About two weeks ago I drove through some of the most terrifying rain I can recall in my 45 years behind the wheel. Often at about half the speed limit, and even pulled over and just waited at one point. Among many concerns were tire grip and hydroplaning. But as scary as that storm was, I never felt the MXM4s lose contact or otherwise let me down.
Seriously? I can jack the front up enough to lift the rear in order to change the tire? Never would have thunk this
WRT the jack pucks... I use a pneumatic jack, same one I've had for 20 years... When I lifted the rear the other day to install the trailer hitch, I just put a small block of wood above the jack and all was fine. Do I "need" this puck? I have hockey pucks and could insert that 'pin' into it - but once it's jacked up, gravity is going to keep it from sliding, I'm not concerned about that.
Thoughts? TIA
It's a common practice. I can't speak for the Model 3, as I've not yet had the pleasure of doing a tire rotation on it; on my previous car (2007 VW GTI), by the time I could get the front jacked up high enough to remove the wheel, the rear wheel was already starting to lift off the ground.
Here is a screen grab from a video where the Tesla mobile ranger does just that, you can see the front wheel is in the air and both tires are rotated when the vehicle is lifted from the rear jack point only.
I got the HF 1.5T Aluminum floor jack that's on sale for $59.99. It works great for the Model 3. I think the jack stands are useless for rotation. I also got a 21mm Craftsman Deep Impact Socket when Orchard Supply was going out of business.
I have used this method (one jack on front side lift point, same side rotation) on every car I have owned since the 1970's. Zero problems. I think the Tesla has a more rigid chassis than any other car I have owned.
