Everyone,
I was leaving the house this morning to go to the gym this morning and I noticed that my left rear tire was flat. I hurt my knee and right hand playing football last night so I figured it would be a problem. I got out the jack and instructions and got to work.
Couple of cool things you might not know:
1) Chevy provides you with gloves in your pouch that has the tire iron and extension bars in your tool box.
2) To lower spare tire you have to first unlock the portion to get to the access point with your key
3) 1500 series: there is a indention under the axle that your jack perfectly fits in
4) You need to losen all the lug nut cover before you can remove the plastic Chevrolet plate to get to your real lug nuts
5) System works really good, assuming you don't have a bum hand or knee--took me 45 min
Pains in the process:
1) Difficult to take the spare tire off of the cable if you have never done it before
2) The tires are freaking heavy
3) Spare tire does not match other four, not even same brand
I figured you would all want to know about this. Let me know if you have any questions.
Jim
I was leaving the house this morning to go to the gym this morning and I noticed that my left rear tire was flat. I hurt my knee and right hand playing football last night so I figured it would be a problem. I got out the jack and instructions and got to work.
Couple of cool things you might not know:
1) Chevy provides you with gloves in your pouch that has the tire iron and extension bars in your tool box.
2) To lower spare tire you have to first unlock the portion to get to the access point with your key
3) 1500 series: there is a indention under the axle that your jack perfectly fits in
4) You need to losen all the lug nut cover before you can remove the plastic Chevrolet plate to get to your real lug nuts
5) System works really good, assuming you don't have a bum hand or knee--took me 45 min
Pains in the process:
1) Difficult to take the spare tire off of the cable if you have never done it before
2) The tires are freaking heavy
3) Spare tire does not match other four, not even same brand
I figured you would all want to know about this. Let me know if you have any questions.
Jim