractor and getting my hands dirty on it, my Ford Ranger gets the going over from my hands now too...
It's that kind of thing that makes me nervous. I have to confess that the last time I did this sort of thing was on my stable of VW beetles back in the 60's and early '70's. But after somehow inheriting a 1950 Ford tractor and getting my hands dirty on it, my Ford Ranger gets the going over from my hands now too...
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