oem jack works for me
oem jack works for me
'07 Commander 3.7 V6
2" Rough Country Lift with Vision Warriors and Goodyear Duratracs 245/75R17
BajaRack Mega-Mule with KC Daylighters
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The oem jack would never work on my XK. I threw that thing right in the garbage!
2007 4.7 Liter XK | Front Modified OME HD Lift | Rear 4" Superlift | JBA UCA's | Rusty's Rear Adjustable Track Bar | Rysty’s Adjustable Upper and Lower Rear Control Arms w/Heim Joints | Mickey Thompson Classic III 17x9 Wheels | 315/70R17 Goodyear Duratracs | Airflow Snorkel | Flowmaster 40 Series Muffler | Superchips Flashpaq | Mopar Skids | 4xGuard Belly Guard | American Rebel Rear Diff Cover | Rear Powertrax No-Slip | Front Electronic Locker | Rear Heat/AC Delete
Like I said, the OEM jack was useless.... It worked fine until I put the 2" lift on it. So Matt, what's the "cradle"?
For the purposes of this discussion, I'm talking about street.
The cradle is the "engine cradle", also known as the subframe up front. There's a nice pad area where the rear bushing of the LCA mounts to. Also can use the notch in the LCA and jack from there.
A simple solution is to cut a 10" or so long section of 4x4 to put the jack on. Back when i had an 8" lift and 37s on my silverado I cut two 10" long pieces of 4x4 and joined them together with a piece of plywood, thereby making a solid "base" that was plenty for using the stock jack under the rear axle or front LCA.
I just watched the video for the xJack.... that is such a great idea!
I swear I tried the cradle (maybe i didn't) and it just seemed too unstable. I'll try it again this weekend.
FWIW the stock jack is too "unstable" for my liking regardless of where its used. But if its all you have to change a tire on the side of the road, it'll get the job done. I'd never use it for anything other than such situations.
At home or offroad, use a real jack floor jack. A piece of 4x4 helps with that too btw.
Well DUH.... LOL
My floor jack was across town in storage and we had jack stands to stabilize while we worked. We just needed to get it up high enough to get the stands under there and all we had was his Smittybuilt Trail jack that didn't work on my XK and my OEM jack.
So it brought me to the question what on earth I'd do if I got a flat. So now I'm obsessed with figuring it out before I have to figure it out.
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