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Lift Vehicle and Loosen Wheel Nuts

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Newell Coach Air Bag Removal! Working on a Million Dollar RV from 1996: What's It Like?

What happens here

Using a heavy-duty floor jack, lift the motorhome to allow access to the wheel. Position jack stands securely under the vehicle for safety. Then, using a large torque wrench or breaker bar, loosen all the lug nuts on the wheel. The creator discovers the lug nuts are left-hand thread, requiring reverse action to loosen. Once loosened, remove the chrome lug nut covers and then fully unscrew the lug nuts.

Goal: Prepare the wheel for removal to access the airbag.

Tools and materials

  • Chrome Lug Nut Covers — Aesthetic cover for lug nuts
  • Heavy-duty Floor Jack — Lifting the motorhome
  • Jack Stands — Supporting the motorhome after lifting
  • Large Torque Wrench — Loosening stubborn lug nuts
  • Socket — Attaching to the torque wrench for lug nuts

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doing first look at this hoss i am six foot five and this thing is past my titty this is a substantial piece of equipment here and we're going to use it to get these big little 24 5s off i'm kind of pumped about taking these wheels off because that means i get to polish them better while they're off so i don't have to go around the lugs this time and preface this i've never done any of this before you're probably going to point out things that i'm doing wrong could be doing better if you're a big rig tech or like work on these things for a living show me some pointers let me know what i can do better make it easier if you're new here you're learning with me if you're an expert you're gonna watch me and laugh at me either way we're gonna have a good time they are a left-hand thread how about that i read that somewhere that they might be and when i didn't feel it kind of get easier i was like noah i've been down this road before and i'm not gonna break this okay so they're all loose now take my scepter and put it down because this thing is heavy everything on here is just like giant like if you got toolbox for like a regular car you're gonna need to go to the parts store all the time to get tools for this thing like i had to get every big like chassis side thing you're going to work on you're going to have to get tools so that's just a part of it these actually aren't that bad i think i'm going to be able to get most of these off with my fingers here they didn't always have power tools so i can do it the old-fashioned way it's forearm day

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