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LEON_BARKER

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Hi all,

I've recently purchased a high-lift jack for my 1988 defender 90 and was wonder if/where I can jack from without the tubular attachment. Front bumper? Rear cross member? Side runner?


Thanks
C
 
LEON_BARKER said:
Hi all,

I've recently purchased a high-lift jack for my 1988 defender 90 and was wonder if/where I can jack from without the tubular attachment. Front bumper? Rear cross member? Side runner?


Thanks
C
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Fairly dangerous doing any of that. Bottle jack is better for wheel changing.

And your Ninety isn't a Defender, they weren't made until 1990! ;):)
 
Using a Hi-lift depends a lot on how well attached the bits you jack from are attached to the chassis. I'd say the bumper and cross member should be OK, but they are likely to slip sideways or the HJ slip away if there's nothing to hold them. Side runners won't work, they're actually very flimsy, unless you actually mean rock and/or tree sliders ..
 
I did more damage to my Defender using a high lift jack than anything else. I would dump it and use a bottle jack. Mine feel off the jack several times and pierced the bodywork.
 
One of the handiest but scariest tools you can use and if you ain't a little scared you're stooopid.
And as said if it's for changing wheels get a bottle jack with a cradle on top, hi lifts are terrible for that job as you'll be jacking the body up for ages before the wheel comes of the floor.
 
I find the high lift on its own to be fairly useless and very dangerous! The only ting I have used it for without additional kit is breaking the beads on tyres when I am changing them (jack foot on the tyre bead and jack under the front bumper).
Everything else needs extra equipment., for using it as a winch you need a chain you can adjust the length of so you can reset it after you have jacked it length without releasing the tension, and it you are using it to lift the vehicle you either need the tubular attachment to go into the chassis jacking point or you need lift-mate (link). I have used the lift-mate several times, and it is very useful when you are stuck off road as you can then pack things under the wheel. As stated above you should not be using it to change a wheel, a bottle jack it much safer, so it therefore doesn't matter the wheel cannot be removed when in use.
 
That Hi-lift jack will spend most of its life plotting how to kill you. Don’t give it the opportunity. Bin it and get a trolley jack or bottle or what ever.
 
Hi Lifts are useful, just treat them with care and be very careful. It may get you out of a bind. Ref the attachment points, unless your motor has suitable strong jacking holes , or platforms that can be used by the hi lift. then do not use it.

Expect them not to be stable, if doing general jacking use a std bottle jack.

Cheers
 
LEON_BARKER said:
Hi all,

I've recently purchased a high-lift jack for my 1988 defender 90 and was wonder if/where I can jack from without the tubular attachment. Front bumper? Rear cross member? Side runner?


Thanks
C
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Very dangerous things. Bear in mind they're designed to pivot to get your vehicle out of a rut. The higher you go the easier it is to lose control of it and get the whole lot on your foot. Don't use it for tyre changing etc. It's a recovery tool and that's it. Use a bottle jack.
 
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