jackin points and tools

hi does anybody out there know of the best points on which to use to jack the full front/rear of my jim with a trolley jack.
also im thinking of buying a torx drive set and wonder what sizes i need to cover

thanx in advance.

Best place to jack up on is the chassis rails.
Halfords have the best torx sockets on offer.
Hope this helps.

You can jack on the axles to prevent you having to jack the chassis up high until the wheels finally leave the ground.

The factory jacking points are the bottom of the radius arms - which you can do but there might be more risk of it slipping off the jack.

The chassis is fine, but as I say, you can have to jack it up quite high to get the wheels off the ground, specially on a lifted Jimny.

Kirkynut

Cheers gary, i thought that i'd read somewhere that you could jack up the full front or rear end under the diff housings. Is this an unsafe thing to do?

i use the mounts of the trailing arms aswell, although have used the axle aswell just as a quickie cos i wasnt too sure about if it was ok to use

the problem with jacking under the diff on jimny's is the diff is not in the center of the axle so it only lifts one side

Its a pain jacking up a lifted 4x4, even a high lift jack is never enough. I wish I had my own 2 post lift, i've installed more of them than I can count on my fingers, toes and teeth!

yeah ive found that jacking under the diff skews the car and lifts one side first but if its safe to do this then what about jacking under the longer driveshaft in the centre of the car, so it lifts evenly. Or would this place too much strain on the transmission?

ive got a high lift jack too gary and I agree, ive got some large squares of ply glued together (about 6'' high) to place under the jack. Bit of a chew about though. Just wondered if anyone had simpler way of doing things

Don't put any weight on a driveshaft!

Got me thinking what to use! I want a new trolley jack, i've not been impressed with my 4x4 jack from machine mart. Im going to ask nicely at work how much i can have one of these for.

www.gemco.co.uk/Products_DK20HLQ_.asp

its a nice trolley jack with a great lifting height.
Just wish I had more height in my garage for a hydraulic scissor lift,,which can be sunk flush into a shallow pit so takes no room at all, my jimny just scrapes into my garage if I let wind out of my tyres.

Hi all,

If you looking for a new trolley jack I would strongly recommend the 2 tonne halfords advanced usually its about 100 quid and I believe its on offer at the moment to. they also have a lifetime garuntee with it to.

and as for jacking i find it easier to jack off the diff and use an axle stand. then move the jack a bit further along and jack up the other side and again use an axles stand.

tom

Just jack on the axle tube one side at a time putting axle stands under. It's a pain the diff isn't central enough to jack on it but that's life.

Just don't get lazy and not use the axle stands as one day a jack will fail on one of us and I can't bench press a Jimny with or without a crushed body or limb!

The big black halfords jack is good. I have one in the workshop and their bottle jack in the car with a piece of wood to put under it.

Take care with high lifts.

Kirkynut