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Yep, I've changed a few tires on the family car with that type of jack.
Dangerous type of jack though. The car is up, someone bumps the car or the kids start fighting inside of the car and BAM! the car is on the ground, the brake drum is bent. And, if you are lucky, the one changing the tire is not hurt.
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I am old enough to remember when a new car came with that style of jack in the trunk with a FULL SIZE spare tire.
that is because the cars had full frames, real bumpers and using a jack didn't require a degree in mechanical engineering.... I tried to change a tire on a volvo and the jack actually fit into a recessed notch in the center of the car. To change a tire you actually had to lift up the entire side of the car... Which of course did not work. The car twisted and fell off the jack. Luckily, a guy with a floor jack came by and jacked it up. So that is my comment to the original poster...Go get yourself a nice floor jack with a case and go with that. He had a very nice craftsman 3ton capacity in a case. Remember jack up the axle not the body.
These are not the same type of jack that use to come with the cars years back. These jacks are intended for off road and farm use and every truck or 4 wheel drive vehicle that goes off road should have one. The ones that you are thinking of that came with cars were made out of stamped steel with a separate base plate that the upright fit into. Then you used the lug wrench to jack up the car by the bumper. On some of them the jack would fit into a slot into the bumper and others would fit under the bumper and then brace itself on the bumper itself. If you tried to use an old bumper jack for what a High Lift jack would do it would fold itself in two.
I'm one of the lucky ones. I had an 87 GTA transam fall on me. while I was taking the cross member out from the transmission.
It fell off the jack stands when I pulled the thing that ran between the tail shaft and the rear end. I think it's purpose was to prevent wheel hopping or something. either way those cars have no ground clearnce.
I'm one of the lucky ones. I had an 87 GTA trans am fall on me. while I was taking the cross member out from the transmission.
It fell off the jack stands when I pulled the thing that ran between the tail shaft and the rear end. I think it's purpose was to prevent wheel hopping or something. either way those cars have no ground clearance.
ouch, i had an 88 GTA, that was a nice car...
i suspect those who commented are familiar with the high lift jacks. Like i said i think a good floor jack is the way to go. If you think you may need to use it to jack/wench yourself out of a hole then consider getting a nice frame mounted electric wench. If you are sold on the high lift then get the strongest one you can find. Remember the truck weighs 7k plus pounds. Go with the mid if you are not a major off-roader, if you are then get the best.
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