Tire rotation DIY?

[bowenzhang]

have anyone did tire rotation by yourself for the Cybertruck? I am curious to learn:

1. How easy/hard is it in general? How easy to locate the jack points? I only see it in manual. How easy to jack up both front and rear from one side?
2. What equipment should I buy to do it? I imagine two jacks, a torque wrench, or better an air powered wrench? Chocks. Anything else? Any particular jack that would works for the height of cybertruck?
3. Where to find out proper torque for the lug nuts?
4. Is it done only between front and rear, or diagonally?

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[mkstohler]

I did my own rotation because i was installing rotor covers. I used 2 jacks and 4 jack stands. The stands are specific for trucks. They extend higher. Once the truck was up I just swapped the tires around. The hardest part is the weight of the tires.

 

[devdrone6]

I had tire rotation just done by Tesla mobile tech - he used the following jack from HF: 3 Ton Off-Road Jack

It's the one thing I don't have. Otherwise tire rotations are easy to do on any Tesla especially if you are just rotating rears to fronts. If you are doing and X rotation, then you either need jack stands or a spare to rotate in.

When you jack up one side of a tesla, you really are raising one whole side. So you loosen the lug nuts on the front and rear, jack the car up till both wheels are off the ground. Swap them, lower the vehicle and do the other side.

Go with a torque wrench, maybe need a breaker bar as well. Don't do powered wrench, you don't want to over torque, and they sometimes will damage the lug nuts if you are not careful. And yes use wheel chocks, even if you are on flat ground. Torque and rotation specs found here:

Wheel and Tire Specifications

Tire Rotation (Maintenance)

 

[mkstohler]

To expand. You can't just lift one side up and swap them. The front tires go to the opposite rear so you have to jack up the whole truck.

 

[devdrone6]

To expand. You can't just lift one side up and swap them. The front tires go to the opposite rear so you have to jack up the whole truck.

The mobile tech just did front to back on mine. I see the specs say it depends on the tires you have, I'll have them checked after few thousand miles again just to make sure all are evenly wearing. Right now they are.

 

[AlmostHuman]

Good thread on this topic:

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...ten-are-you-rotating-tires.30245/#post-536708

 

[AlmostHuman]

have anyone did tire rotation by yourself for the Cybertruck? I am curious to learn:

1. How easy/hard is it in general? How easy to locate the jack points? I only see it in manual. How easy to jack up both front and rear from one side?
2. What equipment should I buy to do it? I imagine two jacks, a torque wrench, or better an air powered wrench? Chocks. Anything else? Any particular jack that would works for the height of cybertruck?
3. Where to find out proper torque for the lug nuts?
4. Is it done only between front and rear, or diagonally?

1. Not hard at all, IMO but they are not light. Lug guides are amazing. Easy to find the jack points and the jack stand points.
2. Tools below. I use a breaker bar and digital torque adapter
3. devdrone6 linked this
4. devdrone6 linked this

Use the following tools:

https://evannex.com/products/schwab...8JPIFA_hjpTyVN9KsFYfYv1oFJPjxuZXqesepxG94aLHH

https://a.co/d/48aFEzn

https://abstractocean.com/products/threaded-lug-guide

https://a.co/d/3Rr36A0

The jack stands store great on some FastTrack rails. I just leave them at the height I need for the truck because it is the only thing I use them on.

 

[MyFirstElectricTesla]

have anyone did tire rotation by yourself for the Cybertruck? I am curious to learn:

1. How easy/hard is it in general? How easy to locate the jack points? I only see it in manual. How easy to jack up both front and rear from one side?
2. What equipment should I buy to do it? I imagine two jacks, a torque wrench, or better an air powered wrench? Chocks. Anything else? Any particular jack that would works for the height of cybertruck?
3. Where to find out proper torque for the lug nuts?
4. Is it done only between front and rear, or diagonally?

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I drive myself to America's Tires/Discount Tires.

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