Thread: Defender tyre change / jacking

Land Rover jack (ex 200TDi) free to a new home. I don't have the winder, but it wouldn't be difficult to improvise. Pick up at Horsley Park, west Sydney or I can courier it (at your expense)



Erich

Originally Posted by SVX37

This thread has got me thinking...

Have people removed their standard jacks from their Defenders and replaced them with a High Lift Jack with the adaptor? I would think there is only the need for one or the other?

I currently do not own a High Lift as I have always considered them to be potentially quite dangerous. (Possibly no more dangerous than the standard jack.)

However, I am now thinking a High Lift would be far easier to change a tyre with the addition of the adaptor and a base plate.

Peoples comments and experience welcome...

Every Defender i have ever had i have taken out the Land Rover jack and replaced it with A Hi Lift and Adaptor. Both my 110 and 90 have hi lifts in and Adaptors.


My 110 one sits under the back seats and is held in place by Hi lift Tie Downs. The 90 one goes into the rear bulkhead where the Land Rover Gen one sits

Don't get me wrong Hi lifts can be dangerous things , but make chaning a tyre on a defnefenr a hundred times easer and quicker than doing it with the land rover ones

The standard land rover jack (defender) is an abomination, over the years I've used hydraulic bottle jacks and even a toyota screw jack (used to have one in the Rangie as well). On trips I carry the hi-lift but generally find it easier and quicker to get the bottle jack out.

As for tubes, finding good ones is the secret (Michellin or Bridgestone tubes seem OK) try and keep away from the Taiwanese condoms that most tyre places use and make sure the valve stem is the right one (diam) for your rims.



Martyn

Originally Posted by Bushie

As for tubes, finding good ones is the secret (Michellin or Bridgestone tubes seem OK) try and keep away from the Taiwanese condoms that most tyre places use and make sure the valve stem is the right one (diam) for your rims.



Martyn

as for Tubes i willl only use Michellin . More expensive but cost less in the long run Had far too many problems in the past with others .

And Had many an arguemnet with a tyre shop that wants to sell me a cheap set of tubes.