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Post by takeiteasy on Jun 24, 2012 9:55:37 GMT 10
According to the last owner it takes 2 jacks to change a tyre on my Olympic (I believe he has put larger rims on it). As he described it one jack to lift the van and one to raise the body so you can get the tyre out. I dunno I will have to try it. Anyway, I have a suitable bottle jack and want to buy a small trolley jack for the second jack. I have no idea what size trolley jack to get. How much does the average Olympic Riviera weigh? I had a look at Jacks and for every 500kg additional lift they are almost twice as heavy. Would a 1.5 tonne jack do the job?
I tried the concertina jack out of the Jeep but it could not do the job. Come to think of it I would use it to lift the jeep as well.
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Post by humpyboy on Jun 24, 2012 11:10:40 GMT 10
From reading your post I can only gather that the previous owner was jacking under the axle, thus pushing the wheel higher into the wheel arch, then having to lift the van body so as to get the wheel out, if this is the case then why not just find a jack that has enough lift so that you can lift off the chassis, that way the wheel will hang lower than if jacked under the axle there by giving you enough room to remove the wheel and all with just the one jack.
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Post by cobber on Jun 24, 2012 14:53:08 GMT 10
I do remember  on the first east coast tour a bloke who's name I do forget had a flat tyre and it was necessary to jack the van up by the chassis and then.. use a bottle jack between the axle and the chassis to drop the axle down far enough to get the 16'' wheel through the wheel arch. From memory I think he changed to 15'' wheels after that  . And by the way.... to answer your question a 1.5 tonne hydraulic trolly jack should be enough to lift one side of the van no worries.... and then the bottle jack between the axle and the chassis should do the job. Cobber. |
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Post by takeiteasy on Jun 24, 2012 18:49:44 GMT 10
Humpy - I will investigate. I am having trouble picturing where I could lift off the chassis.
Cobber, I thought a 1.5 would be ok... thanks. A 1.5 is not too heavy.
I will have to do a dry run and try to figure out what he was talking about. They are only 14 inch rims. 13 was standard I think.
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