Thread: New Jack option.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Nice out there thinking...

Unfortunately not enough room for them under there..

Time to get a ute perhaps :P

Originally Posted by Stuart02

Time to get a ute perhaps :P

Not on your life.

The bottle jack does just fine..

The jacking system is already there, it's called air suspension. LR need to modify it such that it can also lift the wheel as well as it's normal function of pushing it down. That way you could lift the car up, put a stand (jack) under it, lower it onto the jack and keep going while it lifts the wheel up. The only issue it would probably cost more than the std jack to modify the EAS!

It's not there, it's a bellows or effectively a single acting cylinder. To make it a double acting Ram would require extensive changes for very little gain..

However you can use it to change a tyre - I'm working on something in my spare time that may work out..

Originally Posted by rocket rod

LR need to modify it such that it can also lift the wheel as well as it's normal function of pushing it down.

That is, in effect, what already happens when using the suspension arm to lift. As you jack there are a few self-levelling movements of the suspension and after ~4-5 movements the wheel lifts off the ground.

So the suspension is assisting to lift the wheel and means that the jack lifting task is greatly reduced compared to chassis rail. It really isn't very hard at all.

Scott

Originally Posted by LRD414

That is, in effect, what already happens when using the suspension arm to lift. As you jack there are a few self-levelling movements of the suspension and after ~4-5 movements the wheel lifts off the ground.

So the suspension is assisting to lift the wheel and means that the jack lifting task is greatly reduced compared to chassis rail. It really isn't very hard at all.

Scott

Thanks Scott, and the rear wheel? to get that up for changing?

Originally Posted by Nicky

Thanks Scott, and the rear wheel? to get that up for changing?

Same.

Originally Posted by Nicky

Thanks Scott, and the rear wheel? to get that up for changing?

Same as front. See also page 14 (posts 133-136) of this thread for details.
Cheers,
Scott