the JACK is JOKE.

edgesalon

edgesalon

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the JACK is a JOKE.

I just got a flat on my rear passenger side, so no big deal I can change a flat
To my surprise the jack did not lift the car far enough for me to put the spear on. What a joke had to call roadside asst. and wait hour and half.
You got to be kidding me. I tried under the drive shaft and side of frame but no luck.
 
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Seriously? Something is wrong- the supplied jack should raise it enough, unless you have some huge tires on...or a lift.

Not that I even know where the jack is.....:lmao:
 
I never read the directions but my jack does lift the rear with plenty of room to spare. I put it on the rear attachment point for the lower trailing arm. It fits well and jacks the truck in what seems like a secure way.

Like I said, I don't know what Toyota says though...
 
thats weird, my GF got a flat and i had to go bail her out and it raised my 4R just fine even with the 18" rims.
 
edgesalon said:
I tried under the drive shaft and side of frame but no luck.
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Well, there's your problem. I'm not sure if you really meant driveshaft because that's not the brightest thing I've ever heard of. Try under the axle (or the lower control arms if it's the front).
 
If hes only ever jacked up a car or a truck its likely the axel or the frame were his only options in the past. Some trucks, like F150's have those juicy looking rear shock mounts that LOOK like a great jacking spot but will actually rotate on the axel housing b/c they aren/t welded, just u bolted on. Pretty much everything you could jack from on a T4R is welded so no worries about that. If you really want to jack from the axel or frame with the factory jack you're gonna have to carry around some spacer material, like a couple squares of 2x4 but Im sure that the safety of something like depends entirely on the jacking surface.
 
edgesalon said:
I just got a flat on my rear passenger side, so no big deal I can change a flat
To my surprise the jack did not lift the car far enough for me to put the spear on. What a joke had to call roadside asst. and wait hour and half.
You got to be kidding me. I tried under the drive shaft and side of frame but no luck.
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i will agree with you on this one. within my 1st 500 miles, i had a nail in the right front. the jack worked great for getting the flat tire off but left me hanging about 2" from getting the spare on. I called cerritos and chewed their A55 about it and made them come out with a floor jack so I could change the tire.
I now carry a 4ton bottle jack from harbor freight that works like a champ. matter of fact, picked up another one today for 11.99.
http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...-jacks/4-ton-hydraulic-bottle-jack-66450.html

Plus I have a 4x6 piece of wood about 10" long to get a boost.
 
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edgesalon said:
I just got a flat on my rear passenger side, so no big deal I can change a flat
To my surprise the jack did not lift the car far enough for me to put the spear on. What a joke had to call roadside asst. and wait hour and half.
You got to be kidding me. I tried under the drive shaft and side of frame but no luck.
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Unless your jack is broken, you did something wrong. And I hope you didn't really try to lift the 4Runner by putting the jack under the driveshaft!

Read your owner's manual to learn where the correct jacking points are on the 4Runner.
 
I haven't even looked yet, but does Toyota still use the same bottle jack these days? It's been in all my other Toys. Man, I use that thing for everything. Not only raises the truck just fine, but works as a spreader, a support to hold something in place, I'm sure it would be a great boat anchor, and I've used it as a paper weight. Compared to the sissor lifts some manufacturers use, it's pretty solid.
 
I have two stories of jacks. When I bought the 2004 4Runner, the low pressure light was on. Well all the tires had the right amount of air so I took a look at the spare. I used the jack and a screw used to put it together was painted with the borwn paint and I needed a screw driver to break the paint on the screw, meaning the jack was never used. The jack worked fine after that and the low pressure was indeed the spare. (Of course if I was on the road without a screw driver, I would of had a hard time to get it together.)

When I bought the camper to be used with the 4Runner, I thought I will be smart and buy a small hydraulic jack just for that purpose. I bought one and with 2 small 2 X4's under the jack, I can raise the camper enough to change the tires. Well, when I finally did have a flat, I found out that since the tire was flat, I could only put one 2 x 4 under the jack and then it was not high enough to change the tire. I had to use the jack that is supplied for the 4Runner to raise it those extra few inches. Sometimes the best laid plans just don't work.

Things don't always seem to work right, maybe the jack was in a low spot or in the wrong place, or maybe his jack didn't work right. Sh*t Happens.:lol:
 
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I have successfully changed a tire using the stock jack. It was the front passenger side. I used the jack under the frame as specified in the manual. For the rear the manual says to use it under the axle.
 
You did nothing wrong. Depending on the road surface, you could come up short. This has been an issue with many Toyota trucks. Carry a wood plank!

Koz
 
Koz said:
You did nothing wrong. Depending on the road surface, you could come up short. This has been an issue with many Toyota trucks. Carry a wood plank!

Koz
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Or you could move the truck if the road surface is THAT far down that the jack isn't long enough. Sorry for stating the obvious!
 
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Thanks to everyone.

Looks like that caring a square peace of wood would help but not the answer, I will look in to the jack from Harbor fright.
 
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