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Jacking eriba up
I’m just curious as what jacks most people use when there changing a wheel on a road side particularly on the door side with a step & of course if someone has a motor mover fitted. Does anyone carry a small trolley jack or just use a small bottle jack. Access is awful trying to get under the axle particularly when it’s on the off side & on a motorway or rd & you’re trying to do it quickly. I’d always want to jack under the axle & last time I drove onto my yellow wedge to get some lift & to help access to the spare wheel which I now keep in my tow vehicle.
A lifetime ago when I had a abbey caravan & alko chassis you could bolt a small bracket onto the chassis to jack up securely

I used to carry a trolley jack with one of my Eribas, but now I carry a bottle jack for emergencies. I must say I would not be happy to change a wheel though at the side of a busy road. The Coram bottle jack is the only one I know that will definitely fit under the axle. It was/is supplied with Land Rovers and is expensive, but they do come up for sale on the likes of Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace and e-bay for about £50. The jack is short and squat with a double lift ram. It also has a semi cradle type top that sits well under the Eriba axle.
At home I still use a trolley jack, a 2 ton cheapo from Halfords.
Colin
Forum Administrator aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol - oh dear me, I've gone to the darkish side and bought a Feeling after 4 Tourings

RE: Jacking eriba up
in Anything Eriba-related Yesterday 8:02 pmby Randa france •

I still use a bilstien side jack on the small box section welded to the underside of the sub frame behind the wheels. They were there to.move the Eriba chassis around the work stations but I don't think the later models have them.
The bilsteins that fitted the old VW buses were the ones recommended but I got an old one that fitted Audi and adapted it a bit.
At least it'll lift the van quite high and quite quickly and is sort of safe especially if you’re still hitched up to the car.
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I carry one of these
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-c...ium--steel-qui/
which I have in the garage anyway for working on my elderly motors. It is light and with a better raise and release mechanism than the cheaper varieties...

I use a double-lift Coram (Land Rover Discovery 2) jack - as recommended by Colin above. It has a slight U-shape on top to positively fit an older round chassis tube, but works fine on my square section 2016 Troll chassis tube. I only carry one section of the twin section handle as you don't need the extra length - and it only gets in the way when pumping up. There were a number of very rusty Coram jacks on Ebay when I looked, but, by being patient, I found this nice, pretty-tidy one for £50ish. I serviced it and topped up the oil in it and it works an absolute treat. I keep it in a bag in the front underseat locker of my Eriba (right by the door) for quick access if needed.
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This one with handle looks pretty good for £50 with free delivery. You can pay that just for the handle if the jack you find is missing theirs!
Werbung: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226781472233?...ABk9SR7T13YXkZQ
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