Gen.4 Jacking Advice

DAGZOOK wrote: For all those interested - or those that may be in a similar predicament, I've settled on the following bit of kit. This will allow you to lift the front or rear of the vehicle quickly and safely to a height of around 650mm. Enough even for high reach axle stands! the kit costs £140 - but is guaranteed for years and will enable easy servicing/annual cleaning. Pretty space efficient too..

www.sgs-engineering.com/tj3b-3-ton-troll...ack-and-jacking-beam

Crikey!!!

Get some stands solid underneath the chassis before you go under that

DAGZOOK wrote: For all those interested - or those that may be in a similar predicament, I've settled on the following bit of kit. This will allow you to lift the front or rear of the vehicle quickly and safely to a height of around 650mm. Enough even for high reach axle stands! the kit costs £140 - but is guaranteed for years and will enable easy servicing/annual cleaning. Pretty space efficient too..

www.sgs-engineering.com/tj3b-3-ton-troll...ack-and-jacking-beam

Have you got axle stands already?

Are you sure that's going to fit under the Jimny? 265mm minimum height with the beam. The Jimny is around 200mm under the axles.

Hi all, thanks for the feedback.

Should have been more explicit, I've already got axle stands and fully intend to use them chaps. I've also got a set of ramps which I use for general servicing. My driveway is probably about as flat as they come.

The whole reason for wanting the beam is because I'm strongly against jacking from the Diff housing not so much because it's not strong enough, but because it's so easy for the car to tip/fall. Yes the JIM may have to be driven up onto some blocks in order to use the beam - not a big deal. Still far safer than jacking each corner up onto a high stand.

My existing low profile trolley jack is great for the sports car and the odd hatchback, but it won't touch the Jimny unless you use several blocks. I've tried it and it feels unstable with the amount of suspension flex the Jimny has got, the block could slip out.

For my Diff breather install I used the factory scissor jack. I was there for most of the afternoon

Happy to take on suggestions if you guys could show me what gear you use? Like I said this is the first 4x4 I've owned, never had this issue before. It's usually the opposite!! (no ground clearance)

Interesting Snip from the Gen.4 Owners manual.

Suzuki permit jacking the vehicle from the rear diff housing and beside the front diff housing - and recommend placing axle stands under the radius arm body brackets.

If I'm lifting one wheel I jack under the radius arm, either where it meets the axle or on the little bobbin for the standard jack, depending where I need access.
If I'm lifting the whole front or rear end I go under the diff housing. There is no problem with tipping because the other axle is either still on the ground or resting on 2 axle stands.

Thanks Busta! I feel a little more confident now that the manual and others say it's Okay to do that.

Any recommendations on a Jack? a friend of mine recommended this one as SGS seem to have mixed reviews online. I know that 3 tonne is overkill for the Jim, but it's more about max height, my stands extend to a maximum of 500mm. That sort of clearance would come in handy when giving the underside a power wash

www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-3040AG-3tonne-Tr..._details?ie=UTF8&me=

I have a similar Sealey 3 ton jack. Mine is the red "professional" one, which helps me feel more qualified than I am. Yes it's overkill but a lot of the lower rated jacks are also physically much smaller so less stable. That said I managed with a very cheap 2 ton trolley jack for years. Blocks of wood, ramps etc all help.

Thanks Busta, I think I'm set on this one. I'll do a little review once it arrives