What did you do to or with your CJ today?
Armyvet25
Beach Runner
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Great Job, nice write up, for other future buyers of scissor jacks, search for a late 80's early 90's 3/4T Silverado, nice heavy duty JacksA quick little add-on for my ride. After all these years owning a couple of CJs (4 over 30 years), finally had a flat tire and had to change it on the side of the road. Now I've always had a Hi-Lift jack, but never used one to change a tire. What a pain. With 35" tires and a 4" lift, had to start with the jack about 1/2 way up, and then ended up near the top before the suspension flexed all the way out and the tire actually came off the ground. Not safe at all. Guess I just never really thought about it that much until it happened. Decided I needed a scissor or bottle jack I could site right under the axle or spring mount when needing to change a tire. But where/how to mount it? I visited my local salvage yard and found a 3K pound scissor jack with handles (hard to find in junk cars) and brought it home for $20.
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Now for a mounting location. Decided to mount it just inside the driver door opening on the floor where two holes already exist (not sure why, both they're on both sides).
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Now to build a mount. Used some scrap steel plate (left over from my Rotopax water and gas can mounting project) to make a "U" shaped bracket I could mount to these holes in the floor and use a pin to hold the jack in.
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Now a quick test fit with the jack in the bracket and that the whole thing sits in the Jeep and lines up as planned. The jack handles are in the winch recovery gear bag in the back.
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And off to paint.
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This scissor jack fits perfectly under a spring mount and even with my 35" tires can get the tire off the ground before reaching the jacks maximum height. No more need to use the Hi-Lift on a bumper and fully extend the suspension just to lift a tire enough to change a flat. The Hi-Lift has its uses to be sure, but this will be much easier and safer if/when needed again in the future. Let's just hope I go another 30 years without a flat tire.