2002z06

Has anyone tried to see if it will fit with a flat front tire, if not you would have to swap a good rear to the front and put spare to the rear.

djkaloci2009

when we went on the tour of the lordstown plant. i asked this and was told that you have to take a good tire of the back and put it up front and put the spare on the back.

2002z06

Will the jack get both wheels of the ground from the side in the middle?

BLAZIN07SS

iTrader: (7)

your always supposed to put your spare tire in the rear anyway

killalee4

TRUE

Terminator2

It definately will not fit on the front it is a 16" steel wheel. In the owner manual it states that on ss models it will not fit over the brakes. I would not trust the shitty stock jack to lift the whole side of the the car. I took my spare out I have a small compressor and a tire plug kit. If I need more than that I have free towing for the next 6 years anway.

sport08

my friend got a flat with his ss/tc spare will not fit the front u must put a good tire on the front and spare on the back

SS_carnatic

TRUE TRUE^^

As Per the Manual your suppose to pull off a rear tire and put that on the front if its a FRONT flat, and mount the spare on the rear.......it explains it as "SS" specific...obvioulsy

red2001ss

I also think the spare is slightly smaller in diameter, so if you could fit it on the front and had LSD, would could end up smoking the LSD. This is true for any car with LSD front or rear wheel drive. Spares should never go on the drive wheels.

sport08

im not sure about it being smaller in diameter main problem spare doesnt clear the brembos on the front but it did on the back idk we at at first thought we were fucked and that the spare wasnt gonna work we were almost really pissed but w/e just hope u dont get a flat or hope its the back tire less work

redninja6r

I wonder how many here got the spare tire instead of the "slime" and air pump? ( I did )

1WhiteSSTC

the answer is plain and simple, the spare tire will NOT, i repeat, it will NOT!!! fit over the brembos, safely or properly........it will ONLY fit the rear and hell that seemed useless to me to have a spare that only fit 2 corners so i got the sealant kit and pump instead.

Force

The spare not clearing the brake caliper is the immediate problem, but even if we didn't have the Brembos you STILL wouldn't be able to mount the spare up front.

The guy you quoted was correct when it comes to any of the Cobalts with the G85 (read: almost all). A limited slip differential reads the different rotation speeds as slip and constantly engages itself, so you CANNOT have different diameter wheels up front.

...Well, unless you want to cook your LSD

IsItFast?

Why would you need to jack both tires up at the same time?

1WhiteSSTC

i wasn't even thinkin about that part tho i definately remember hearing about it awhile back.......we need a sticky post about this

jschatte

lol it confuses me too

hiltu

iTrader: (5)

So your front tire hits a nail, its flat. Now the spare won't fit the front, so u lift up one side of the vehicle with your shitty car jack. u put the rear tire on the front and the spare on the rear. If u ever had to use a stock car jack u will see this as the route to go

To be more specific, loosen the lugs on the front and rear tires before lifting up that side of the vehicle (so both tires are in the air)

yellowltcoupe22

use a lil more sense and jack up the rear put the spare on there then jack the front up and put the back tire on. yes it takes a lil more work cuz you have to jack it up twice but its way safer. i'd rather sweet a lil than to have my car fall off the jacks and most likely mess up the rotors, get hurt or mess up the rocker panels on the car.. or you could do like i do and keep two jacks in the car for that just in case time. now all that bein said i dont have a tc or sc for that matter but i keep two jacks in the car with me.

IsItFast?

lol.

this is what I was getting at.....

hiltu

iTrader: (5)

I don't know the rating on the jack but our cars come in at about 3000lbs. my stock jack outta my jeep rubicon which weighed right at 4000lbs had no problem lifting up half my jeep, so im pretty confident if you remove 1000lbs, it will be alright, but than again someones gonna say how shitty these jacks are so who knows. just remove your jack and spare for weight reduction and if u ever get a flat call a tow truck, problem solved

Force

The issue isn't exactly weight capacity but also balance... A Jeep has a much shorter wheelbase, so in theory it would be easier to balance a whole side on a jack. Even so, I wouldn't recommend it.

Now on the Cobalt, I'd DEFINITELY not recommend jacking up one side at once with the stock jack; I doubt it's strong enough to both a) hold up the entire side of the car and b) deal with the "sideways" forces inflicted when you try to balance it. These cars don't have 50/50 weight distribution, so it's very hard to judge.

It would be easily possible with a floor jack, but for your own sake and your car's sake, jack up one corner at a time with the one in the trunk.

occsdude

iTrader: (1)

i believe it will. i used mine to change my wheels. lol. and it seemed to lift the car more than my other jack so if youput it on the frame rail like its designed it should

hiltu

iTrader: (5)

I see what your getting at Force, good points..... ill just stick with remove the spare and jack for weight reduction and let the tow truck company worry about it

MrIcky

LoL- I'll just use roadside assistance. I pay and extra 1.15 a month to have someone tow my car to Les Schwab and fix the flat for me.

no_mo_tires

so you can switch em.... (knock knock) anyone home?