bigger bottle jack under rear bench

ehall · Jun 15, 2008

The stock bottle jack seems to work fine on my stock XJ but I doubt it's not very stable and I doubt it will still work very well after I start lifting. I see a bunch of 3- and 5-ton bottle jacks at NAPA and elsewhere, and I'm guessing some of those will fit in the stock location. What's a good choice here? I don't want something that won't fit.

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300$XJ · Jun 15, 2008

just ask them if you can try it in your spot, I know most napa's are pretty good about things like that

Slo-Sho · Jun 15, 2008

A tape measure or in the extreme case, a 12" scale should suffice for this task. Good luck and let us know how you make out.

xtrememtbiker85 · Jun 15, 2008

I have 5.5" of lift and 35's and when i dont have a high lift or floor jack handy my bottle jack works fine. obviously if you can use jack stands for safety but i still keep the bottle jack under the rear seat for any on road repairs/flats etc.

RCP Phx · Jun 15, 2008

xtrememtbiker85 said:
I have 5.5" of lift and 35's and when i dont have a high lift or floor jack handy my bottle jack works fine. obviously if you can use jack stands for safety but i still keep the bottle jack under the rear seat for any on road repairs/flats etc.

I carry a 60" highlift and have yet to use it.It wont lift a tire off the ground,my stock screw jack has never let me down.

tbburg · Jun 15, 2008

I carry a 2.5t (tiny,tiny) bottle jack in the stock location because I hate the factory screw jack. The 2.5 is the same diameter as the factory jack, uses the factory hold down, but will not lift quite as high(that's what the small block of 2x6 is for)

Most 5t jacks should fit in there with a modified hold down. If you store a hydraulic jack on it's side, put it in a plastic bag, because it it going to leak

kujito · Jun 15, 2008

I'm @ stock height minus stock leaf sag on 235/75r15 BFGs, and the factory bottle jack will just barely get any given tire off the ground...barely. Figured I'd rotate the tires while doing brakes. The bottle jack didn't have anywhere near enough height to get all four in the air. It wasn't even close

ROBZ95Xj · Jun 16, 2008

kujito said:
I'm @ stock height minus stock leaf sag on 235/75r15 BFGs, and the factory bottle jack will just barely get any given tire off the ground...barely. Figured I'd rotate the tires while doing brakes. The bottle jack didn't have anywhere near enough height to get all four in the air. It wasn't even close

uh where did you place the jack?

srimes · Jun 16, 2008

kujito said:
I'm @ stock height minus stock leaf sag on 235/75r15 BFGs, and the factory bottle jack will just barely get any given tire off the ground...barely. Figured I'd rotate the tires while doing brakes. The bottle jack didn't have anywhere near enough height to get all four in the air. It wasn't even close

nominated

Ray H · Jun 16, 2008

kujito said:
I'm @ stock height minus stock leaf sag on 235/75r15 BFGs, and the factory bottle jack will just barely get any given tire off the ground...barely. Figured I'd rotate the tires while doing brakes. The bottle jack didn't have anywhere near enough height to get all four in the air. It wasn't even close

Ummm, You do realize the bottle jack goes under the axle right?
It doesnt go under the body of the Jeep. There's no way you could rotate the tires with just one bottle jack if you were using it properly because it can only lift up one tire at a time.
EDIT: Correcting myself, the only way you can rotate tires with one bottle jack is if you rotate the spare in.

Wayne Sihler · Jun 16, 2008

Find a- X -style (screw) jack from a late model pick-up.I found a jack from a Dodge Dakota.It fits under the seat same as the stock jack,but will lift from the axle tube, my XJ with a fully inflated 33 on a 4.5" lift --3" off the ground.Even more if I place it on the shock mount.

Wayne

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