NOTE: When jacking the vehicle, make sure the transmission
is in Park (automatic) or Neutral (manual), the parking brake is engaged,
and the wheels left on the ground are blocked.
To raise the vehicle:
- Place the transmission in Park, if automatic, or in Neutral, if manual.
Apply the parking brake and block the wheels not been lifted off the ground.
- Locate the correct jacking points on the frame of the vehicle, slide the
floor jack under this position and raise the jacking pad on the jack slowly.
When the jacking pad makes contact with the frame, check to make sure the
pad is squarely under the jacking point.
- Raise the vehicle slowly off the ground, keeping watch for any instability
of the vehicle. If the vehicle starts to move or wobble, lower it to the
ground and make sure the brakes are applied, the wheels are blocked and
the jack is securely under the frame jacking point.
- Continue to raise the vehicle until there is enough room under the vehicle,
so that the jackstands will fit under the vehicle's frame. Set the jackstands
in place, making sure that the jackstands are squarely under the correct
frame jacking points, and secure the jackstands' height.
CAUTION
Securing the jackstands' height is very important, otherwise the jackstands
could break or shift under the full weight of the vehicle and personal
injury or even death could result.
- Slowly lower the vehicle onto the jackstands and make sure that the vehicle
is stable. If the vehicle is not stable, raise it again and reposition the
jackstands to offer a more secure base.
To lower the vehicle:
- Raise the vehicle with the floor jack until the weight of the vehicle
is off the jackstands and there is enough to remove the jackstands from
underneath the vehicle.
- Cautiously remove the jackstands from their positions under the vehicle.
- Slowly lower the vehicle to the ground.
| Fig. 2: Unless a hoist is available, a floor jack
is recommended to raise the vehicle
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| Fig. 3: When using a floor jack, the frame, crossmembers
and axles provide stable and safe positions for lifting a vehicle
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| Fig. 4: Use a floor jack only to jack a vehicle;
use jackstands to support the vehicle once it has been raised to
the desired height
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| Fig. 5: Jacking points — Pick-up
trucks
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| Fig. 6: Jacking points — Montero
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