TJM Bar Jacking Points

[Nathan]

Hi all,

I have TJM Bull Bar on the front of my Defender and it has the ~25mm holes that look ready to receive the standard Land Rover Defender Jack.

Over the past few years I've been merrily driving around thinking I had a jack that could change the front tyres if the need arose.

But... last night I got a nasty surprise when I found the shaft on the standard jack is not long enough to reach into the holes, ie. the vertical shaft of the jack fouls on the bull bar.

I guess this is a warning for anyone else that is in the same ignorant bliss that i was :D , but also, does anyone else have an easy solution? I assumed that TJM must have supplied some sort of adaptor with the bull bar, but they say not.

The only think I can think of is making up some sort of extension sleeve to slide over the original lifting shaft and extend into the holes on the bull bar....

Nathan

PS. end of story was that I was at home and so went and bought a trolley jack, but I'm glad I wasn't out on the tracks somewhere on my own! I would have had to attach the winch to an overhead tree or something creative like that!

[onesilop]

I have never found length to be an issue, but I have a different TJM bar to you.

[Nathan]

yeah, I jacked up my mates TD5 TJM bar on the weekend with no probs. Mine's the TDI model.

[Nathan]

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[Sitec]

How wierd, I was only under my Td5 130 an hour ago looking at something else that's falling off when I noticed that the holes are there in my TJM bar but they're no where near in line with the originals and have no tube to take the jack. This said the jack supplied with mine is a bottle jack not the stick Land Rover supply! My suggestion is buy a Bottle Jack as it's more versatile, and handy for straightening Patrols and Cruisers once you have towed them out....!

[Fender Bender]

Hi Nathan
Mine is the same as yours, i just keep a bottle jack in any way is quicker the original jack:)

[Trout]

I have an older TJM bar with holes and the wind up jack that fits the tubes. It works ok. I am not sure why you are having a problem jacking it up via the holes in the bar. I dont see why there is a need for the jack arm to be in a tube. The hole works just as well as far as I am concerned. Having said that i am very very careful using these types of jacks and do not get any part of me under the car while it is jacked up. And I am also very careful to stand well away from the line of fire should the jack slip out of the hole.

Sorry I just re read your post. My jack arm does not fully insert and the vertical part hits the top bar. Thats why I am careful to keep away should it slip. I forgot to add that I also try to put the spare or wheel you remove under the car in strategic spot as a backup in case the car crashes to the ground.

[Fender Bender]

Hi Nathan
This morning i saw a 130 defender with a TJM bar and it had tubes just un der the plate that runs across the vehicle this looked original

[Loubrey]

You can’t beat a bottle jack for on road wheel changes. I have a handy little fold up axle stand I also use as back up.

Off road I use the High-lift with the Defender adaptor that goes into the jack holes, but I always lower it back onto the axle stand before I remove a wheel. This obviously comes with all the inherent risks of using the High-lift, but I’ve a few years experience using it and I always treat it with the respect it deserves!