The invention provides a coke oven riser tube replacement apparatus and a coke oven riser tube replacement method, and especially relates to a coke oven riser tube replacement apparatus and a coke oven riser tube replacement method applied in the field of coke oven production. The coke oven riser tube replacement apparatus provided by the invention has the advantages of simple structure, shortening of the unkeeping time, and maintenance of the coke oven production continuity, and comprises a coal car, a fixed stand column, a rotating stand column, a crane and a transverse arm. The coke oven riser tube replacement method can reduce the danger of replacement working, and comprises the following steps: 1, rotating the transverse arm to a position above a riser tube to be replaced; 2, hoisting the riser tube to be replaced; 3, moving out the riser tube to be replaced; 4, moving a new riser tube to a position to be installed, and installing; 5, rotating the transverse arm to the initial position, and fixing. A rotatable cantilever crane in the invention has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, realization of no influences on the use performances of the coal car, coal car walking or normal production of a coke oven after installation, and flexible usage.