Where the heck are the jack points?? 2018 TRDORP w/ KDSS

[bigbadpoppa]

this is a legit question. The manual is clear where to put it but I was also scratching my head since the axle is not flat but the jack is. The fact you jack from a round point still boggles me.

I'm used to flat on flat jack points in my hondas. I still find it odd but heck...i can't really dispute the manual so I went for it.

 

[rayofsi]

these are way better than the OEM crap, and safer

https://www.sears.com/craftsman-2-1...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CI2s5qDwiN0CFfUCrQYd5SgJtg

4runner forum.. not corolla forum. 15" lift height. what are you lifting?

 

[Axix23]

these are way better than the OEM crap, and safer

https://www.sears.com/craftsman-2-1...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CI2s5qDwiN0CFfUCrQYd5SgJtg

I got one of those in each of my Hondas but will that have enough height for higher 4 runner?

 

[STX4Runner]

I got one of those in each of my Hondas but will that have enough height for higher 4 runner?

Maybe. But you know what does for sure? The damn OEM jack everyone apparently thinks is garbage.

 

[Axix23]

Maybe. But you know what does for sure? The damn OEM jack everyone apparently thinks is garbage.

lol. I am using mine for the 4 runner

 

[fixer5000]

get a portable floor jack with a case, ditch the bottle jack

and make sure you tie it down so it doesn't become a projectile in an accident

 

[catrains]

Thanks, [MENTION=222848]Cndnmax[/MENTION]

the Toyota jack is a POS.. the vehicle is very heavy and that jack and how it is fabricated IMO very dangerous ... my bottle jacks I use are solid good foot print and has the jack rod with the concave surface to hold the axle in place .

the stubby jack to lift the front wheel works great only a small amount to take tire off ground very safe.. Toyota manual procedure to jack up the front wheel is dangerous...

I did find a forum member mention this control arm lift and the jack he got .. harbor freight has these jacks try it out ..

post back how your results worked out ..

 

[jhguth]

this is a legit question. The manual is clear where to put it but I was also scratching my head since the axle is not flat but the jack is. The fact you jack from a round point still boggles me.

I'm used to flat on flat jack points in my hondas. I still find it odd but heck...i can't really dispute the manual so I went for it.

It's not flat, it has notches for the round axle to sit in

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[TOYO74]

Great that the OP is cheking out spare tire, jack etc BEFORE his trip. I think some of the replies to his question are very amusing--OEM crap jack, etc.

Toyota has been using this style jack for decades. The very same style jack that came with my 2016 4R also came with my 1975 FJ40 and my 1984 4Runner--I used it many, many times with those vehicles and never had it fail. New owners or those used to floor jacks might think it looks weak or useless but that has not been my experience with the jack.

Of course, if using the jack on soft soil, use a 2 inch board under the base as others have mentioned. This does not mean the jack is worthless--the same is required for a hi-lift jack or any other small footprint jack.

OP--if you are not comfortable using the OEM jack and want to haul a 100 pound floor jack--go for it. As mentioned --be sure it is securely tied down!

However I think the OEM jack is very good and useful.

 

[jrandom]

I just have my butler change my tire when traveling on my way to my third home with my super hot wife and 12 digit salary. Then if something goes awry I just have the old bell 429 come pick us up. : :biggrin1:

The OEM jack is perfectly acceptable for a truck within loaded weight specs. You think they want more lawsuits raising the price of their cars and trucks because of a faulty jack? Doubt it.

You guys want to talk dangerous give someone a hi-lift that has never used one.

 

[cloud]

No. The bottle jack provided is absolutely fine for changing a tire on the road. Some of y'all on here are hilarious. Carrying around enough tools and shit to service an offshore oil platform.

You talking shit about my 20ton bottle Jack?

Aside from engine work I do carry enough tools to totally disassemble my truck. Although that can be done with a socket set, cheater bar, and a pitman arm puller. Handheld impact makes life easy...

I too wish I could fit my bottle Jack in the factory Jack location. The factory Jack is better than the typical scissor Jack, but takes forever to lift anything.

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[catrains]

I just have my butler change my tire when traveling on my way to my third home with my super hot wife and 12 digit salary. Then if something goes awry I just have the old bell 429 come pick us up. : :biggrin1:

The OEM jack is perfectly acceptable for a truck within loaded weight specs. You think they want more lawsuits raising the price of their cars and trucks because of a faulty jack? Doubt it.

You guys want to talk dangerous give someone a hi-lift that has never used one.

HIGH LIFT ??? how many on here talk all the time about lifts and installing the biggest tires .. the Toyota jack will not work.. also if OFF road that jack will not work need more items like 2x6 boards etc...

perhaps I will post the picture with my stubby bottle jack lifting the lower control arm and see how little the body lifts to pull the tire ..

I have no lift or bigger tires on my 2016.. so Toyota jack will do it but not to my liking on the front .just barely do it ..on solid pavement ..

 

[STX4Runner]

You talking shit about my 20ton bottle Jack?

Aside from engine work I do carry enough tools to totally disassemble my truck. Although that can be done with a socket set, cheater bar, and a pitman arm puller. Handheld impact makes life easy...

