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#7
Did anyone check out how bad a piece of junk is the factory jack?
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Did anyone check out how bad a piece of junk is the factory jack? I got a flat tire today, and I started to lift the car, the jack started to dance like a cup full of jell-o. I just couldn't. Thankfully a friend of mine pass by with his mountain bike training and help me holding the car in place while I changed the tire. It was very frustrating. I measn, I shurely know how to do that stuff ( been there like a million times) so I know that I put the jack where it shows to put it, but it was the jack itself that doesn't work properly. I guess I'll have to go to vuy a better one.
Did anyone check out how bad a piece of junk is the factory jack? I got a flat tire today, and I started to lift the car, the jack started to dance like a cup full of jell-o. I just couldn't. Thankfully a friend of mine pass by with his mountain bike training and help me holding the car in place while I changed the tire. It was very frustrating. I measn, I shurely know how to do that stuff ( been there like a million times) so I know that I put the jack where it shows to put it, but it was the jack itself that doesn't work properly. I guess I'll have to go to vuy a better one.
#9
07Fit00S2K
Originally Posted by 07Fit00S2K
The scissor jacks are meant to lay on a flat surface. Won't work well on dirt.
#10
I had a Honda tech tell me he would never use the jack that came w/my CRV. I called because the damn thing buckled on us while we tried to use it (on a level asphalted surface).
I'm guessing the Fit one is probably just as cheap, but maybe since it's a smaller car it won't come crashing down like the CRV almost did. Yikes!!!
I'm guessing the Fit one is probably just as cheap, but maybe since it's a smaller car it won't come crashing down like the CRV almost did. Yikes!!!
#11
Haven't tried the Fit jack yet but used my S2000, Prelude, and my friend's Accord jacks and while not great, worked for me to change the tire in an emergency. Of course I use my hydraulic jacks at home.
#12
Originally Posted by hatchgeek
I had a Honda tech tell me he would never use the jack that came w/my CRV. I called because the damn thing buckled on us while we tried to use it (on a level asphalted surface).
I'm guessing the Fit one is probably just as cheap, but maybe since it's a smaller car it won't come crashing down like the CRV almost did. Yikes!!!
I'm guessing the Fit one is probably just as cheap, but maybe since it's a smaller car it won't come crashing down like the CRV almost did. Yikes!!!
It was going to fell, but a passing by friend came and help me with the tire while I hold the fit in place.
Maybe i will have to use the jack from my old sentra b-13, with 200,000 miles, belive me that jack has already proove a good one
#13
Yeah, the jack is a piece of junk. It slid and wobbled in a flat parking lot for me, too. I plan on getting a decent one at some point in the near future. At least I have a really good lug wrench. My little girly arms can't get a lug nut off of a tire with the teeny wrench they provide you with--no leverage.
#14
Factory jack did the job for me the other night but its obviously only for dire emergencies. Wouldn't want to use it on a heavier car. Give me a hydraulic or air jack any day. Two pumps and its up.
#16
That is a mighty big weight to take on any trip! I would go with a better standard jack (and a AAA card just in case ;-)
or maybe one of these for the Fit?
http://www.usedcartools.com/jack.htm
or maybe one of these for the Fit?
http://www.usedcartools.com/jack.htm
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