DIY: Jacking the car up
#17
Instructor
How about using rocks and good quality lumber?
You know using a long 4x4 fence post as the lever and some good rocks or bricks as the fulcrum.
Then have a buddy pile rocks under the car as it is lifted high in the air.
You know using a long 4x4 fence post as the lever and some good rocks or bricks as the fulcrum.
Then have a buddy pile rocks under the car as it is lifted high in the air.
#21
On my 2002 GS430 there is a lip at the back of this jack point that I try to get my jack to catch in front of. Since my jacks saddle is larger then the jacking point it sits on the front edge of the jack's saddle instead of completely in it. I'm afraid that it might shift as I jack the car up. Does anyone know if that lip should be in the jack's saddle(would it bend?) or should the saddle catch in front of it?
In the picture the lip I'm referring to is on the right side of the circle partially hiding a bolt. It seems like it comes down farther on my car or maybe it was bent upward in Gsteg's car by the jack
In the picture the lip I'm referring to is on the right side of the circle partially hiding a bolt. It seems like it comes down farther on my car or maybe it was bent upward in Gsteg's car by the jack
#22
Mine was bent by my previous jack that didn't have the rubber saddle. You can put the jack in front of the lip, but like you said, the jack doesn't really catch all of the subframe. I figured the stock A-brace was flimsy as it is, so I jacked it up as long as the saddle touched all of the subframe. It's a very dummy design. Most other vehicles have their jacking point all the way in the front, yet Toyota figured it's be a nice idea to put the subframe all the way in the back without having some other suppor up front
#26
Driver School Candidate
I was trying to save money by doing my own rear brakes, however, if I can't jack up the car w/o damaging it, I guess I'll have to take it to the shop....
If anybody have any suggestions, please let me know.....thanks....
#30
Driver School Candidate
Yes, I have the same issues with my 1999 GS 400 frame railing in the back.....very strange that it works great in the front, however, not the back.