Jacking up torsion axles - Page 2

BGIII · 10-15-2009, 06:33 AM

I lift all three wheels off the ground with a large floor jack lifting against the bottom of the main beam of the trailer immediately behind the back axle.

c_deezy · 10-15-2009, 03:51 PM

Did my pictures in post #3 not show up???

sleek1 · 10-16-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by c_deezy

Did my pictures in post #3 not show up???

Negative, I thought you were goofing on me. lol

c_deezy · 10-17-2009, 01:58 AM

That's wierd. I put a bottle jack directly in front of the front axle and a bottle jack directly behind the rear axle. Jack the front up a bit, jack the reat up a bit, and repeat until all wheels on one side are off the ground and able to be pulled off the hubs. Then put a couple of 6 ton jack stands directly under the axles and slowly drop the weight off the bottle jacks.

I can send you a pic if the one really didn't show up. It worked out great, I was able to do the entire side.

Sea-Dated · 10-19-2009, 11:48 AM

I can see the pic fine.

See if this shows up for everyone.....

I will try posting the pic for you instead of linking the pic.

sleek1 · 10-21-2009, 08:43 PM

C Deezy I got the pics (Sea Dated thanks for helping out). I will give your method a try.

c_deezy · 10-21-2009, 09:12 PM

Cool. I don't take it up that high, just enough to get the wheels out from under it. I kept a little tension on the bottle jacks to help even the load after I dropped it on the jack stands.

Its funny to see it sitting there without any wheels on it, I had to order the bearings so it sat like that for a couple of weeks