Oh good,


Anyway, if you -really- want to make this quick, invest in an air compressor and an impact wrench, on top of the jack and stands. It'll take you like 10 minutes tops to rotate all the tires.

 

You so gangsta. Hardcore from chicago!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Picked up my 2.5 ton floor jack and 2 ton jack stands today.

Got both for about $50.

 

Glad to see this thread is back on course after reading through the teen angst posts...

The floor jack + stands will do you good in the long run. I bought a similar set years ago when I had a different car and it's still paying off. A creeper is a good thing to have too. It'll save you from rolling around on the floor and laying your head on conrete.

Now you need to get some of these (about $40). These are the 12,000lb capacity ones. I used them for changing my oil last week. They made the job sooooo much easier. Actually I can't see doing an oil change without them - even if your car isn't lowered. I also used them last weekend to mount my trailer hitch (for my bike rack).

 

I have ramps I made myself via wood. To me, they are much better then anything I can buy in relation to value. I use them for my changes and absolutely love them. Thanks for the suggestion however!

Here is the DIY post I made about them:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ight=oil+ramps


Overall I spent around $100 on supplies to do the tire rotations. $50 for my torque wrench (Home Depot's Husky Brand, which will be used for more then just tires), $30 for the 2.5 ton floor jack, and $15 for the 2-ton jack stands.

It will pay off in about 4 rotations, haha. But I will also be doing my dad's oil/rotations now so I will make the money back a little faster

Thanks for all the help guys in leading me in the right direction on supplies! Ill report back this weekend how it went, haha.

 

Ahhhh yeah... I remember that post. That made me want to get ramps in the first place. So thank you.

 

that's awesome

 

You can pick up a package jack and stands at Pep Boys/Schucks or any other parts supply store for $30, or $20 on sale. They'll work fine. The hydraulic jack is some much easier to use then crankin' the scissor-jacks that you'll be glad to have spent the money.

 

Wow, this is yet another forum that seems to be off topic. This might be possibly due to the requirement that people make 50 posts to the forums... sort of waters down the quality.

For what it is worth, rotating tires with only the standard emergency jack isn't that hard and is definitely worth the time unless you make $100K+/year.

 

Just make sure to torque your lug nuts to spec. The dealer is a little overpriced, as they usually are. I worked at a tire and lube shop for quite a while. IIRC, we charged $1.50per tire to rotate. So all in all, you'd spend $6. Not bad, if you ask me.

But, a nice jack and jackstands are pretty critical if you're going to be getting under your car. Good buy on the jack and stands!

 

Just so you guys know as I posted a few posts back, I did buy proper jack stands and floor jack to do it! Plus a torque wrench to torque to the proper specs.

 

Did the rotation friday night and it went well. The nuts were a little tough to get off (over torqued... i checked a few and all were beyond 100ft lbs on my torque wrench...). However, once that battle was over it went fairly easy.

With each tire off I would pop out rocks and other crap stuck in the tires and on my rear drivers side tire found a metal rod or something sticking out.. Decided not to risk it and took the tire to get plugged. Better safe than sorry!

Without the little repair needed it would of been done in like thirty minutes, but it can't always go smooth.

Thanks for all the help though guys in getting me all the right stuff to do the job right. Appreciate it!

 

 

you just validated your own lack of maturity.

 

FAIL!!!!!



John

 

good job, glad to hear it worked out for you

 

When would I know the time is right to take it in for balance or alignment?

At highway speeds it drives without any shaking or pulling (usually whichever direction the wind is blowing, haha).

I know not now obviously, but what are signs to look out for in the future?

 

these really dont help with rotating your tires at all.. since the weight applied needs to be off the tires.. and to the body itself.. i have the ramps and they help alot.. but you need a hydraulic jack and some stands.. pretty affordalbe at walmart or costco..

 

Aye aye aye...

 

Did anyone else have issue's with the jacking points, bending?

Afterwards I did notice the frame rails bent where the jack and floor jacks were used. I didn't know it was so "giving" in a way and if I did know would of bought some wood or some tough rubber to cushion it a bit...

Oh well, will this cause an issue down the line? It looks like there is like 2-3 layers of thin sheet metal and only 1 layer has a slight flare to it where it was jacked. I used the proper points but the jack and stands are not correctly adapted to fit this type of rail I suppose.

Looks like I may try using a hockey puck for cushion for the floor jack and craft some wood that distribute the weight of the rail a bit better when on the stands.

Im just kinda ____ed that it bent in a few places, hopefully it wont be an issue