Just checked tire pressures - 1 out of 10 was low

[caper]

It will be OK if you replace with the same brand and style of tire.

[QCCowboy]

Originally Posted by ependydad

Ha. Haha. HAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- you don't know me well enough yet, then. :-) I make easy mechanical things hard. But, if you need a computer system programmed or an online store, perhaps- that I can write from the ground up by hand.

LOL....so maybe this will help. Try using agile methodologies and think of the need to change the tire as a theme, then break each step down into sprints. It will make each task seem less daunting and you will reduce your potential for defects

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by caper

It will be OK if you replace with the same brand and style of tire.

But don't these campers come with no name "Ed's" tires? Will a tire shop actually carry them?

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by QCCowboy

LOL....so maybe this will help. Try using agile methodologies and think of the need to change the tire as a theme, then break each step down into sprints. It will make each task seem less daunting and you will reduce your potential for defects

LOL! That's exactly how I built a pair of kayaks a few years ago.

[ependydad]

Guess it's to NAPA or Autozone for a heavy jack.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by ependydad

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Guess it's to NAPA or Autozone for a heavy jack.

Or get some wooden blocks to raise it another inch or two. Make sure you break the lug nuts loose before you get it off the ground.

[ependydad]

I have about 4 fingers of clearance before I bottom out the front tire - maybe 2-3". I should have room to go a little higher and I do have a few 2x10s.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by ependydad

I have about 4 fingers of clearance before I bottom out the front tire - maybe 2-3". I should have room to go a little higher and I do have a few 2x10s.

Shouldn't be a problem, the suspension is probably at it's limit or very close to it and you have plenty of clearance. AGAIN, break the lug nuts loose before you get it in the air.

[QCCowboy]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Or get some wooden blocks to raise it another inch or two. Make sure you break the lug nuts loose before you get it off the ground.

Back up or pull forward a little more and try to get the wheel that is on the ground as close to the blocks as possible. I am pretty impressed that you got it up on those blocks without a ramp. Or did you drive it forward and off the blocks?

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Shouldn't be a problem, the suspension is probably at it's limit or very close to it and you have plenty of clearance. AGAIN, break the lug nuts loose before you get it in the air.

Understood about the lug nuts. I had that epiphany this morning laying in bed. I was thinking of making sure I can get it airborne and then lowering it back down to the ground before doing the lug nuts just to prove that I'll be able to get it there. Then getting it down, breaking the lug nuts loose and re-raising it. Extra work, for sure- just a bit chicken since I've never done anything like this before (literally never even changed a car tire). This may be a bad idea as the lynx levelers shot forward when I backed off of them last time.

Is it ok to pull forward/backup with the lug nuts broken loose? (Not driving it- just 6-8 feet in either direction.)

[QCCowboy]

Originally Posted by ependydad

Understood about the lug nuts. I had that epiphany this morning laying in bed. I was thinking of making sure I can get it airborne and then lowering it back down to the ground before doing the lug nuts just to prove that I'll be able to get it there. Then getting it down, breaking the lug nuts loose and re-raising it. Extra work, for sure- just a bit chicken since I've never done anything like this before (literally never even changed a car tire). This may be a bad idea as the lynx levelers shot forward when I backed off of them last time.

Is it ok to pull forward/backup with the lug nuts broken loose? (Not driving it- just 6-8 feet in either direction.)

Broken loose, yes.

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by QCCowboy

Back up or pull forward a little more and try to get the wheel that is on the ground as close to the blocks as possible. I am pretty impressed that you got it up on those blocks without a ramp. Or did you drive it forward and off the blocks?

Ramp. I backed up the ramp and then off of it with the rear tire.



They launched forward pretty good when the front tire went off the back of them.

[youroo]

Put the China spare on the Pretty rim. Fix the used tire with the nail damage,use as a spare.Then at a latter date buy (4 or 5) GOOD tires. Youroo!!

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by youroo

Put the China spare on the Pretty rim. Fix the used tire with the nail damage,use as a spare.Then at a latter date buy (4 or 5) GOOD tires. Youroo!!

Ha! I'm first focused on getting the (happy word) tire off first! But- good idea.

[youroo]

OMG,you should call (Good Sam or AAA)! You were telling the truth about challenged! Youroo!!

[OldCoot]

That's backwards of what I would have done, I would put the ramp in front of the front tire and driven forward and removed some before the rear hit them. But you got it accomplished.

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by youroo

OMG,you should call (Good Sam or AAA)! You were telling the truth about challenged! Youroo!!

Oh, you have NO idea. Well, maybe you're getting one...

[ependydad]

Thanks, Coot! A 2x10 did it (barely).

[ependydad]

The spare is on. I had to bleed air out of it to get it spinning freely. Torqued everything to 100-pounds (foot-pound or pound-foot ).



Now to find me a new tire and do this all over again!