Lifting up a Land Rover

For those of you who use a trolley jack to lift your landy, where do you position the jack? Under the diffs? Does the fact that the diffs are offset make the lift unstable?

Or do you have to use one of these?

Under the trailing arms so I can possition the axle stand on the axle.

If you jack under the diff. yes the vehicle will be on a slant but if you put stands of equal height under each end and let the jack down so the axle is resting on said stands, there you have it - level.

It sounds like you want to lift both sides at once, but why be lazy, do one side at a time and be safe by using AXLE stands.

If you need the axle to hang then I jack from the chassis and put the stands on the chassis.

Brian S said:

It sounds like you want to lift both sides at once, but why be lazy, do one side at a time and be safe by using AXLE stands.

If you need the axle to hang then I jack from the chassis and put the stands on the chassis.

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You must have some huge axle stands!!!

Mine don't even reach the chassis.

I brought some off ebay especially.

Only about £20 a pair, I ended up buying 2 sets so I could have all the wheels off.

PAIR OF 6 TON CAR VAN RATCHET JACK AXEL STAND H-DUTY | eBay

Tazz070299 said:

For those of you who use a trolley jack to lift your landy, where do you position the jack? Under the diffs? Does the fact that the diffs are offset make the lift unstable?

Or do you have to use one of these?

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Depends why I'm jacking it up. To remove/replace a wheel or one end of an axle, I mostly use the bottom of the hub/suspension to jack up, then lower the axle onto an axle stand.

If I'm lifting a complete axle, then the same, done one at a time .. My jack doesn't have enough throw to lift an axle set of wheels off the ground if I jack from a diff, or anywhere for that matter!

If I want it high enough for the axles to droop, say replacing body parts etc, I have blocks to sit the axle stands on, and generally use a high-lift to lift the front or rear as needed!

Don't leave it unstable... I dropped my series - went sideways about 1m. Genuinally the scarriest thing i've ever done.

(One side on axle stand, had jacked otherside right up in the air and it basically forced the axle stand over... looking back... it was a stupid thing to do.)

I wang it up with my overhead crane slung either around the centre of my HD bumper or towbar.

I'm buggered if I break down though as I don't have a decent jack. It's on my ever increasing 'useful **** I need as a defender owner' list!

Diff Bangor or radius arms depends what you doing as said

Who the chuff is jacking off the chasis? Off the axle anywhere dependending on wot ya wanna do then stands under it.

goonarmy said:

Who the chuff is jacking off the chasis? Off the axle anywhere dependending on wot ya wanna do then stands under it.

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Doesn't help when you're replacing an axle much

Off the bottom of the towbar drop plate (if its the back) lifts both sides then slip axle stands under

pair of jate rings & a sling and an engine hoist. If ya wanna get an axle underneath ya motor.

some of those lifting beams that fit into the sealy jacks are quite slack once the paint has been chipped off! rather just put the saddle under the dif and lower onto stands for work.

Brian S said:

I brought some off ebay especially.

Only about £20 a pair, I ended up buying 2 sets so I could have all the wheels off.

PAIR OF 6 TON CAR VAN RATCHET JACK AXEL STAND H-DUTY | eBay

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I like them I think ill invest in a couple of pairs