Did First Five Tire Rotation

[grogiefrog]

Yesterday I finally rolled over 6k, so time for my first five tire rotation. I had purchased a small hydraulic floor jack. It worked fine in the back, but it didn't raise enough by placing it directly on the frame behind the front tire. I might need to look for a different solution for the next time.

What kind of a jack is everyone else using?

But anyway, I am looking forward to burning up the stock tires and getting something like Revos! I'm interested in seeing how much wear that the stocks will have at 12k.

 

[2003KJ]

I have a 2 ton floor jack I purchased not too long ago from Northern Tool and Equipment. Works great for jacking ONE tire up at a time, but not big, nor strong enough, to raise the entire vehicle at once. Plus, i don't really have time to rotate my own tires any more, so I just let the stealership do it while they got it for a free oil change.

BTW, I'm at 22K and still on the SRA's. Still have minimal wear on them, so don't get too excited about Revo's just yet....LOL

 

[grogiefrog]

I went and looked at the box of the floor jack, and it says a max. of 16 3/4. So, to do it properly (ie. place the jack on the frame behind the front wheel), I need a stand that goes up a little higher. Sigh...

Yes, maybe I should let the dealer do it, but on JU I had heard complaints about getting them to do a five tire, and do it correctly. It's not that big of a deal to do it on my own. It got me out of helping the wife to plant some new shrubs, lol.

 

[-=JoN=-]

i've tried twice to get my dealer to do it..apperantly they can only count up to 4..so i ended up doing it myself....

 

[Mangate]

I prefer not to rotate the tires, that way I can see if there is a suspension or alignment problem.

 

[JeepJeepster]

me doing mine.

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I have 2 6 ton jack stands and a 2 ton aluminium floor jack. both craftsman.

All my craftsman goodies and all the jeeps.

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[yoda13]

you just want Jon to bring out the photochopped pic of your Jeep hovering over the ground as it is affected by the Force don't you..... \/

 

[JeepJeepster]

no, thats already happened once. I dont need to see it again, did u see that of something?

 

[yoda13]

I just remembered it from before and thought it was funny at the time, and everytime you have brought out that pic, the photochopped pic shows up again =D>

 

[-=JoN=-]

you just want Jon to bring out the photochopped pic of your Jeep hovering over the ground as it is affected by the Force don't you..... \/

heh, i'll keep that in the garage for now......

that is definitly a classic....not makin raggin on anyone or anything..but seriously..i just couldnt help but to use the force on it... (whistle)

 

[fouros]

grogie hate to dissapoint you I have 40 000miles on my Badyears and i could probably get another 10 out of em b4 they need changing ](*,)

 

[yoda13]

Hmm, I only got 30000 miles out of the stock tires....which I thought was great, given how bad I thought they were :-k

 

[fouros]

tell me about it

maybee i should be doing some circlework to wear em out quicker \/

 

[yoda13]

lol =D>

 

[fouros]

I'll try and get Picks =D>

 

[grogiefrog]

grogie hate to dissapoint you I have 40 000miles on my Badyears and i could probably get another 10 out of em b4 they need changing ](*,)

Dang! 50k?! I want just 30k... five rotations. That's probably four years away. Way too long...

 

[fouros]

thats 10 months of driving in QLD Australia :-s

 

[grogiefrog]

thats 10 months of driving in QLD Australia :-s

Wow! (dropmouth)

So are you looking at buying a new KJ soon?!! :-k

 

[fouros]

probably in a year or so, and we'll keep the 04 cause i love it

 

[mhx]

stupid question but whats the pattern for a 5 tire rotate?

im thinking about getting a libby been reading alot of stuff on these boards.