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Jack disaster

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08 Feb 2024 07:28 #254129 by saxj

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Wailin wrote:
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Made a major schoolboy error today. Removing front wheels so i jacked up the jimny on the jacking point on the front axle. I never put any axle stands underneath and the jack slipped off. Luckily for me i wasnt underneath, but the jack caught a metal rod in front of the differential and bent it badly. Now my jimny drives awful, is pulling strongly to the left and in order to keep it straight, the steering wheel is turned to the right and not straight. I have attachef photos of the damage. Is that the panhard rod I've bent?

There are no jacking points on the front axle. The jacking points are on the radial arms. There is a little nib around the middle of the arm where the jack should be placed.

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08 Feb 2024 08:24 #254131 by Wailin

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There is a jacking point on both axles if using a trolley jack. Those radial arm points are for the supplied jack in the boot. See photo and also owners manual.

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08 Feb 2024 09:11 #254132 by rogerzilla

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It won't do any harm to jack at the nub on the radius arm, provided the trolley jack head is a shape that won't slip.

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08 Feb 2024 11:10 #254134 by DrRobin

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Wailin wrote:
There is a jacking point on both axles if using a trolley jack. Those radial arm points are for the supplied jack in the boot. See photo and also owners manual.

I only ever jack on the radius arms and use a trolley jack, mind my trolley jack has a traditional round cup with castellated walls so fits the radius arm under the nub. I assume that for the axle you will need a 'v' shaped head, unless it has a flat plate?

Since I don't trust my jack I always put an axle stand under the radius arm if the wheel is off for more than 5 minutes.

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08 Feb 2024 11:29 #254135 by facade

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My goto jack is this one. It came out of a "Classic" RangeRover.

I bought one of those 4x4 trolley jacks that go up a long way, but I rarely use it as it is one of those "quick lift" monstrosities that you can't press hard enough to activate the quicklift mechanism when you are close enough to the jack to see where it is going.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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08 Feb 2024 13:46 #254139 by Scimike

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If you don't want to go adjustable replacement (it's something you need to setup anyway) phone around local engineering firms / engine Engineers and ask if they can help straighten your OEM one. It's not that bent and anyone with a hydraulic press and a flat surface can get it straight again. It's not made of anything special, more than upto a repair.
Just another option, pleased nobody was hurt.

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