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Anybody know the best jack points for a trolley jack on an R33 both front and rear?

I think I remember people going "um and er" and "don't do it there" in answer to a previous thread but no firm answer as to where the best place to do it is!

So far i've used both just behind the wheel on the body (which is the usual jack point for a normal jack).. worked but bendy the metal ridge a bit (yeah, yeah,...whatever but i needed to do it).

Another time tried slightly further in which i thought was the chassis rail.. this rail that comes down slightly near the gearbox. Again, bent that a bit but i got it up to do what i needed to do then. But i don't want to use that point for the same reason as above.

I know i can't using these points as eventually they'll cause long term damage to the undercarriage.. so i need to know the correct ones people use. Failing that i'm just wedging a wide board under there to distribute the weight and doing it that way.

Thanks muchly..

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Does anyone have pictures of the particular parts they are talking about ??? It would make it alot easier to describe the places with pictures people can relate to.

I mean the diff is a no brainer, it's like the jack was made for it, but up the front of the car it's a little trickier ...

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I use the front crossmember on every car I've ever owned, and the Skyline is no exception. (it's the bit that your front suspension arms attach to, under the engine)

The problem after lowering it is that the jack is too tall to go under the front bar! So I have to jack up the side a bit using my tyre jack, then use the trolley jack to jack it up the rest of the way, and leave the tyre jack there so I can lower it back down onto it before taking the trolley jack out.

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That's a bit of lateral thinking there Jay! More reliable and easier than the tyre jack that's for sure. I never thought of that. Probably because I don't really have anything like that in my garage that caught my eye to give me the idea at the time :) I'm gonna go visit my dad and see if he's got any bits of wood he don't want anymore.

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lol, i saw some guys testing a v8brute do exactly that...park on the plank of wood. Except I had to ask what the hell it was about.

JimX, do you have a pic of the crossmember? Do you raise one side at a time, or both from the middle?

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I don't have any pics of the crossmember, but if you just follow the suspension arms to a pivot, you'll see a big metal beam that goes under the engine behind the sump. It's basically the front support for the whole front of your car. The trolley jack goes in the middle and you raise both front wheels at the same time in this manner.

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I need to jack the rear up, where exactly is the rear diff? I see a circular metal piece after the rear jacking point. is that where it is? I need to take the wheel off for some chrome cleaning. And I already purchased some CAR STANDS that can hold it for long period of time. The problem now is, once I jack up the car at the jacking point, where do i put the stands?

I was think jacking up the car at the diff as you guys said, then leave a stand on the jacking point. lower the jack and wala, the line is STANDING ON A STAND. help me out please. is this right?

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Yeah JimX is right. If you've ever pulled the front end of a Skyline apart you will know that this part of the car is extremely strong. (Crossmember)

Just watch that you dont do anything silly like put the jack under the sway bar.

Alternatively you can use the standard jack locations as indicated by the diagram in the user manual. If your trolley jack does not have a notch cut to go over the metal bit then just get a block of wood with a notch in it to put on top of the jack.

If you dont have a user manual then the jack locations are also noted by a sticker on the standard wind up jack.

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The jacking points at the front and rear of the sills can be seen if you look underneith

...a small rectangulat plate just inboard of the lip has a 8mm hole in it's centre.

trolley jack under the diff for rear or crossmember for front and stands under the sill jack points

to raise just one side of the car a length of 2x4 timber along the sill between the jack points but leaving enough room to place the stands when its up trolley jack under the timber at the balance point where the whole side of the car goes up evenly. Usually a few inches forward of the rear of the door....trial and error!!

If you havn't got trolley jack and at least 2 stands......you shouldn't be doing it.

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Hey predator & all

I don't know a great deal about "jacking the line" but I do change the oil every 5,000k.

A hint for those with car ramps that don't fit under the front bar is....... to turn your wheels fully in one direction, place a ramp under the wheel that is pointing out (eg left wheel if steering left) and drive up onto this ramp.

You now have enough room to do your oil change. Simple but effective.

Enjoy

El Bee

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No one's had any trouble catching the steering rack whilst using the crossmember at the front?? I was gonna use the crossmember like I usually do, but it looked like some pressure was going to be put on the rack so I got turned off using it...

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