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35"boots

New Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #21

DerbysRed said:

What size are the jubilee clips?

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Not sure, pretty big, strap is approx width of my index finger.


Ill go measure them........ back in a mo.

Approx 6" from end to end when stretched out flat.

Grunt is right.... for maintenance a trolley or bottle jack is best.... but take into consideration the size of jack... My trolley jack has to be sat on a few thick planks just to be able to lift the axle, as if its on the ground it wont reach the axle at all.

 

yella

New Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #22

i use an ex mod bottle jack fer mine, you can get em from allsorts of places, there is leavesley international thats in burton on trent, not too far from matlock, you could also try paddocks

 

DerbysRed

New Member

• Sep 2, 2006

• #23

35"boots said:

Dont worry, simple job..... jack up body/chassis of landy until wheel lifts off floor, push wheel down & 2nd person push spring back into place.
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Been out and bought a trolly jack. The haynes manual says to jack the vehicle on the rear diff and use axel stands. is this necessary? (extra expense for axel stands) or can i jack the car somewhere else?

 

DerbysRed

New Member

• Sep 2, 2006

• #24

Job done!!!!!

Spring back in its home and secured with Jubilee clip!

Thanks all for your help & guidance especially 35" boots and the slow typist that is the Grunt!

Onto the next task!

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• Sep 2, 2006

• #25

You can jack each corner as you need but there are a couple of safety points I like to use.

Don't crawl under the vehicle when its supported by a jack alone, you can use axle stands or big lumps of timber.

If you take a wheel off store it under the vehicle so that if the vehicl drops it'll land on the wheel and not the discs or yourself or whatever.

Always chock the wheels that are left on the ground to stop the vehicle rolling. Chock back and front of the wheel. More so with a Land Rover which has the handbrake on the prop shaft and not the rear wheels.

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• Sep 2, 2006

• #26

That sounds a bit pompous now that I've re-read it, sorry if I'm teaching Granny to suck eggs.

 

DerbysRed

New Member

• Sep 2, 2006

• #27

Hey im no Granny! Im brand new to all this and need all he help and advice I can get!!!!

Cheers Grunt!

 

yella

New Member

• Sep 2, 2006

• #28

lucky no one beat you to it eh grunter