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Branson N Tucson

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Posted: 11/16/20 03:27pm

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Next time try using the motor home jacks. They should lift the MH up were you can remove the tire

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Posted: 11/17/20 08:34am

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Keep in mind the rear tires are the easiest to change. You don't even need a jack if it's an outside dual. Simply drive onto a chock block with the inner wheel and remove the outer one. Put the new one on and drive away.

Be sure to recheck the torque on the lug nuts after a couple hundred miles....Dennis

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Posted: 11/17/20 11:01am

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Executive wrote:

This works well on old Budd wheels, if you re-torque the inner nuts before you put outside back on. But on hub-piloted, it's a good way to shear studs. Either when it shifts far enough, and weight is on the studs, or when just a little, and proper torque will not pull back in place. As soon as you roll, the lugs are loose.

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Posted: 11/19/20 05:33am

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Agreed, you really don't want to pull the only set of lug nuts off while the vehicle weight is still on the inner tire. You could go from a minor problem to a major disaster, or be seriously injured.

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