Is the Renault standard car jack rubbish ??..

[a.jenkin]

Mine seems to be! A while back I tried to use it to raise the car and it was so difficult! My car is lowered so even though it was easy to fit the jack under the car, it was very difficult to turn it and raise the car! The jack is easy to wind when under no load and has plenty of grease, I wonder whether the problem is due to starting of with the jack at a lower than normal position.

Luckily I have a trolley jack at home, but want something in the car that’s easy to use in-case I get a puncture etc..

Any recommendations or does anybody else have the same problem?

 

[Dave..]

Standard jack is s**t.

I had to get a low level trolley jack to go under my car:dapprove:

 

[StevieG-09]

Mine snapped while jacking the car up and my hand punched the floor :'(
Now i drive it up onto blocks so i can get a jack under it.
Need a really low jack but dont know where to get one.

 

[DrR]

You just being a wuss tbh, mines fine.

 

[Dave..]

Arcan 3 tonne trolley jack.

£80ish from Costco.

F*cking awsome bit of kit

 

[a.jenkin]

You just being a wuss tbh, mines fine.

lol, this might be the case

but there's gota be a better, easier to use one out there.

 

[aucky]

Not just rubbish.. its dangerous.
Get a trolley jack.

 

[rich-6]

Have to use mine to get a bit of lift get my trolley jack under it, Generally wazz it up a tad with the windygun lol

 

[BS3CLIO]

My jack never looks comfortable holding the car up! Always bent over to one side, when holding the car up!!

 

[strife]

My jack never looks comfortable holding the car up! Always bent over to one side, when holding the car up!!

that's coz your handbrake is up matey.

If you let your handbrake down, it wont do it. think about the geometry.

 

[maynard]

Yes.

Bloody thing has bent

Trolley jack does the job, but I now require a low entry one.

 

[TimR26]

My renault jack bent last time I used it.

 

[pablo.87]

Renault jack broke today, utter cr*p!

 

[Rob]

Same... tried to jack up the car a bit to get trolley jack in, handle snapped clean off.. great...

 

[maynard]

Same... tried to jack up the car a bit to get trolley jack in, handle snapped clean off.. great...

because of this, i now need to get hold of some wooden blocks to aid in the jacking up proceedure!

 

[Rob]

because of this, i now need to get hold of some wooden blocks to aid in the jacking up proceedure!

Well mine is currently on stands out in the front garden, with the engine on the jack until my engine mount arrives.

So unless I get some big bits of wood I have no idea how I'll get it down, LOL!!!