eclecticflower said:
Gosh, Karl, I wouldn't have had you go to any extra expense for jack stands. I do have one from an Altima I carry in my car (should've been there in the first place, but didn't come with the car) plus I have a set of fairly new ramps that can be used if you need them. I read at one of the links you provided previously there were 2 filters, one being slightly better. Which one did you get?
I ordered the TYC 800138P, similar to this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cabin-Air-Filter-TYC-800138P-fits-09-14-Nissan-Cube-1-8L-L4-/181404382249?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3ANissan%7CModel%3ALeaf&hash=item2a3c8b3429&vxp=mtr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
To me, as long as the filter fits properly to avoid blow-by, the mesh isn't that critical. Just like a dryer lint filter, once a layer of dust forms on the filter, that first layer is what filters additional incoming particles.
Regarding the jack stands, there's a difference between the vehicle jack or even a floor jack and the jack stands. Here is an example of jack stands: http://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-steel-jack-stands-61196.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Once you have the vehicle raised with a jack (a good resource here: http://www.electricvehiclewiki.com/?title=Jacking_up_a_LEAF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
, you should never rely on that to hold the vehicle up, particularly if you are working under it (which in this case we are not). If you are just taking one wheel off, the jack will do, but when you rotate, you are removing multiple tires.
I won't go into the philosophy of just rotating front to back versus a front or rear cross (there are separate threads here for that; here's one: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9581" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
, but assuming we are doing a front cross pattern (patterns shown here: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
, you need to raise all four wheels off the ground to do the tire swap without multiple raising and lowering of the vehicle.
Another option for a front cross pattern would be to do 3 lifts, each with 2 wheels off the ground:
1) Lift left side: swap front to back
2) Lift right side: swap front to back
3) Left front: swap side to side
As you can see, you'll be double-handling some of the tires, but in the absence of 4 jack stands, that could be a shade tree method of accomplishing the task.
If you can live without the side to side swap, then two lifts will do and there is no double handling.
Anyway, since yours is done, I'll gather my own experience on the tire rotation (mine is due) and we can focus on the cabin filter when we get together. Plus we can read your LEAFs OBD info with LEAF Spy.
-Karl
