well, I tried to jack the jeep today, pretty close to complete failure..
where do I even begin?
First, the manual and jack 'points'
the manual says :
2) there are 4 square cutouts, one near each tire on the outer edge of the car.
I tried using my floor jack, apparently it is a few inches too short to push the jeep up from those spots.
I tried jacking up on other places under the body, but no place could be found that did not start to 'give' a bit.
The jack that came with the car can lift the tire just enough to take it off, but not enough to get a jack stand up there and lower the vehicle to it...as high as it goes, it is not enough to still have to lower it on to a stand and have the wheel touch ground.
I tried many spots on the patriot to lift or put a stand, but each place had a little give or dent upon trying......so if there is only one place to jack it up, where are you to put the stand to hold it there while you take the jack away?
answer: none.
The only two options I can see is it place a jack stand under the vehicle a bit, where the metal may give a bit, or place it next to the cutout and end up ripping/crushing the plastic trim a bit.
Obviously my floor jack was a complete waste of money since the jack point is so high on the car.. I am thinking of a large piece of wood, about 3 or 4 inches high to deal with it.
However, there is no safe and secure non damaging place to put the jacks.
I just spent 2 hours playing around trying to do it...there are lots of little dents under the car now..yikes.
One time lowering the jack after taking out the last stand, the last attempt, I heard some creaking come from the other side of the car as it lowered all the way.
really...this should be the easiest thing out of all the maintenance. I am perturbed to find it not only the hardest, but the scariest and most damaging and damn near impossible thing to do.
There has to be a place, other than those 4 itsy bitsy little cutouts to place weight of the vehicle on..
oh ya, and my floor jack, even if it could reach the cutouts has a round head, versus the square cutout, meaning it would tear up the plastic (round peg, square hole)
I even looked at this diagram here and tried to use those points...and that is when the creaking was heard. And those areas 'dented' too.
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open to suggestions....
there was very little creaking and just at the end..I hope I did not screw the vehicle up.
there must be someone on here that has actually put the pat up on stands before? Every thread I see ends with no answers.
Unfortunately, I think I have to kiss the 80 bucks in jacks and stands goodbye and hit a car repair shop for a simple rotate..
ugh.
where do I even begin?
First, the manual and jack 'points'
the manual says :
1) there are no triangular or rectangular cutouts anywhere.
2) there are 4 square cutouts, one near each tire on the outer edge of the car.
I tried using my floor jack, apparently it is a few inches too short to push the jeep up from those spots.
I tried jacking up on other places under the body, but no place could be found that did not start to 'give' a bit.
The jack that came with the car can lift the tire just enough to take it off, but not enough to get a jack stand up there and lower the vehicle to it...as high as it goes, it is not enough to still have to lower it on to a stand and have the wheel touch ground.
I tried many spots on the patriot to lift or put a stand, but each place had a little give or dent upon trying......so if there is only one place to jack it up, where are you to put the stand to hold it there while you take the jack away?
answer: none.
The only two options I can see is it place a jack stand under the vehicle a bit, where the metal may give a bit, or place it next to the cutout and end up ripping/crushing the plastic trim a bit.
Obviously my floor jack was a complete waste of money since the jack point is so high on the car.. I am thinking of a large piece of wood, about 3 or 4 inches high to deal with it.
However, there is no safe and secure non damaging place to put the jacks.
I just spent 2 hours playing around trying to do it...there are lots of little dents under the car now..yikes.
One time lowering the jack after taking out the last stand, the last attempt, I heard some creaking come from the other side of the car as it lowered all the way.
really...this should be the easiest thing out of all the maintenance. I am perturbed to find it not only the hardest, but the scariest and most damaging and damn near impossible thing to do.
There has to be a place, other than those 4 itsy bitsy little cutouts to place weight of the vehicle on..
oh ya, and my floor jack, even if it could reach the cutouts has a round head, versus the square cutout, meaning it would tear up the plastic (round peg, square hole)
I even looked at this diagram here and tried to use those points...and that is when the creaking was heard. And those areas 'dented' too.
open to suggestions....
there was very little creaking and just at the end..I hope I did not screw the vehicle up.
there must be someone on here that has actually put the pat up on stands before? Every thread I see ends with no answers.
Unfortunately, I think I have to kiss the 80 bucks in jacks and stands goodbye and hit a car repair shop for a simple rotate..
ugh.
