Jack Disassembly

[mgbgt]

My jack it hard to turn so want to disassemble it and clean and lube it.  I can't get the shaft you turn out of the beveled gear at the top.  Any insight into how to disassemble it?  Looks like once that is off you can pull the little axle out of the top and screw out the rod.

Thanks in advance.

[Mike Self]

If you're referring to that one-legged thing that the factory foisted off on us as a proper tool to change tires with, I think that was part of their revenge for WW II.  You've got two choices:  

1.  throw in the neighbor's pool
2.  clamp it down in it's designated location for display purposes and never, ever use it to jack the car up.  

Those jacks are dangerous!  Unless the surface is perfectly level (and even if it is), it's terrifyingly easy for a car to fall off one--ask me how I know.  I used mine exactly once (in 53 years), shortly after I bought the car.  Just as I was loosening the lug nuts it fell off the jack--on level concrete. 

 

For a few bucks you can pick up a scissors jack at a local pick 'n pull--find one whose handle/lug wrench fits our lug nuts, and use it.  I have one that I set in upside down between the top of the inner rear fender well and the underside of the package shelf.  Out of the way, will stay in place and won't rattle when slightly tensioned.

 

mike

[02Les]

I have only had to use the BMW '02 jack a few times and I had no trouble, BUT, I carry a couple of BMW wheel chocks with the car. You can find them on Ebay for $20 or so, sometimes less.

 

[TobyB]

I wouldn't even inflict the factory jack on the neighbor's pool...

 

the chocks come from BMWs and Mercs at the pull- a- part

and they usually don't even charge me for them.

A buck or 2 if they do.

 

t

[Lorin]

I’m a firm believer in the scissor jack replacement as well. 

[calw]

better still is to modify the generic top of a scissors jack to fit in the jack points under the sills - assuming your sills are up to the task rust-wise.

['76mintgrün'02]

So much for jack disassembly advice... I don't trust them either.

 

I've been carrying a scissor jack forever, but recently decided to remove the original jack and store the Subaru jack in its place.  I shared this in the "what did you do to your 2002 today" thread, but will post it again here, because it makes me happy.

 

 

 

It is a simple block of wood that indexes the jack with a hole for the hinge and a little metal pin that fits into the jack mount bracket.  There's 3/8" clearance between the jack and the quarter panel.

 

 

 

It's pretty cool how the lug wrench fits into the jack's foot.  It's like it was meant to be!

 

 

 

Tom

[visionaut]

Tom - where do you find those 90 degree pencils???

 

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['76mintgrün'02]

I found the tip of the first one I cut underneath the bench, after it shot out of the chop-saw.  A little CA glue sticks them back together.  They don't work in the pencil sharpener after being 'bent', but they stay sharp for a long time, so it's not really a problem.

 

[OriginalOwner]

My thought on the original jack:  I'd just hose it down with something like RemOil and see if that loosens everything up.

 

On the Scissor Jack:   Great Idea !!!!!!!!!

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

[John76]

1 hour ago, visionaut said:

Tom - where do you find those 90 degree pencils???

At the Allen wrench store.

[ray_]

... I don't even carry a spare tyre.

 

[Lorin]

11 hours ago, ray_ said:

... I don't even carry a spare tyre.

 

And sometimes not even all the main tyres !

[ray_]

1 hour ago, Lorin said:

And sometimes not even all the main tyres !

Where's my rolling resistance calculation...?

 

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