100 Series IFS Tyre Change

Always been a problen with tojos - you can't get the tojo jack under if tyre is flat.

In my 80s and now my 100s I carry two bottle jacks one to get the vehicle up a bit the other to take over and get the wheel high enough to take it off.

Two jacks may sound like a bit of overkill but its also good insurance just in case one jack fails. I have see a jack fail and now always deploy two.

cheers
Phil

I think you will also find that the supplied jack is not rated for the weight of a 100 series as GVM. The 4x4 club I am in recommends that at the very least you should replace it with a jack that is rated sufficiently for the loaded weight of the vehicle.

If you wanted to go further you could then look at something like a high-lift jack of similar.

David M.

As per "Phil", just call me "two jacks"

Can you use a different jacking point? On the very few occasions I needed to, I lifted the front of the Jack from either the cross member between the two lower wishbones or on the chassis rail behind the front wheel. The articulation of the IFS was so limited that you didn't have to lift far to get the wheel off the ground - just make sure the jack can't slip.

If you try to lift them anywhere other than the IFS Timbo you run out of jack.
Phil/Ph/Win .Thanks, looks like the two jack system is the go. More weight. :)

Don't know if you guys carry a hi-lift style jack, I do mainly as a recovery aid. I use this jack with an adaptor that fits the front or rear wheel hubs. this gets the wheel as far as you need off the ground to allow the Toyota jack to be put under the axle
Then change the flat as per normal. If you don't carry a hi-lift I guess 2 smaller jacks would be the go. As far as the standard Toyota jack goes you would think by now Mr T would have realized that flat tyres have been a problem with just about all his Cruisers for as long as I can remember.

Cheers Pop

Go the Hilift Jack. It will always lift you if you have good jacking points,but be careful they will bite you if you dont concentrate on what your doing

Regards..................Jeff

i also run a 6t bottle jack for such occassions.