How to set Jack stands if both tires flat?
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How to set Jack stands if both tires flat?
This morning I realized I have one rear tire flat. Ok got ready to Jack up entire rear so I could set Jack stand for safety.
It was then I realized you can't fit a Jack under the car if tire flat.
In this case I could temporarily fill flat with air, but this prompts a big "what if?" Question. Let me ask and file the answer away before it happens:
How could you set 2 Jack stands, one on each side rear, if you had 2 flat rear tires?
There's probably an easy answer, but if be stumped so let me see what you think.
The Jack stand uses the notch in front of wheel , then where would you put a jack to lift car up?
Thanks John
It was then I realized you can't fit a Jack under the car if tire flat.
In this case I could temporarily fill flat with air, but this prompts a big "what if?" Question. Let me ask and file the answer away before it happens:
How could you set 2 Jack stands, one on each side rear, if you had 2 flat rear tires?
There's probably an easy answer, but if be stumped so let me see what you think.
The Jack stand uses the notch in front of wheel , then where would you put a jack to lift car up?
Thanks John
Last edited by Johnken; 02-03-2018 at 07:43 AM.
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John - there is a bracket with 4 bolts in between the 2 rear tires. Can you get a floor jack under that bracket and raise enough to get the jack stands in place?? disregard the "pry here" and "undo" as I pulled the pic from a replacing rear shocks thread.
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Thanks Steve, don't go to any trouble, this ones a hypothetical (what would I do if this ever happened? ).
Thank God this flat happened in my driveway near a compressor. I could inflate the bad tire enough to get the hydraulic jack under the car.
That got me thinking and I realized I wouldn't know how to get the rear or the front onto Jack stands if tires were flat.
Thanks for jumping on this question though. I / we appreciate your help.
John
Thank God this flat happened in my driveway near a compressor. I could inflate the bad tire enough to get the hydraulic jack under the car.
That got me thinking and I realized I wouldn't know how to get the rear or the front onto Jack stands if tires were flat.
Thanks for jumping on this question though. I / we appreciate your help.
John
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