Buckled wheel - leave car on 1 jack stand?

[Haribo Lecter]

I’m going to take the wheel off to see if it can be straightened at a local shop. Is it safe enough to leave one corner on a jack stand or should I really have both front and rear on stands for stability?

[anonymous-user]

Haribo Lecter said:

I’m going to take the wheel off to see if it can be straightened at a local shop. Is it safe enough to leave one corner on a jack stand or should I really have both front and rear on stands for stability?

I would be more than happy with three wheels and one jack stand (set as low as it will go).

[Haribo Lecter]

Thanks, that was my intention too. Only lift as high as I need to in order to get the wheel off.

I see lots of jack pads to protect the jacking point from metal on metal damage, but not many if at all for jack stands?

[Starfighter]

Just use a roll of newspaper or similar.

[E63eeeeee...]

Haribo Lecter said:

Thanks, that was my intention too. Only lift as high as I need to in order to get the wheel off.

I see lots of jack pads to protect the jacking point from metal on metal damage, but not many if at all for jack stands?

Depending on the design of your jack stand you can buy shaped rubber pads on eBay or from the manufacturers. You can also buy stands with rubber tops.

[Haribo Lecter]

E63eeeeee... said:

Depending on the design of your jack stand you can buy shaped rubber pads on eBay or from the manufacturers. You can also buy stands with rubber tops.

The flat type with rubber tops do appeal but they seem to be US manufacturers. Regular ones and newspaper it is then!

[BertBert]

Ice hockey pucks for me.

[Arnold Cunningham]

Or just a rectangular or square block of 3/4” ply.

[prand]

Does the wheel place have any spare wheels you can borrow while it is in for repair?

[anonymous-user]

in order of preference
- stick on a spare wheel
- prebook slot so on axel stand and/or trolley jack with puck for not long
- sell the car buy a new one with no buckled wheels

[Slippydiff]

RC1 said:

in order of preference
- stick on a spare wheel
- prebook slot so on axel stand and/or trolley jack with puck for not long
- sell the car buy a new one with no buckled wheels

Or use a set of Fandango’s finest :







My mate Carlos swears by them, and says they last forever (and they’ve really helped him hone his high speed car control skilz)

[rrroro]

What on earth are those?

[E63eeeeee...]

What are they called? Something like that would be really handy, especially if you can get them in multiple bolt patterns.

[Slippydiff]

E63eeeeee... said:

What are they called? Something like that would be really handy, especially if you can get them in multiple bolt patterns.

They’re universal, 4, 5 and I think 6 stud patterns, and the holes are elongated to allow different PCD bolt patterns.

[Slippydiff]

They’re similar to these :

https://www.guniwheel.com/shop-now/guniwheel45

[Slippydiff]

Slippydiff said:

rrroro said:

What on earth are those?

They’re what my wheel refurb guys use to enable them to move cars around whilst they're refurbing the wheels off them.

[E63eeeeee...]

Slippydiff said:

They’re similar to these :

https://www.guniwheel.com/shop-now/guniwheel45

Awesome, thank for the link