T:

 

wish the goon that lifted ours on the cill had asked :*

 

Same as me bud. I bet its in the same place as some goon did mine in its past life..

 

Must be a common thing seen a lot with crushed sills took some doing to pull mine straight again just kept niggling every time I looked at it

 

And how to lift with jack - and then fit axlestand for security? There is no room for both..........

 

Personally, I put the axle stands under the points above. I use a padded trolley jack under different points further in. Front, near where the back of the lower wishbone is bolted to the chassis. Back, there's a section of chassis where the handbrake cable comes across towards the rear wheels. Neither deflect whilst jacking the van up.

If there's a better way. I'm all ears. T:

 

And you have even more problems if you have side bars .......

The side bar or running board' aluminium box section mounting points, are bolted to the van's jacking 'pillars'.


Buying the right type lifting jack, should solve that problem >>

I'm dropped 60mm at the front, but I can still get underneath >>

I'd hate to think what would happen if I had a flat tyre at the road side though !



TURK

 

And you have even more problems if you have side bars .......

The side bar or running board' aluminium box section mounting points, are bolted to the van's jacking 'pillars'.


Buying the right type lifting jack, should solve that problem >


I'd hate to think what would happen if I had a flat tyre at the road side though !

TURK

Carry one of those leveling doodahs camper vanners use.
Drive up onto it with your flat.

Saves a lot of jacking, and if you've lowered your ride height, gives room to get a jack under.

 

Cheers T: I'm also dropped 60mm with side bars. I got this jack and stands to use http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GLUPDQE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I'm going to get to that rear brake pad sensor wire tomorrow morning, jacked up or not!

 

what make / model of jack is that Turk, looks a nice bit of kit, I'm on the lookout for a decent one....
cheers

 

Hi mate,

Mines the Sealey RJA2500 version >

http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuild...de=&category=1&catgroup=354&catmicrogroup=1365&analysiscode=&requiredresults=16


Clarke also make an alloy low profile jack identical to the one on Sealey' website. But the Clarke one which is cheaper, has plastic wheels instead of anodised aluminium load wheels.





TURK

 

With the design of our sidebars the original trolley jacking points can be used.

When I have had a flat, I have had to use the front suspension arm to jack from due to the 60mm drop rightly enough though, but only with a trolley jack.

 

You can pick those trolley jacks up in costco for a very reasonable price..

 

Most of those aluminium low entry jacks are complete junk, theyre all chinese rubbish thats branded with whatever UK name they choose to stick on it, I've had 2 clarke and 3 draper under warranty so far. Currently arguing with draper about getting my money back because £200 is too much to spend on a jack this bad, this was 2.5 days after it had a completley new mechanism and hydraulics supplied by the rep:

Thanks draper, I love cleaning the workshop floor!