Replacing inside dual tire December 19, 2007, 05:30:11 pm Yahoo Message Number: 87334Hi Ed; You will have to depend on your leveling jacks to get your tires up high enough to change the rear tires. The lug nuts retain both wheels on the axle, so the inside dual, on blocks, wouldn't safely hold up the motorhome. I have used my Quickee levelers to stabilize my motorhome while using my 6 ton portable hydraulic jack on the rear axle. Both wheels come off at the same time, so changing the inside dual is only a little more work than changing the outside one. The XPS ribs are a lot heavier than the Firestone originals were, and lifting one onto the studs can be a challenge, but with the parking brake on, at least the studs will stay in one place. I just replaced my seven year old spare (never was on the ground) with the XPS and it was difficult getting the tire onto the mounting studs on the back of the motorhome. The bumper as a shelf was some help. My '99 TKB came with a crank-up jack, and a long (4') handle, with a tire iron, but I prefer to use my smaller hydraulic jack. The Ford supplied gear driven jack is kept as a spare. I gather from comments here that Ford stopped supplying that jack with motorhomes since 1999. Ron and Bluebelle in San Diego.See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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