Dangerous carjacks - Page 2

xr8cam · 26-12-2016, 01:28 AM

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You never had the joy of a SKK or SKS and a crate of ammo did you.....

Actually never heard of a SKK what is it?[/QUOTE]

Likewise. Can't see how that ties in with changing flat tyres. Maybe the SKK or a SKS is a new import & you get a case of ammo with each new car bought, like the free guns with any new bank accounts opened in the USA.

Interceptor · 26-12-2016, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by xr8cam

My issue is with crap tools. I don't look for the cheapest & then whinge when it breaks.

Umm......

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Originally Posted by xr8cam

So I go to SuperCheapAuto, dont want to spend a lot

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Originally Posted by xr8cam

I bent the brace undoing the 3rd wheel nut on the first wheel. I torque my wheel nuts so they are not over tight. The jack is also designed by a person who has never operated one. The handle to turn the jack is 6 inches long. That allows the user half a turn only before you do not have the physical strength to turn it.

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Originally Posted by xr8cam

Why bother making anything if it is not up to task?

Why didnt you just go to your local wrecker and go hunting for an E series jack? You've already said that theyre a "Bloody beauty" so the logical thing wouldve been to go to a wrecker and spend most likely the same kinda money on a second hand example of a known and proven item instead of wasting money on the unknown.

Sabantien · 26-12-2016, 01:09 PM

Did anyone else think this thread was going to be about a recent spate of car jackings or something?

**Charliewool** · 26-12-2016, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabantien

Did anyone else think this thread was going to be about a recent spate of car jackings or something?

http://fordforums.com.au/showpost.ph...8&postcount=14

**Charliewool** · 26-12-2016, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by smciner1

Have you tried using a Bumper Jack for an XB Falcon? :P

Customline had the same type of bumper-jack AND probably weighed another 1/2 ton!

xrystl · 26-12-2016, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Charliewool

Customline had the same type of bumper-jack AND probably weighed another 1/2 ton!

Very scary , I had early Falcons (1962 and 1965) and a 1957 Customline - nothing like being on the side of the road with the Customline jacked up to the limit of the jack with the wheel off and a truck goes by and the air wash from the truck has the whole car swaying from side to side and your there trying to fit the spare wheel - Had the XP Falcon fall off the jack a few times and ended up carrying a block of wood to drop the car onto , Bumper jacks were really only good for pulling star pickets out of the ground.

XB GS 351 Coupe · 26-12-2016, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Interceptor

Why didnt you just go to your local wrecker and go hunting for an E series jack? You've already said that theyre a "Bloody beauty" so the logical thing wouldve been to go to a wrecker and spend most likely the same kinda money on a second hand example of a known and proven item instead of wasting money on the unknown.

Not really the point is it??

You go to a car accessories shop to buy a brand new jack and wheel brace you would expect it to work and be capable of the task it was designed and sold for.

No person (apart from may be some extreme strength athlete) should be able to bend a wheel brace, and if the person is strong enough to to bend a wheel brace he should surly be strong enough to operate the jack.

Unless of course the weight rating of the jack is not suitable for the weight of the vehicle it was designed for.

Stuff falling apart is a common problem these days.

**Charliewool** · 26-12-2016, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by xrystl

Very scary , I had early Falcons (1962 and 1965) and a 1957 Customline - nothing like being on the side of the road with the Customline jacked up to the limit of the jack with the wheel off and a truck goes by and the air wash from the truck has the whole car swaying from side to side and your there trying to fit the spare wheel - Had the XP Falcon fall off the jack a few times and ended up carrying a block of wood to drop the car onto , Bumper jacks were really only good for pulling star pickets out of the ground.

On a Cusso, you HAD to go all the way up to the limit to get the body up high enough off the chassis to get a rear wheel off from under the guard! (Was worse with big rims too!)

Olbucko · 26-12-2016, 08:19 PM

The jack supplied with my Territory was absolute rubbish, designed for lifting an unloaded car on a level flat surface, punctures always happened miles from anywhere, and out of phone range, on steeply cambered dirt roads when the car was fully loaded, making the body jack dangerous and almost useless. I now carry a small floor jack and half a dozen short lengths of 3x2 for packing, far safer to lift one axle 20 mm with a floor jack than lifting the body 200-300 mm. It all fits into a small suitcase along with a decent wheel brace
A bottle jack is no use with a modern car, it's just too tall to fit anywhere.

The Territory has gone now and I have transferred it all to my FGX. I have not even bothered to check out the standard FGX jack, it is probably even worse than the Territory jack.