Since the RSB is exactly underneath the rear axle, how do you ppl jack up the car? I wanted to rotate my tires and so both tires have to be off the ground at the same time right?


~limsandy

 

usually jack up one side.. put jack stands then jack up the other side.. but i jacked it from the back on the suspension.. BIG mistake....
i still need to find a good place to jack the rear of the car

 

Hey, aren't you the guy that accuses people of not knowing anything about cars?

You don't even have a clue about how to rotate tires!!!! that just messed up.

 

 

I haven't figured out a way to jack the rear axle with my RSB on either...but when I rotate the tires, I use the 2 jack points on the side of the car and rotate back to front and front to back. Then I go do the other side.

 

I go to Sears. They rotate for free

 

You need to own more than one jack.

 

You only need 1 jack and two jackstands. Jack up one side of the rear from the normal rear jack points listed in the owners manual and place a jack stand directly behind the jack point (closer to the rear tire) . Then jack up the other side and place the other stand directly behind the jack point. Yes, the spot directly behind the recommended jack point isn't technically a jack point, but it looks just a sturdy and I've used this method many times with no issues.

 

I put the jack stands farther in under the frame....

Also., be careful - rotating tires is different if you have directional tread (where you just rotate front to back on same side) or if you have non-directional tread (where you rotate in "X" pattern front to back and side to side)....

housecor...love the new siggy, very nice.

 

i jack it up by the little bell looking thing that allows the rear axle to travel up and down. My mechanic also does this as do many members that I know.

 

Dumb question, but what do you use to keep the jack from going up in the hold on the bottom of the bell shaped part. I looked at possibly using that this weekend, but used the side approach instead.

 

You usually rotate tires front to back, and back to front, not left to right. The whole idea is to rotate the fronts, that wear out faster on FWD cars, to the back, although you might cross rotate the rears to the front. Check the manual.
Hope this sheds some light on the subject.

 

i just recently installed a stillen rsb and followed its directions, however i cant quite get the bar to fit behind the lateral link... the result is occassional grinding of the link and bar when my rear end dips under load. i cant slide the bar further back because the 3rd and 5th holes (from the front) have been used. i cant really slide the brackets forward since the ABS screw is in the way and there would be no other place to put it... any suggestions?

 

I hope your not using the stock jack I am using a 3 ton craftsman jack which has a rather large circular area (kind of like a upward facing palm). Its more than enough to cover the bell shaped part

 

ROFL .......

 

You can still jack the car up from the rear axle. Just put the jack past your RSB (towards the front of the car), bring the jack up a bit until its close the axel but not hitting it, pull your jack back until its over the RSB and under the axel, and jack away! This works for me and my progress. I don't know if Stillen's or Addco's RSB has less of a gap between the axel and the bar...

 

Since the mod hasn't cleaned up this thread, I'll start replying.


Hey, aren't you the guy that said FSTB helps reduce torque steer?
How about getting 4 springs with all the same spring rate for your car?

I know how to rotate my tires, I'm just asking people for places for jacking up the car on the rear. If you know nothing, just STFU and move on to the next thread. That's right..... drive-through, beetch!


~limsandy

 

lol. It's like the blind is flaming the blind in here.

 

THEKNITE,

I understand the idea of rotating tires, but I had a nail puncturing one of my tires a long time ago and I had Discount Tire fix that for me. I certainly don't want to put that tire in the front. So I guess I'll just rotate my tires left to right and right to left.


~limsandy

 

settle down beevis.

How in God's name can a FSTB reduce torque steer?? It can't! I have no idea what you keep referring to with the FSTB, so let it go.

In the other post you took a comment I made out of context and you completely missed my point that spring rates should be kept in proportion. That basically puts you in the same league as these people http://www.nationalenquirer.com/

I said something to the effect that spring rates need to be kept the same referring to the ORIGINAL STOCK RATE (to keep the proportion). Obviously front and rear springs need to have different rates because of the major weight diffrences.

Rate proportion (which I was talking about) is an advanced concept I wouldn't expect a guy who doesn't understand tire rotation (like you) to have a clue about.

Once again you prove just how little you know about cars!!!!!

Side to side rotation is useless. Since you know so much about spring rates , you'd think you'd know why, but you don't !

I'll even help you out with this one with a drawing since you just don't seem to be grasping this whole tire rotation concept. Try this site:

http://www.mistupid.com/automotive/tirerotation.htm

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Prior to installing my Maxspeeds, I was jacking the rear of the car up by placing the jack cup under the tortion arm (bell shaped). While installing the rear springs we began by jacking the rear up in the normal way and noticed a major bind was being placed on the tortion arm. I no longer jack the rear up in that way. The factory jack points work fine. None of us require 16 second pit stop times, so if it takes a bit longer, whats the big deal?

 

i just slide the jack underneath the RSB a bit and start jacking, no problems doing that with the Progress as well.

 

Huh, so an RSB messes up your ability to jack up the rear via the axle?

Do the Stillen (and knockoff) RSBs also suffer this same problem?