Gen.4 Jacking Advice

Unless you have a perfectly level concrete pad to work on be very careful with that and even if you have a good place to work still be very careful and make sure you firmly chock the wheels when lifting one end to the full reach of that jack beam.

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 :dry:

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.

That measurement has to be with the pads fully extended, otherwise there's precious few standard vehicles that would accommodate it? Unless you're supposed to drive onto a set of jenga blocks first and then jack up the car?

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 :whistle:

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)