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wattfield
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The standard jack fits in holes in the bumper, level with the chassis rails, they have rubber plugs in them which you remove to expose the holes.
In saying that, the standard jack's rubbish. As you're lifting from the bumper it has to go quite high before you can remove a wheel. I use a trollley jack under the spring.
In saying that, the standard jack's rubbish. As you're lifting from the bumper it has to go quite high before you can remove a wheel. I use a trollley jack under the spring.
wattfield
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Thank you
Found it and the Defender is half way up in the air
Takes forever and the whole front end is up but the wheel is on the floor.
Yup, that's why I use a trolley jack. It's more stable too.
easye1
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wot he sez too!
and wot you sez too,
landie steel wheels are heavy !
I use a trolley jack under the axle close to the wheel you want removed.
if its pumped up,
you only need to lift it just clear off the ground
making it easier to roll the wheel back/change wheels.
I have also got the standard disco bottle jack kept iside the car for "emergancies"
but much prefure the trolley jack..
a point of safety,
on my disco, I use the supplied steel wheel chock under a good solid wheel that nots being jacked up, infact, I use 2 wheel chocks = 1 either side to stop the car rolling away :rolly:
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wot he sez too!
and wot you sez too,
landie steel wheels are heavy !
I use a trolley jack under the axle close to the wheel you want removed.
if its pumped up,
you only need to lift it just clear off the ground
making it easier to roll the wheel back/change wheels.
I have also got the standard disco bottle jack kept iside the car for "emergancies"
but much prefure the trolley jack..
a point of safety,
on my disco, I use the supplied steel wheel chock under a good solid wheel that nots being jacked up, infact, I use 2 wheel chocks = 1 either side to stop the car rolling away :rolly:
Thank you, I dont have a trolley jack I'm afraid and I dont think it would have worked if I had.
The only reason I did it myself and not let Green Flag is that they use a trolley jack and it would not have fit down the side of the house. For security the Defender is squashed onto my drive and its so narrow that I have to fold the wing mirrors in. I only just had room to take the tyre off, would never have got a trolley jack past it. Unless they are light enough to lift over.
As for the wheel chocks, I discovered that my new house has absolutely no bricks or stones in the garden, will have to remedy that now I have a Landy
Ended up putting two show jump cups under two wheels and a metal boot wiper thing under the other. It didn't move
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Thank you, I dont have a trolley jack I'm afraid and I dont think it would have worked if I had.
The only reason I did it myself and not let Green Flag is that they use a trolley jack and it would not have fit down the side of the house. For security the Defender is squashed onto my drive and its so narrow that I have to fold the wing mirrors in. I only just had room to take the tyre off, would never have got a trolley jack past it. Unless they are light enough to lift over.
As for the wheel chocks, I discovered that my new house has absolutely no bricks or stones in the garden, will have to remedy that now I have a Landy
Ended up putting two show jump cups under two wheels and a metal boot wiper thing under the other. It didn't move
buy a decent trolley jack daft...you will get squashed for sure.
you can pass it front to back underneath daft....
buy a decent trolley jack daft...you will get squashed for sure.
you can pass it front to back underneath daft....
Are you being serious
If so I will just call out Green Flag if it happens again I was very careful not to stand anywhere I could have been squashed
Didn't realise they were so low they would fit underneath
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Are you being serious
I was very careful not to stand anywhere I could have been squashed
Didn't realise they were so low they would fit underneath
Trolley jacks are good but bulky. Good bottle jack like a disco one willl be better. And can travel with you.
wattfield
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This is good enough for changing wheels:
Toolstation > Automotive > Jacks, Stands & Winches > Hydraulic Trolley Jack
Toolstation > Automotive > Jacks, Stands & Winches > Hydraulic Trolley Jack
Mine cost more than that a zillion years ago, but it's still going strong!
As others have already said, it will roll underneath from the front to the spring mount and lifting is a doddle!
Grimmer
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Don't go right high that though
This might be better, if you keep an eye out they do em at half price now and again
Halfords | Halfords Advanced 2.25 Ton 4x4 Trolley Jack
easye1
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Thank you, I dont have a trolley jack I'm afraid and I dont think it would have worked if I had.
The only reason I did it myself and not let Green Flag is that they use a trolley jack and it would not have fit down the side of the house. For security the Defender is squashed onto my drive and its so narrow that I have to fold the wing mirrors in. I only just had room to take the tyre off, would never have got a trolley jack past it. Unless they are light enough to lift over.
As for the wheel chocks, I discovered that my new house has absolutely no bricks or stones in the garden, will have to remedy that now I have a Landy
Ended up putting two show jump cups under two wheels and a metal boot wiper thing under the other. It didn't move
If there is now room to safely jack your landie up, you "can" carefully drive it forewards slowly to more open area for jacking, but not too far though mate..
on your travels suew, keep a lookout for two house bricks.
they make good wheel chocks too!
Thanks for the links, I definately need something else.
Very annoying as I just knocked two fireplaces out of my daughters house, must have had 50 bricks To be fair the hedgehog boot wiper worked very well, its cast iron and wedged under the wheel better than a brick I did try to put some air in the tyre with a small compressor so I could drive it out. But its not an easy reverse at the best of times and I would probably have hit the house, the gates or demolished next doors hedge if I had tried it.
It wasn't unsafe as such, there is a gap into the back garden just where the wheel was
If there is now room to safely jack your landie up, you "can" carefully drive it forewards slowly to more open area for jacking, but not too far though mate..
on your travels suew, keep a lookout for two house bricks.
they make good wheel chocks too!
Very annoying as I just knocked two fireplaces out of my daughters house, must have had 50 bricks
To be fair the hedgehog boot wiper worked very well, its cast iron and wedged under the wheel better than a brick I did try to put some air in the tyre with a small compressor so I could drive it out. But its not an easy reverse at the best of times and I would probably have hit the house, the gates or demolished next doors hedge if I had tried it.It wasn't unsafe as such, there is a gap into the back garden just where the wheel was
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Thats a good idea, lighter than a brick, thanks
Although I am not intending to ever do this again, its what I pay Green Flag for
And getting the wheel back onto the wheel carrier on the door is even harder than putting it on the car
easye1
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:5biagree:Thats a good idea, lighter than a brick, thanks
Although I am not intending to ever do this again, its what I pay Green Flag for
And getting the wheel back onto the wheel carrier on the door is even harder than putting it on the car
should carry a elf & safety warning..
