Rotating tires
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Rotating tires
I was gona post this about rotating tires a week or so ago, but on the highway coming home last night I had a blow-out (picked up a bolt) and had to change in the middle of no-where.
Now I rotated the tires at home and had to beat them to get them off (us who live in northern states and get winter weather plus the crap they put down to salt the roads) My aluminum rims had fused to the hubs. I never siezed all before I put them back on. So glad I did I could just imagine trying to get them off if I hadn't. Now I have a few words about the wimppy jack Rrrrrr.
Now I rotated the tires at home and had to beat them to get them off (us who live in northern states and get winter weather plus the crap they put down to salt the roads) My aluminum rims had fused to the hubs. I never siezed all before I put them back on. So glad I did I could just imagine trying to get them off if I hadn't. Now I have a few words about the wimppy jack Rrrrrr.
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I spray the backs of the rims with a white grease so they wont stick. Ive had to beat them off with a sludge hammer before. I also pick up a chepo floor jack in a case and threw it under the seat in the back of the cab.
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I'm gona do that! I build Log Cabins and have a ton of bottle jacks, just never gave it any thought before its why I posted this for everyone else to be perpared.
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It didn't reach high enough the first time so I had to drop it back down and put a 2x4 under it (double ). Since then, I always make sure I have a hydraulic bottle jack with me. So much quicker and easier.
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to get them off (us who live in northern states and get winter weather plus the crap they put down to salt the roads) My aluminum rims had fused to the hubs. I never siezed all before I put them back on. So glad I did I could just imagine trying to get them off if I hadn't. Now I have a few words about the wimppy jack Rrrrrr.
Has less to do with the northern states and how they treat their roads, has everything to do with aluminum and iron touching each other for that length of time.
On commercial trucks they install a plastic or rubber spacer between dissimilar wheels and/or between the inside wheel and the brake drum.
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I put anti-seize on the back of the wheel and on the drum when I change them since it won't burn off like grease would.
I like the rubber plastic disk anyone know it they make them for non commercial use?
Have to do a internet search and see let you know what I find.
I like the rubber plastic disk anyone know it they make them for non commercial use?
Have to do a internet search and see let you know what I find.
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I never thought if it until I was driving my last truck ('97 F-150) across the country and had a flat in Tennessee. I spent forever on the side of the highway turning that freakin' **** on the jack to lift it up!! It didn't reach high enough the first time so I had to drop it back down and put a 2x4 under it (double ). Since then, I always make sure I have a hydraulic bottle jack with me. So much quicker and easier.
It didn't reach high enough the first time so I had to drop it back down and put a 2x4 under it (double ). Since then, I always make sure I have a hydraulic bottle jack with me. So much quicker and easier.And to the galvanic corrosion, yeah throw a little calcium clorride into the mix and pressto changeo! stuck rims
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And if anyone wants a foolproof way of avoiding this, they can swap me for my chrome-clad steel wheels. Problem solved!
I don't like steel wheels. They may not bind to brake drums, but they sure are heavy...
I don't like steel wheels. They may not bind to brake drums, but they sure are heavy...
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If you notice any uneven wear (i.e. you do a lot of burnouts with an open differential) you can cross sides. Always cross going TO the drive wheels. For a RWD cross when going front to back (the backs should go straight forward to the front without crossing).
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Two things. I have steel wheels and they stick on the back too. Have used the BFH or crowbar to get them loose.
I have a 4x4 and the rotation pattern is back straight to the front and the fronts to the oposite side rear. I think it show this in the owners manual for rotation that doesn't include the spare.
I have a 4x4 and the rotation pattern is back straight to the front and the fronts to the oposite side rear. I think it show this in the owners manual for rotation that doesn't include the spare.
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