Easy wheel changes on the Model 3!

[richyrich]

Super-pleased yesterday to find that you can lift the whole side of the car just by jacking at the rear (on my RWD, not sure if AWD would be different). The ranger told me this but I hadn't had chance to try. Apparently the rigidity of the car makes this possible. It makes seasonal wheel changes even quicker only having jack twice instead of four times.

Another TM3 bonus feature!

 

[Funkmobile]

Where's the jack point in the rear?

 

[TMThree]

I hear flexing when I exit out of my driveway at an angle. The glass roof gives me pause when I hear about stuff like jacking up the car from just the rear jack point.

 

[Casmium]

Jacking from the rear will lift both wheels, just look Yoder the car and not to far infront of the rear wheel you'll see the hole where you can place your jack pad or carefully line up your flat jack. Makes the tire swap a breeze

 

[03DSG]

Where's the jack point in the rear?

Jack point illustration in the online manual.

I hear flexing when I exit out of my driveway at an angle. The glass roof gives me pause when I hear about stuff like jacking up the car from just the rear jack point.

Agree. I have 2 floor jacks and use both to lift one side at a time. Used them yesterday to change over my daughters winters to summer on her Fusion. With the Tesla I will rotate tires front to back this way, snug the rears and then jack the rear from both rear sides to to cross the rears left to right.

 

[iMoe]

I saw a video of a Tesla Ranger rotating tires using a single jack point, unfortunately, the video is no longer available See Tesla Ranger Perform On-Site Model 3 Tire Rotation: Video but a screen cap is available here See Tesla Ranger Perform On-Site Model 3 Tire Rotation: Video | Motor1.com Photos and you can see the car raised on one side from a single point (front).

 

[pcons]

Hmmm, interesting. Though I for some reason feel a bit uneasy about jacking up such a heavy (and expensive!) car from one spot, and changing the wheel in another spot. Good info, but I'll take the extra 2 minutes x 2 to move the jack closest to the tire I'm working on. Not running an indy race with a pit stop here