CBus

Do any of you know where or if I can lift the entire front end of my 280with one jack? and also the rear end?

I like to rotate my tires myself, and getting the car up and off the ground so I can take off all 4 tires has been a challange and dangerous.

I have jack stands, but only one floor jack. I know where to jack the car up from on the sides, but was hoping to lift the entire front or rear at once.


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sph17

In the Tire and Wheel forum in July. May be of help to you.

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...threadid=44297

Good luck.

soldsep

rear = lift on differential
front = axil

correct me if im wrong. I am not an engineer. just another amateur giving out hopefully the right information.

CBus

Don't worry SOLSEP, I just sue you if it falls on me.

Just Kidding



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vas2vas

safest way.....is to use 4 jack stands and do it one corner at a time starting with the front....put the jack stands on the crossmembers....something fixed that can carry the weight....that's how my mechanic does mine...

scorchie

Since you are rotating the tires front to back back to front, why do you need to lift the entire front or entire back at once? You need to lift the entire SIDE at once. So what I do is use a jack with a lot of lift, lift one side under a jack point, put a jack stand under the other jack point (for safety), and move the tires front to back and back to front. Then remove the jack stand and lower the jack.

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vas2vas

speaking of tire rotation.....how many of you guys rotate your tires.....?

CBus

I rotate my my front tires to the back, but I cross them also. The front driver side tire gets rotated to the rear passenger side. This way, one tire ends up getting rotated to all positions. eventually.



I try and rotate mine every 5-7K miles. I have a Ford-F150 and I put 97000 miles on the last set of tires. Probably a combination of rotation, correct tire pressure, and most of it was highway miles.

scorchie

Which is very bad, if you are using radial tires. And even worse if you have directional tires.

But really, you shouldn't cross the tires. Check your owners manual.

And tires that are made to last that long. Not to mention, it's difficult to get solid axles and "I-beam suspension" out of alignment.

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scorchie

How many of us don't have staggered setup and CAN rotate the tires?

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henry47

i can't rotate my tires at all but i CAN dismount them and mount them the other way then swap it to the other side of the car.....that's kinda like rotating