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Shackeng

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Re: Electric car jack
« Reply #15 on: 20 June 2013, 22:39:47 »
Quote from: Nick W on 20 June 2013, 21:30:01
why not look for a scissor jack that has a 17mm hexdrive(same as the wheel nuts for convienience) and a cheap, long-handled ratchet. which would also be useful for loosening the wheelnuts.

I'm too lazy. ::)
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Re: Electric car jack
« Reply #16 on: 21 June 2013, 16:47:37 »
those jacks are rubbish IMO--on way to work one morning and a guy had flat on his Astra-jack fell-he was fubar'd-I used my small trolley jack to lift his car-he gave me £20--nice one--I did wheel for him too :y scissor jacks are the work of satan >:(
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Re: Electric car jack
« Reply #17 on: 21 June 2013, 17:57:41 »
Quote from: symes on 21 June 2013, 16:47:37
those jacks are rubbish IMO--on way to work one morning and a guy had flat on his Astra-jack fell-he was fubar'd-I used my small trolley jack to lift his car-he gave me £20--nice one--I did wheel for him too :y scissor jacks are the work of satan >:(

Unfortunately that's what you get with most cars! ???
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