Just purchased a Cx9 w/21k miles and it is apparent that the tires have never been rotated.... rear tires have tons of tread and the front are nearing the end of their useful life.
I have a nice hydraulic floor jack with a rubber pad and with a few pumps can lift the front of the vehicle by jacking under the front cross member. It looks like the rear differential is NOT a safe jacking point as the differential looks to be mounted to the car through rubber bushings (put a little pressure on it with the jack and it moves).
Last night when I rotated the tires I had to jack each side of the rear independently at the jack points in the OM. In order to raise one side of the rear to a point where the unloaded suspension did not cause the wheel to touch the ground I had to jack it very high which actually raised the other rear wheel off the ground. I do not like to put that much twist stress on the body.
So, rather than going back and forth and jacking the rear side of the car incrementally, is there a central place for me to place the jack to raise the whole rear end?
Thanks,
Brian