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On 2/14/2025 at 3:50 PM, bruceb58 said:

Hopefully not lifting by the differential.

 

 I follow the owner's manual and jack from the jacking points called out on Page 365 (i.e., not the diff).

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rdonarski
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I totally agree. From what I've seen in many years in N WI and N MN, 4WDs just end up further in the ditch. 

Pryme
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They did it wrong. You can do whatever you want though. Your truck. Enjoy, Brad. I mean bill err Bruce. 

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Head bolts are often designed as “torque to yield,” where the bolts are intentionally torqued into the range where permanent deformation (stretching) of the bolt occurs. This is done in an attempt to

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I did just go through the 2024 GM service manual and the differential is allowed as a jacking point.

 

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8 minutes ago, Ry Guy said:

Interesting that it is not in the owners manual

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You are showing the jack points for the included bottle jack. You don't use those points servicing the vehicle with a floor jack or a hoist. Mine is from the service manual and it is 7 pages long showing where to lift the vehicle.

 

I created a PDF of just the jacking point section if you would like a copy.

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On 2/14/2025 at 6:46 AM, KARNUT said:

I’ve watched discount tire rotate my tires for decades. Front to back is it. Never an x pattern. I don’t have unusual wear so I go with it. 

Tire shops automatically do it this way because it simple and fast.  

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KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

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6 hours ago, swathdiver said:

Tire shops automatically do it this way because it simple and fast.  

Discount tire jacks the whole car off the ground. Switching to the other side would require just a few more steps. Another recent development by Discount tire if you just buy two they insist you put them on back. I’ll ask them about their rotation procedure next time I’m there.

Ry Guy Enthusiast

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9 hours ago, bruceb58 said:

You are showing the jack points for the included bottle jack. You don't use those points servicing the vehicle with a floor jack or a hoist. Mine is from the service manual and it is 7 pages long showing where to lift the vehicle.

 

I created a PDF of just the jacking point section if you would like a copy.


Correct that is the extent that they cover jacking in the owners manual is using the included jack. If you have the pdf I’ll take it. Appreciate it. 

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On 2/14/2025 at 1:29 AM, swathdiver said:

We do RWD Cross Rotations every oil change, about every 5K miles.  Meaning, the front tires are crossed as they go the rear and the rears come straight forward.  The opposite is done with Front Wheel Drive automobiles.  

I did not know FWD was different than RWD.  I checked the owner's manuals for my truck and my Traverse, and they are opposite of each other.  So what is the rationale for different rotation pattern between FWD and RWD vehicles?  I would think that as long as you're crisscrossing the tires, and are consistent in the rotation pattern, it wouldn't matter.  Just curious...

 

Usually when I'm rotating the tires on my vehicles I refer to the owner's manual.  Since the pandemic, I don't drive my truck as much as my wife drives her Traverse.  Hence I rotate her tires more often.  I just got in to the habit of crossing the backs to the front.  When it came time for the truck, I did the same pattern.  🤷‍♂️ 

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2 hours ago, KARNUT said:

Discount tire jacks the whole car off the ground. Switching to the other side would require just a few more steps. Another recent development by Discount tire if you just buy two they insist you put them on back. I’ll ask them about their rotation procedure next time I’m there.

Looking on Discount's website on certain vehicles they’ll do a cross pattern. I’ve never fallen in that criteria. I do minimal rotation. Some tires age out and get replaced. The trip vehicle gets replaced before the wear bars to eliminate hydro planing. That shows a person experience may vary and could be an exception, not the rule. So sometimes a person may be super diligent on oil changes because they experience a problem. Even to the point of obsession. ( who could that be?) Where someone else may say gee I’ve never had a problem. What’s the big deal. 

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3 hours ago, Ry Guy said:


Correct that is the extent that they cover jacking in the owners manual is using the included jack. If you have the pdf I’ll take it. Appreciate it. 

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For my truck and one other car, 99%of the miles are freeway. They wear very evenly side to side but vary front to back which is why I only need to do front to back.

 

Since a lot of my miles for my non-truck vehicles are up in the Sierra Nevada with a lot of snow, I end up changing out my tires at the beginning of snow season even if they have a bunch of tread left for safety reasons.

 

If you aren't getting wear side to side, hardly matters doing the cross pattern unless there is some unknow reason why varying which direction the tire rotates helps you in some way.

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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Not all tires get crisscross, tires with directional tread go front to back same go for directional rims can't cross them either. Corvette tires can't be rotated either as the tires are wider in the back and directional. Unless the tires are broke down and flipped on the rim and installed on the opposite side. 

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17 hours ago, bruceb58 said:

You are showing the jack points for the included bottle jack. You don't use those points servicing the vehicle with a floor jack or a hoist. Mine is from the service manual and it is 7 pages long showing where to lift the vehicle.

 

I created a PDF of just the jacking point section if you would like a copy.

Bruce is it possible to put that PDF in this thread ?

 

Also can a person purchase a Service Manual for the Chevrolet 2024 2500 HD

Thank You 

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3 hours ago, BCGM said:

Bruce is it possible to put that PDF in this thread ?

 

Also can a person purchase a Service Manual for the Chevrolet 2024 2500 HD

Thank You 

FactoryManuals.net

 

A few other places have them. Just so you know, links inside the manual don't work so you just have to use the "find" function in your PDF reader.

 

It will come in 4 parts but I was able to get them to also send it to me in one part. Only a few PDF readers can handle such a large file. I use PDF-XChange.

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