Jacking up a Cruiser

I use the same boards I do for leveling to get the wheel off the ground, ala the trailer aid. Quick, easy and no dirt on the knees while placing a jack.  Haven't had a flat yet (he said while knocking on his head) on the Cruiser but more than I care to admit to on a previous fiver.

  I use a 10 ton short bottle jack with an adaptor I made to cradle the axle for no slip .I get as close to the ubolt plate as is possible. Have done many times & it works very well & safely too. I believe if this is supposed to damage the axles then so will every chuck hole or curb you may contact.. JMHO jb I believe in keeping things simple & safe & both are acomplished this way..

Sorry John B,

   Mike: I used a 6 in piece of 2 x 2 x 1/4 in angle so it is kind of self aligning for multiple sizes, I came up with a pipe nipple that just fit over the shaft of my jack snugly so as not to contribute to unsteadyness. I place it as far out next to the ubolt plate as I can get it. I have probably used it 20 times on dirt or concrete if need I put a thin board or something on soft soil.

Been looking for days for proof that you can crush the axle tube..  Everywhere i can think of.  One dang picture..  Millions of people using jacks on axles, and not one picture.. Come on, there has to be one picture of a "CRUSH" from a jack.  If i can get the wall thickness i can tell you how much I can apply using my little 3/4 diameter bottle jack head before the tube crushes?  Maybe i could just guess.. .250" ?  Is that tube 3.5" OD?  I can enlist the engineers from work to help me out and double check.  I would bet they are stating to use the frame only for safety reason Solely.  (jack can kick out due to the round service)

Lippert states to use the frame..  Mike, I can email you the lippert manual if you would like.  Send me a Pm if want it.

Give it a shot. Try lifting by the frame as per you manual and you will get a feel for the weight capacity of the jack and how high you need to ; to get the wheel off the ground. It will surprise you. Do it on the passenger side(awing side)..  Then try to open and shut you door and see the misalignment(tweaking) going on... Then try the 2 ton bottle jack on the axle.  A few pumps the wheel is up.   The door will open and shut as it always has.

If you had road side service pull in, how would they do it?  If you didn't tell them otherwise..  I had a flat right after i left the dealers(stem was leaking).  The dealer sent out the service guy..  ha.  He used the axle... Bottle jack under the axle, close to the ubolt.  No wood under the jack, When he left to go get  a new stem,, I had to call the dealer back in a hurry to tell them the jack was sinking into the black top..   Then i realized i had the trucks jack on me so i used that to support his bottle jack until they came back..