Trunk jack replacement

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Trunk jack replacement

June 14, 2009, 06:40:56 PM

What would you guys suggest in place of the stock scissor jack? My jacking points are inaccessible so I need to get something else in the trunk. I hear racing jacks commonly leak at the seals and I'm not sure if a bottle jack is the answer. Any suggestions?

I'm eyeing these: http://www.torinjacks.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductId=10

Trunk jack replacement

Reply #1 – June 14, 2009, 07:26:44 PM

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34271

here is what I use.

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Reply #2 – June 14, 2009, 09:24:03 PM

You haul that huge thing around at all times?! I'm trying to keep weight reasonable

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Reply #3 – June 14, 2009, 10:44:13 PM

I do something similar to Haystack. Small cheap floor type with case to keep it neat. Can do a 5-10 minute tire change. I have found bottle jacks may not fit under easily which could be an issue on a cold dark rainy night, with cars wizzin by.

http://www.amazon.com/2-Ton-Floor-Jack-Case/dp/B001709BO8

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Reply #4 – June 14, 2009, 10:51:02 PM

I carry a small floor jack also. I dont trust them scissior jacks! lol

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Reply #5 – June 14, 2009, 11:31:14 PM

So just buy one and be happy? It seems that any <$400 jack available now days is made in China and has poor machining/polished that likes to eat up seals. Costco has the aluminum Torin 1.5 ton jacks for $110 and we all know how Costco's return policy is...

Any idea how this oem spare jack works?

Quote from: mjbtbrd;277778

http://www.amazon.com/2-Ton-Floor-Jack-Case/dp/B001709BO8

I can't find any good words from anybody on those. Sounds like many are bad out of the box. A 20lb steel jack sure sounds nice and compact!

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Reply #6 – June 15, 2009, 12:06:01 AM

I wouldn't trust any scissor jack. The jack I bought I got for 50% off. I have gotten the front wheels more then two feet off the ground off of the crossover in the k-member. Plenty of room for jack stands. I like to be well prepared. I'll bet that jack weighs over 80lbs. Too heavy for the wife, but like I said, I like to be over prepared.

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Reply #7 – June 16, 2009, 10:19:39 PM

What about the miniature 18lb thing at sears? Supposedly Walmart sells something similar but heavier duty, with case, with lug nut wrench.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00950113000P?mv=rr#descriptionAnchor

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Reply #8 – June 16, 2009, 11:06:00 PM

I had a jack just like that Sears thing, and it lasted for years before I lent it to my brother and never saw it again. They are the cat's ass. Faster and safer than a scissor jack, lower profile (and higher lift) than a bottle jack, and a hell of a lot lighter than my full-size 4 ton floor jack, which weighs close to 100 pounds.

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Reply #9 – June 17, 2009, 12:30:45 AM

Okay, so perhaps I should make a trip to Walmart then and see what their cased one looks like. It lifts more weight than the Sears but I have no idea on the weight or size differences. 18lbs is 18lbs and I will be fabricating and molding new trunk panels to make the most use of the trunk so box or not, I can make it fit.

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Reply #10 – June 17, 2009, 01:50:02 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;278208

I had a jack just like that Sears thing, and it lasted for years before I lent it to my brother and never saw it again. They are the cat's ass. Faster and safer than a scissor jack, lower profile (and higher lift) than a bottle jack, and a hell of a lot lighter than my full-size 4 ton floor jack, which weighs close to 100 pounds.

I have a 4 ton Craftsman floor jack that is older than dirt, well at least 30+ years old, and it works great. I've never had a problem with it but god is it HEAVY. I don't know how much it weighs but it's 100+ lbs. It's all steel, and heavy gauge steel at that.

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Reply #11 – June 18, 2009, 02:11:11 PM

AAA. Spares and Jacks slow you down :hick:

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Reply #12 – June 19, 2009, 08:40:43 PM

Quote from: booksix;278490

AAA. Spares and Jacks slow you down :hick:

This is fine for some cirspoogestances but not in others. The spare and jack do weigh a bit though, and give the lovely lean to the left.

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Reply #13 – June 19, 2009, 09:44:37 PM

THIS is why I'd never go anywhere without a jack and a spare. I do have CAA (Canadian version of AAA, a necessity when you drive beaters almost exclusively) but I could change the tire fifty or sixty times before a tow truck would show up. If I were racing at the track I'd take the spare and jack out, but on the street I'd gladly give up the 0.01 seconds the tire and jack might add to my 0-60 time...

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Reply #14 – June 19, 2009, 11:24:10 PM

Exactly. I can see both sides of the argument though, as I'm sure most do. Heavy rain or snow, get roadside out there!

The Walmarts here say they don't carry that jack in a case and I saw the same type at the parts store that came in a case but the case was quite large and don't buy those types of things from Autozone. I bought the GMPerformance one from Sears for $20. I just need to figure out how to best redo the trunk/make panels now - it's been a long time coming. Besides hockey pucks, any suggestions on what I can slip over the small jack arm to protect the jacking points? Seems the best place to jack from when the car's down on the ground is on the subframe connector but I don't want it looking funky in any way - I should make special jacking pads for it.