dieselnewbie

Just had a rear tire patched.

Took it down to NTB. It's an 2004 48RE Quad cab.

They didn't put it up on the lift but slid a rather large floor jack under the center rear end, and lifted it by placing the "cup" of the jack directly under the center of the rear end.

Is this the correct place to lift it from?

The jack fit perfect but I was curious if it was the correct place, rather than the frame?

Anyone know?

Anyone ever change/patch a rear tire?

Thanks,

DT.

Joe N.

Many, many years ago when I was working in a shop we always used the differential housing to lift vehicles if we wanted to raise both wheels off the ground at the same time. However if I was going to repair 1 tire on the rear I would have lifted that one side. I have never seen a diff housing damaged by using a jack under it. The only problem I see is that if you have an aftermarket cover on your differential it might be possible to get the jack under the edge of it and damage the cover but I think that would be a remote possibility.

dieselnewbie

That's what he did, lifted both wheels at the same time by placeing the jack under the differential housing.

After I got home I looked under and felt the bottom side of the housing and didn't notice anything unusual. Like I said the cup of the jack seemed to fit perfectly under the diff housing.

I'm going to keep an eye on it to make sure no fluids leak out.

I tried engageing the 4WD and it worked fine as well.

Thanks for your advice,

DT.

thejeepdude

It's fine. No big deal.

RamDan03

Yup....jacking from the pumpkin is absolutely fine. I do it all the time for tire rotations. The only thing you have to watch out for are shady shops that will jack up the front end by the tracking bar or the oil pan

dieselnewbie

Thanks again for the feedback.

Funny, the manual says you can use a floor jack as long as it's only used on the designated places in the manual, which don't include the pumpkin.

Then there's a ! CAUTION note that says never use a floor jack under the differential housing on a "loaded" truck.

In other words, it's OK to jack it up by the pumpkin as long as the truck is empty, which contradicts the previous statement about only using a floor jack on the designated points.

Sounds like confusing CYA language (meaning theirs) to me.