Hydraulic Jacks

[gallovidian]

Thinking about buying a hydraulic jack for my garage suitable for lifting Twingo Silverstone to remove wheels etc. Any advice on suitable kit re cost, source of supply, efficiency, serviceability and vfm would be very welcome.

 

[Karl]

I bought one from halfords it cost £65 just make sure it's got the lifting power and also will go under the 133. Also if your lowering the car then make sure it will still go under

 

[the_notorious_C_A_T]

I had one of these but it leaked, but generally a great bit of kit, nice and portable:
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj1250a-11-4-tonne-aluminium-trolley-jack

Now I have one of these although not sure if it's the exact same one:
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj3qlg-3-t-quick-lift-pro-trolley-jac

If there is a cost-co local to you, try from there.

 

[MovingShadow]

As an extra safety you can also buy these struts that you can place underneath your car once you jacked it up.

Did this with mine when we painted the callipers and changed the wheels.

'Cause if that hydraulic jacks fails, you don't want to get stuck underneath with one of your limbs or worse.

 

[yotah1]

I´ve bought a 3 ton car jack last year with a low head to be able to slide it under the car now that i lowered it as my previous jack is too thick.
Also the ehad has a rubber pad on it so it doesn´t slide once you´re crawling under your car. That happened to me once (thankfully before I lowered it) and I was just getting under my car so it only hit my shoulder and my arm, but pretty scary moment. So now I´ve bought also 4 static jacks to keep the car up when for example i want to remove all four wheels to bleed the brakes or anything like that.

Just one thing with the Renault cars :
the jacking points are on those vertical "lips" under the car, in areas where the structure is reinforced. That´s ok when you use the standard Renault jack which has a jaw which basically goes around that lip, however hydraulic jacks for example have a flat head, so I advise to get a support adapted to the car. I had one made from a friend at work in hard plastic, it has a "U" section and allows me to expand the support area, which avoids having too much weight supported at one tiny little spot.

 

[Matt]

I always jack up on the subframes or arms as I've never trusted the jacking points on the sills. Too many times they've bent...

Hate to state the obvious, but what about Halfords? They do a 2 tonne jack standard or you can get the advanced one which is guaranteed for life.

 

[singlespeed]

I always jack up on the subframes or arms as I've never trusted the jacking points on the sills. Too many times they've bent...

Hate to state the obvious, but what about Halfords? They do a 2 tonne jack standard or you can get the advanced one which is guaranteed for life.

the bowl shapped head of the Halfords jacks will put two point loads onto the sill lifting points and probably bend them.

A flat head with a rubber cover would be best, or make an adaptor like yotah mentioned

 

[Matt]

I always jack up on the subframes or arms as I've never trusted the jacking points on the sills. Too many times they've bent...

Hate to state the obvious, but what about Halfords? They do a 2 tonne jack standard or you can get the advanced one which is guaranteed for life.

the bowl shapped head of the Halfords jacks will put two point loads onto the sill lifting points and probably bend them.

A flat head with a rubber cover would be best, or make an adaptor like yotah mentioned

I don't personally use a Halfords jack, was just generalising I just don't trust the sills regardless of what jack is used.

On the subject of Halfords jacks, I've just been sent an email regarding their 2-tonne jack with case for 37.99 including a pair of axle stands.

Link to Halfords offer

 

[maggi200]

Then get a hockey puck and cut a groove out for the head, should snuggly fit in the standard halfords head and avoid damage to the sills. Front I always jack up elsewhere but the rear I'm always nervous where to place the jack and just used the sills anyway with a piece of wood to adapt it