My floor jack is tango uniform; that's why I used my car jack. I jack it up, let the leg spring inboard; then let it down, recenter the jack and raise it again.n3833v wrote:You should have the floor jack so it rolls crossways as the gear relaxes in and out. You don't want it to bind sideways.
John
Lifting gear legs to replace tires
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(I'm arguing with my new laptop which has Windows 8. I HATE it! Can't get my saved pics to open, and can't copy pics from a word doc to convert them because Paint apparently won't work with Windows 8. Grrrr.) But the word doc I have here is a pic of the C-clamp and wood method.
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