DIY tire rotation

[CuriousWren]

Can anyone tell me if Tesla mobile service will come to your house for tire rotations? Or for swapping winter wheels in and out? Or is that something I have to take a car in for?

 

[SalisburySam]

Can anyone tell me if Tesla mobile service will come to your house for tire rotations? Or for swapping winter wheels in and out? Or is that something I have to take a car in for?

Tesla will rotate your tires as a mobile service…usually their call, not necessarily yours. Don’t know if they’ll swap wheels.

 

[Wattsisname]

I see you bothered to look at the manual.

It only references a LIFT for lift points doesn’t it.

The pucks are primarily for LIFTS. Because the arms will hit the battery.

There is not a jack included with the car. There is no spare. And no instructions for using the jack Point at all with a single jack. Never mind lifting the whole side.

They sell pucks 4 at a time. For a lift.

I put all 4 pucks on before dropping off at tire shop. FOR THE LIFT. Not for some dope to jack up one corner.

Some hack pumps up on one side. And now it’s official. Everyone copies them and now it’s manufactured suggested.

Don’t go throwing me the B.S. that I have to prove anything. You can treat your car the way you want.

I’m warning others to consider not copying a bad hack.

You prove that Tesla recommends this and I’ll shut up. Not some mobile tech paid by the number tires he swaps. Not the number of panorama roofs that develop a stress crack. Or a squeak from a weld.

A lot of hobby mechanics will use two jacks if they don’t have a lift. Pros will use a lift. A hack will jack up one corner.

Thank goodness; this means that the Tesla Ranger will bring a lift when I have a puncture...... they will wont they?

 

[Mulkogi]

Straight out of the service manual

 

[shyboy]

For Model Y LR (non performance) do you guys just move the front to the back, or does it goes across (front Left goes back Right). if its not from just front to the back, then the whole car need to be lifted. No?

 

[rjpjnk]

Front to back.

 

[jcanoe]

Crossing over (front right to left rear) is best but requires jack stands or a floor lift. Front to back is simpler, only requires raising one side of the Tesla vehicle. If you see uneven tire wear (inner or outer edge) while rotating that is the time to have an alignment performed.

 

[Iron]

For Model Y LR (non performance) do you guys just move the front to the back, or does it goes across (front Left goes back Right). if its not from just front to the back, then the whole car need to be lifted. No?

Well actually, it's both. You rotate back to front and criss-cross, alternating with each rotation.

 

[wildguess]

I did front to rear, then only rear. You only need two jacks for that.

 

[Kairide]

I did front to rear, then only rear. You only need two jacks for that.

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You only need one jack for this.

 

[SalisburySam]

Discount Tire, free rotation, car lift, four tires off the ground simultaneously, 30 minutes due to one car ahead of me. Hard to beat.

 

[Ukkanhifi]

Discount Tire, free rotation, car lift, four tires off the ground simultaneously, 30 minutes due to one car ahead of me. Hard to beat.

Do you need to buy it from them for free rotation?

 

[Mike728]

Do you need to buy it from them for free rotation?

No.

 

[QtownTaxiGreg]

I may get a second jack to make my next rotation faster ( I do have a scissor jack for my spare wheel) but didnt want to chance balancing the car on that and my floor jack. If you have a spare wheel you can just use your one jack swap out one wheel put on the spare and repeat for each wheel. I didnt try jacking up one side to swap front back because I did the X- Pattern tire rotation (my aftermarket wheels/tires same size/not directional that I have on my MYP)

The other reason to keep a full size spare and rotate 5 like that? You have insurance against chucking 3 good ones if you wreck one after they are half done.

 

[SalisburySam]

Do you need to buy it from them for free rotation?

I didn’t. This was for my original tires on the car. That said, I know where I’ll be buying replacements when the time comes assuming I’ll still have the vehicle then. So far, over 31,000mi/50,000km on the car and its tires, with a skoshy bit more than 5/32 tread left. Obviously I don’t track the car.

 

[wildguess]

Discount Tire, free rotation, car lift, four tires off the ground simultaneously, 30 minutes due to one car ahead of me. Hard to beat.

We do not have any of those in 300 mile radius))

 

[wildguess]

You only need one jack for this.

Even for the rearward cross pattern?
This is what I did.

 

[QtownTaxiGreg]

Even for the rearward cross pattern?
This is what I did.

Crossing over requires a spare in rotation, or two jacks, or axle stands and a nice flat concrete floor.