I too wish I could fit my bottle Jack in the factory Jack location. The factory Jack is better than the typical scissor Jack, but takes forever to lift anything.

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No, but why do you carry a 20 ton bottle jack? Just 'cause the factory one is slow? Carrying around a socket set or a few other tools is fine. I carry a few things on trips, but not much, and nothing day to day. I just think it's hilarious to see people talk about the hundreds of pounds of crap they tote around everywhere; floor jacks, jack stands, complete tool sets, pry bars, torque wrenches, etc.

 

[STX4Runner]

HIGH LIFT ??? how many on here talk all the time about lifts and installing the biggest tires .. the Toyota jack will not work.. also if OFF road that jack will not work need more items like 2x6 boards etc...

perhaps I will post the picture with my stubby bottle jack lifting the lower control arm and see how little the body lifts to pull the tire ..

I have no lift or bigger tires on my 2016.. so Toyota jack will do it but not to my liking on the front .just barely do it ..on solid pavement ..

A lift does not change the height of your axle or frame rail above the ground. Only larger tires do that, and the difference is 50% of the height difference of the tire. So if you do what most on here do and go from the stock 265 which is 31.6" to a 285 at 32.7" you're only increasing clearance under the axle or frame rail by about 1/2". The stock jack with a 2x8 under it is waaay safer than using a HiLift.

 

[Hans Moleman]

I’m still uncertain where the front jack point is when using a floor jack without removing the skid plates.

 

[jhguth]

I’m still uncertain where the front jack point is when using a floor jack without removing the skid plates.

Check the PDF posted at the beginning of this thread, put it there

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[STX4Runner]

I’m still uncertain where the front jack point is when using a floor jack without removing the skid plates.

There's a circular indentation/protrusion on the engine skid. There's a brace there that goes directly to the crossmember. Put the cup of the floor jack on that point.

 

[WRM1]

New to this vehicle and this type of vehicle. Rear axle housing is round. The top of the supplied jack is flat. Call me silly, but I’d prefer not to kill myself or destroy the vehicle when I’ve got it jacked up improperly and it falls off.

It’s not like I asked without having looked at the manual or without having crawled under the vehicle. Is it so wrong to ask??

The vehicle won't be destroyed if it falls off the factory jack. I am speaking from experience here, after my 2010 TE fell of the jack after removing a blown out tire, and getting the spare to put on. The roadside wasn't as level as I thought, and the jack fell over. No damage at all.

 

[jrandom]

HIGH LIFT ??? how many on here talk all the time about lifts and installing the biggest tires .. the Toyota jack will not work.. also if OFF road that jack will not work need more items like 2x6 boards etc...

perhaps I will post the picture with my stubby bottle jack lifting the lower control arm and see how little the body lifts to pull the tire ..

I have no lift or bigger tires on my 2016.. so Toyota jack will do it but not to my liking on the front .just barely do it ..on solid pavement ..

Get excited much? not really sure why you singled me out but hey I’ll play

Not sure what you are getting at with “HIGH LIFT???” Did you maybe not understand what I wrote? I wasn’t even speaking of and the conversation is not even about modded/lifted trucks.

It’s funny I have used all of them in every Toyota I have owned in numerous, even precarious situations, it has always done what I needed it to do (I have owned and used off road Toyota’s since 1989). Yes I have stacked 2x4s, rocks, logs. I have had it fall over too when the ground was soft. You know what? Anytime you lift something that weighs 5000 pounds off the ground there is opportunity for gravity to win. This happens in shops on flat floors with lifts and floor jacks daily.

Just because you lug some 30+lb bottle jack around with makes little to no difference to the inherent danger of heavy lifting. 97% is up to the operator, experience and following safe practices. Ask anyone that has done any kind of heavy rigging.

You want to convince someone to spend money on something else that’s fine, just understand that what is provided IS more than adequate on a stock sized truck.

Just cause I am changing out my bump stops. Two pics, one with a 2x4 one without, both cases the wheel spins. 2x4 = wider more stable malleable base, regardless.

 

[catrains]

New 4Runner owner. Getting ready for my first big trip in a couple weeks, so thought this morning that I should get out all the jack parts & spare tire and just go through changing the tire--so I'm not surprised while on my trip.

Everything is stock, including the jack & parts. Eventually I'll get a better jack (and if I could figure out how to store the thing with my stock setup, I'd even be open to getting one before this trip... which I don't anticipate being more than average gravel roads).

But where the heck are the jack points? I've been under the 4Runner for the last half hour, looking at the book, Googling, and... ???

2018 4Runner TRDORP with KDSS

For the front wheels, from the diagram in the owner's manual, it looks like maybe I should jack from near where I've circled in the photos???? But I'm lost for back wheels...

Appreciate any help... even more so with marked up photos, as I don't yet know the names of all the parts... as I said, new 4Runner owner & this is my first vehicle of this type. Thanks!!!

OK so this is how I do the lift on the front 2inch lift tire off ground thats it !!! much safer great when you rotate the tires ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.