[waynne]

The guys at the local tyre place use air tools and the nuts are so tight that I bent my brace trying to loosen them!

I was told that if you are working on a rear leave it in gear with handbrake off, if it is the front take it out of gear with the handbrake on - anyone else do this?

When rotating the tyres from front to rear you should really use axle stands as 1 jack is not typically strong enough (apart from the fact the jacking points are to the rear) even if you used 2 jacks the car will be really unstable.