Which jack

Aitken · Dec 16, 2008

I've only had my Landie (Defender 90) for a month now but I'm deeply in love with it. I was thinking the other day, I'm lugging around a spare wheel on the back and I carry a big socket set. But if I do need to change a wheel then I'm snookered because I don't have a jack.

Any ideas? I don't plan to go off road for a good while yet so it'll just be for road use. Would say a 4 ton bottle jack do the trick?

hughesy · Dec 16, 2008

For changing a wheel you can't beat the little bottle jacks that come as standard issue with discos. Have a look on the bay of e.

Sean · Dec 16, 2008

..... and a 3 foot length of scaffold plank so the jack doesnt sink

Pikey · Dec 16, 2008

Aitken said:
Any ideas? I don't plan to go off road for a good while yet so it'll just be for road use. Would say a 4 ton bottle jack do the trick?

FFS the whole vehicle ways less than 2 tonnes and your only lifting one corner of it. most weight it's going to be carrying is about 750Kg. just get a disco bottle jack as suggested. and scrounge an 18" length of 6x2 or 8x2 off the local building site. as a base for it.

mrdsgs · Dec 16, 2008

the beauty of the LR bottle jacks is the curved saddle which fits the axles perfectly.

most standard bottle jacks just have a button which would be hard to line up with an appropriate axle jacking point on a LR.

Also make sure your jack goes up high enough to get the wheel off the ground to change the wheel. the lump of wood as a base would help again here, I use 3" or so softwood offcuts, about 18" long. they double up as wheel chocks.

Tig9619 · Dec 16, 2008

Make sure you engage the diff lock when you jack it up aswell.
Many people forget this if they are new to land rovers and end up with the vehicle falling off the jack!

Aitken · Dec 17, 2008

Great, thanks for the tips.

Matt Turner · Dec 20, 2008

Also if you have a few quid to spare get a High Lift jack, about 50 squid but well worth it for those more 'involved' little jobs.

Oddie · Dec 20, 2008

Matt Turner said:
Also if you have a few quid to spare get a High Lift jack, about 50 squid but well worth it for those more 'involved' little jobs.

but if you do then make sure you learn how to use it properly else it will swiftly remove your chin! They are great but phenomenally dangerous if untrained!

G-man · Dec 20, 2008

fook taking yer chin off its yer legs when the fooker falls on yer cause yer a numpty and are workin under an unsupported vehicle

Oddie · Dec 20, 2008

so so far no legs no chin, like i sed they are fookin dangerous but a usefl bit of kit! (they are a winch too!)

gotoneatlast · Dec 20, 2008

Tig9619 said:
Make sure you engage the diff lock when you jack it up aswell.
Many people forget this if they are new to land rovers and end up with the vehicle falling off the jack!

the diff lock doesn't work on mine,
i had the front up on axle stands today, while i gunked and jetwashed it, i had the handbrake on, was that safe?

Oddie · Dec 20, 2008

gotoneatlast said:
the diff lock doesn't work on mine,
i had the front up on axle stands today, while i gunked and jetwashed it, i had the handbrake on, was that safe?

Yes, but you should always chock! The front wheels aren't braked so if you'd done it the other way then it wou;dn't be. You should always chock the wheels though, even with the handbrake on there is still 6 inches or so of movement!

gotoneatlast · Dec 20, 2008

cheers for that, i'll do that tommorow,
i wondered why the front wheels were going round.

G-man · Dec 20, 2008

i have a fookin great lump of fence post i chock mine with, its about 6"square and 8 foot long

gotoneatlast · Dec 20, 2008

odenne said:
so so far no legs no chin, like i sed they are fookin dangerous but a usefl bit of kit! (they are a winch too!)

how do you winch with them?

G-man · Dec 20, 2008

one shackle though a bottom hole and one through the bit you put under the motor

Oddie · Dec 20, 2008

G-man said:
i have a fookin great lump of fence post i chock mine with, its about 6"square and 8 foot long

Sounds ideal, as you say it really needs to be at LEAST 4" which if you think about it a landy with 265's could easily mount! (that's what your average kerb is!)

It is really easy to forget that you are dealing with 2 tons of steel, which would make you two dimensional as soon as leak oil, when you're using a jack which can lift it using your little finger! I jacked mine with my hi-lift on some gravel the other day, was amazed how fast it collapsed without warning (luckily not high or with anyone underneath, just using the jack for the sake of it) but if one fell or collapsed on you then you would be lucky to be able to tell the tale!

Oddie · Dec 20, 2008

gotoneatlast said:
how do you winch with them?

They are really useful! they have chain holes - mine has a grip for chains so you winch a bit and then just re-hook it through the hole. Useful bit of kit, have found all sorts of uses for it, but they do need to be treated carefully!

gotoneatlast · Dec 20, 2008

odenne said:
Sounds ideal, as you say it really needs to be at LEAST 4" which if you think about it a landy with 265's could easily mount! (that's what your average kerb is!)

It is really easy to forget that you are dealing with 2 tons of steel, which would make you two dimensional as soon as leak oil, when you're using a jack which can lift it using your little finger! I jacked mine with my hi-lift on some gravel the other day, was amazed how fast it collapsed without warning (luckily not high or with anyone underneath, just using the jack for the sake of it) but if one fell or collapsed on you then you would be lucky to be able to tell the tale!

wooah,
i was on gravel today,
i'll sort that tommorow then.
What is the little wheel chock that is tucked away with the bottle jack good for then?

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