How are you solving the Jack height problem?

[COdogman]

Those of us with peripheral neuropathy feel this comment. Or don't feel it, I suppose is the more accurate response. ??

It's just like those expensive accupressure treatments.

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[Nine_One_Six_R1S]

If you're asking me, that's basically it.

The dolly has this little lever which allows you to lift the wheel. You can lift it in very small increments to line up the lug/bolts. It is very heavy for me since I'm used to sports car wheels/tires and the dolly makes things much easier for me.

I'm less concerned with removing the wheel, although the dolly helps. It is putting ON the wheel and lining up the lugs. It is heavy and sometimes you gotta rotate the wheel to line things up. The rollers on the dolly allow for this.

Often on sale at Harbor Freight. Downside is that it's a bit bulky to store. Luckily I have a small shed I can toss it in. Its a little heavy too and not very easily "hangable".

Keep your hands on the wheel/tire as you're moving it around though. It can tip over and you don't want to scratch up the face of the wheel or have it hit anything. I snapped this picture quickly so I could get my hands on it again haha.

Thank you, I'm used to do my tire rotations but last time I did my R1S I was struggling a bit. The size of the tire+wheel plus me being in not great shape + getting old were not helping.

My wallet is crying, but these seem to improve things a lot. I will add the dolly and the Offroad jack to my Christmas list as my wallet is complaining too much.

For tire swaps and rotates, the dolly method is my favorite.

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/a-less-painful-diy-wheel-swap-tire-rotate.20648/

Sweet!!

 

[Type_R]

Just took this picture, which shows what we carry in our Rivian's.

If you don’t mind me asking. What wheel is that you have? I’m going to need to find an alternative to replace my 21” wheels and tires when they’re gone

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

If you don’t mind me asking. What wheel is that you have? I’m going to need to find an alternative to replace my 21” wheels and tires when they’re gone

That is the Dodge HellCat replica wheel. These are +25mm offset, which works well. I paid $550 delivered for all four, as they had light blemishes on them. That is my wifes R1S. My R1T is below running +48mm offset Variant wheels.

 

[White Shadow]

Just use the lower control arm as a jacking point.

 

[strykerwsu]

Didn't read entire thread. I found that I'm an idiot and didn't know my bottle jack also allowed the top portion to screw outward for about 8 more inches of height. Just something to check of you haven't already done that. My father n law was nice enough to show me what I didn't know.

 

[Nine_One_Six_R1S]

That is the Dodge HellCat replica wheel. These are +25mm offset, which works well. I paid $550 delivered for all four, as they had light blemishes on them. That is my wifes R1S. My R1T is below running +48mm offset Variant wheels.

No offense to your wife's R1S but your wheel/tire combo looks great!!

 

[Invzibl]

Because of this very helpful thread! Thanks OP!. I'm going to give those reading this an $8 off discount code to purchase a magnetic jack puck kit (through the weekend). It's live now.

Discount Code: Helpful Thread

Rivian Tire Change Contraption (below). One of the many reasons why our kits are so well received in the Rivian community. Who wants to use that (base is nice)?

Crap I just saw this thread! I just did order a yellow Jack Puck from your site but I did not see the discount code " Helpful Thread " before I ordered. =(

Thanks for the offer to the community though!

 

[Cycliste]

For tire swaps and rotates, the dolly method is my favorite.

For tire swaps and rotates, paying Rivian to do it is my favorite. I'm a little older.

 

[Robin]

Your Rivians didn't include the integrated hydraulic jack lifts?

Forgive the image quality, my new camera can be finicky with the lightning.

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[Mathme]

I do my 5-tire rotations out in the asphalt driveway as we only have a carport at the house. I use an 8-ton hydraulic jack from Harbor Freight and put a couple of 2x8 Cris-cross stacked under the jack. My main reason for this is two-fold: 1) to get the truck high enough to swap wheels; and 2) to distribute the weight of that heavy truck over a wider surface. I figure the driveway may be old, but I don't need to put any more divits into it.

 

[RivAW]

Received my Jack Pucks today. Fit them to the truck and decided to test my bottle jack with it. I’m at least 3 inches too short to get the tire off the ground.

Did you solve this with an extra tall jack, jack pads under a bottle jack, stacking the jack pucks, not raising your R1S to highest level, or something else?

Did you set the vehicle to its lowest suspension setting per the owners manual?

 

[Mojave]

Solution . It's simple and this is what I do.

1. Lift the vehicle with the bottle jack to peak height.
2. Release bottle jack pressure. The vehicle will lower, but most of the suspension will still stay elevated and because of the arc of the travel, it will still be inwards.
3. Reposition 'bottle jack and puck' so it is straight. When you lift again, since most of the arc is already there, the tilt is minimized greatly, if not eliminated.
4. Lift again and you should be good.

Repeat steps 2-4 if needed.

I changed two tires (one front, one back), and both times I could lift high enough to get the flat tire off, but not enough to get the new tire on. The practical solution was digging a hole under the wheel in both cases. The problem is that my 10T red bottle jack didn't have enough lift.

If I do this, I can stack the jack higher, I guess. Maybe this would help.

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

I changed two tires (one front, one back), and both times I could lift high enough to get the flat tire off, but not enough to get the new tire on. The practical solution was digging a hole under the wheel in both cases. The problem is that my 10T red bottle jack didn't have enough lift.

If I do this, I can stack the jack higher, I guess. Maybe this would help.

Something is amiss here. Let's see if we can figure out why.

We can lift the front tires almost 2" off the ground with a standard puck and the Big Red 10T on both my R1T with 20's and my wifes R1S on 21's. Which ride height are you in? Quad Motor R1's, Rivian asks for Highest in Off Road menu.

Bottle Jack. Hydraulic compressed all the way down and the screw extender needs to extend all the way inside the jack puck port until it meets resistance from vehicle. If you're doing all of this, then something else is off.

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

Did you set the vehicle to its lowest suspension setting per the owners manual?

Edited to reflect that Rivian requires the Quad Motor R1 vehicles to be in Off Road - Highest Setting before you initiate Tire Change mode in the Service Menu.

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