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Originally Posted by photon
My dad got a torque wrench says he wants to replace his winters himself this year, so I figure we can do it together.
He was just going to jack it up one corner at a time but I'm not sure I'd trust the little jack that comes with my car (or the hydraulics of a floor jack).
It seems to me like a floor jack with a couple of jack stands would be safer, but is there a way to do one corner at a time with a setup like that? Can't put the jack stand on the point where it's being jacked up obviously, would there be somewhere else to put a jack stand just for safety while doing that corner?
Also my car has some hub rings, but just thinking ahead how does one usually stop the rings from falling out of the wheel while putting the wheel on? Or are they usually tight enough that's not a problem? I suppose I could put them on the hub but they're plastic so seems like it'd be easy to damage them.
I assume just normal Princess Auto / Canadian Tire tier floor jack / jack stands are fine?
EDIT: Oh this seems cool, the jack has a place to put the jack stand in: https://www.princessauto.com/en/4000...t/PA0009133364 |
I do our vehicles all the time. I have the gear to do it quickly, so it saves me time vs actually having to make an appointment and bring them in anywhere.
I have a good jack, and just make sure no body parts go under the car at any point. But if in doubt, just put a jack stand beside the jack mounting point, not fully touching the car. If something happened at least it will save you.
The plastic rings can usually just get placed on the hub on the rotor, then the wheel goes onto that. Just be really aware of those…on one of our vehicles, the winters have the rings, the summers don’t. One year I put the summers on over the rings (forgot they were there) and realized once I started driving they were “wobbly”. Had to take them all off, remove the plastic rings, and put them back on.
Also, an electric impact wrench is great time and work saver, and you can get some good sales on them at Canadian tire.