24 replies to this topic

[rik_t]

Cool, think I need to buy myself some axle stands and a bottle jack then

[Moggyton]

Cool, think I need to buy myself some axle stands and a bottle jack then

I never use axle stands as i can never get them under but i dont recommend this!

[CMXCVIII]

I don't recommend this either! If you never use axle stands we might as well say goodbye to you now!  

 

Just in case, you know!

[rik_t]

Okay, just bottle jack it is then

[FerritZA]

 

 

You need 2 300mm adjustable spanners or similar.

2,3m spanners!

Wouldnt it be 30cm?

 

 

I read 2300mm My brain stopped for a moment when I read that, one of those "huh" moments

[Tamworthbay]

Okay, just bottle jack it is then

I wouldn't, you end up quite a way under the car. If the jack slipped it would be very bad indeed. Get a decent trolley jack and axle stands. They will happily go under the front subframe. NEVER work under a car solely supported by a jack, it's the last thing many mechanics have done.

[IainNeon91]

Okay, just bottle jack it is then

Like Tamworthbay said, get yourself a trolley jack and axle stands 

 

http://www.screwfix....CFUoOwwod76kAxg

 

Iain

[HarrysMini]

I have actually been under a car when the jack has failed. Luckily it was a Landrover so the ground clearance was high anyway, I also only had it jacked up a bit, so the wheels were about an inch off the ground. The jack slipped and it fell over.

 

This was with the factory bottle jack on gravel, a recipe for disaster. 

[Moggyton]

Id never work under the car without axle stands, but just for adjusting the hilos a trolley jack is all i use. However i still recommend axle stands if you can get one under

Edited by Moggyton, 14 April 2014 - 04:02 PM.

[rik_t]

Okay, thanks guys.