dingah2 Crusty aviator Member 846 Member For: 20y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: ACT Posted 10/03/07 09:01 PM Share Posted 10/03/07 09:01 PM (edited) Last week an owner of a modded XR6T Ute brought his jack in for us to see!Hole Hell this thing looked like a piece of twised tin foil.That day he had used the jack to change his rear tyres twice and on the second occasion had just located the last rear tyre on the studs and whammo, down comes the ute.A very chilling reminder to what is written in every handbook and on factory scissor jacks - do NOT get under the car if it is resting solely on that apparatus!Dingah Edited 10/03/07 09:01 PM by dingah2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 19y 20d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 10/03/07 11:16 PM Share Posted 10/03/07 11:16 PM Too right there dingah... they hardly look like they could hold themselves up let alone a car.Close call...Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPURV4 KILL,KILL,KILL,DIE,DIE,DIE, Member 2,813 Member For: 18y 6m 14d Gender: Male Posted 11/03/07 12:16 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 12:16 AM Yeah mine broke when I was changing a rim I had a block under there aswell but, it scared the sh*t out of me.useless piece of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jEtONiT Donating Members 1,817 Member For: 21y 11d Gender: Not Telling Location: next door.. Posted 11/03/07 12:30 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 12:30 AM ford should get sued for not making a proper jack.. that's just fcuked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 1m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/03/07 01:34 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 01:34 AM How much wieght was in the back of the ute at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPURV4 KILL,KILL,KILL,DIE,DIE,DIE, Member 2,813 Member For: 18y 6m 14d Gender: Male Posted 11/03/07 02:26 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 02:26 AM Mine failed under standed weight and yes I had it in the right spot.There just crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramo Member 163 Member For: 21y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/03/07 03:31 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 03:31 AM Thanks for the reminder guys. I'll make sure I never get under a car supported by a jack. You know sometimes you say to yourself 'Ah, I'll be alright!'. Never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 11/03/07 04:28 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 04:28 AM I have used mine in my XR6 Turbo and also GT and both times never had a problem. Might have to be extra careful if I need to use it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86gav 69 - PSI Donating Members 263 Member For: 19y 1m 25d Location: Gladstone QLD Posted 11/03/07 09:32 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 09:32 AM Mine let go while I was using it on my EL, Just folded in half, not worth there weight in pig sh*t f u ask me.CheersGav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMSXR6T Member 685 Member For: 19y 9m 8d Gender: Male Location: CENTRAL COAST Posted 11/03/07 09:44 AM Share Posted 11/03/07 09:44 AM Yeah there not made to well. I have a habit of placing the spare tyre under the car for that same reason.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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