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I would like to jack up my 2011 XK to change the tires and do other work in the future.
According to the 2007 workshop manual (I only have this older one) the jacking points for the XK are the ones shown as “A” in the attached picture. “B” are the axle stand points.
My car did not come with a spare wheel and jack, only tire repair set.
But I have for my other cars a hydraulic pump jack, similar to the blue one depicted in the attached picture. Please also note the depicted black rubber cushion at the contact point of my jack.
To the ones here in the forum who do work on the XK themselves:
Will my equimpment as shown here work properly to raise the XK for tire change and similar work on the XK? In particular, is the rubber cushion suitable to raise the XK?
I plan to proceed as known from other cars: With handbreak applied and roadblocks under the opposite side front wheel, I would place the hydraulic jack with these rubber cushions at the “A” jack points and raise the car until the respective wheel clears the ground.
Any comments or advice in this context?
Hi Ter, I think the jacking points in the diagram A are if you are using the supplied scissor jack.
I always use a trolley jack under the meaty parts of the chassis . It’s quite obvious if you have a look.
Be careful to clear the plastic sills when jacking up.
One of my jacks has the rubber pad and if I use the other one I pad it out with some old rag. Save marking the painted chassis.
Nothing special on these cars, same as every other one I have worked on.
In a nutshell, yes it would appear you have all that is needed. As Woo5ie said, it is a good idea to protect from metal to metal contact by covering the jack's contact points.
I put my jack stands further out. In the rear under the three bolts for the steel rear substructure inboard of 'A' and in the front usually on the rear lower A arm at the bushing. I've seen too many weird things happen when the stands are too close together.
The most important thing is once it's up in the air to give it a good push to make sure it'll stay there while doing work under it.
My jack is a little smaller, so it fits, but didn't come with rubber protection. So I got a few hockey pucks (hard rubber) for the stands and jack. About $1.50 each. For me,wood tends to split.
~wrair
Yup, for those simple tasks like changing a tire, I use a low profile jack, like the one pictured, and a hockey puck with a groove in it (pretty sure I got it on amazon). Had a 2 ton Harbor Freight jack that started ‘creaking’ after about a year, so pitched it and got a better 3 ton jack. My older Sears jack was too tall to fit under these low profile cars, so it doesn’t see much action these days.
I use the ‘A’ points for jacking, making sure all plastic bits are cleared.
The one I use was initially bought for my Landrover Defender - there “low” was not so much of an issue, on the opposite! I will need to check if I will be able to use my current trolley jack on the XK!
I have a similar lightweight aluminium trolley jack:
There isn't sufficient clearance to use one of those rubber pads so I use a thin block of wood.
Graham
Thank you. Been looking for that answer for years, and have had to resort to the exact same and wondered if there was a better way. And you would know if there was one.
Would you point out on the diagram your jack points.
Additionally, how about when needing to jack up and place a jack stand.
Checked today under my XK. My trolley lift has minimal hight 14.xx cm. This is just enough to get under the XK. But without any rubber cushion.
I guess I will also use a cloth as cushion.
Btw. Even if clearance was enough I could not use the depicted rubber cushion placing the car‘s longitudinal steel pressing (don’t know exact words in English!) in the cushion’s V-shaped slot. Why? Because just next to the jacking point the plastic sill starts, and I guess you better don’t touch this when lifting the car.
Dude, couple wooden planks are your friend. Two 2 x 12" boards nailed together are good for 3" of extra clearance.
cool! I used this plank method last time 20y ago with my first car😉. Good point. Will see to get some planks at hand or - in the best case - those planks used for my first car can still be found in my parents house basement.
Looked up this thread and thought I'd update on repair and tyre shops lifts in relation to my XK Dynamic R
Yes they've all had low profile jacks suitable for change wheels, however three have said my car is too low and wide to put up safely on their lifts...the dynamic body kit seems to be the issue.
Alignment wasn't a problem as took my car to a Merc specialist that does lots of work in the McLaren community so they lifted it on a drive on ramp.
The problem with the others is that they have fold-out/in arms and there's insufficient clearance around the body kit, below are pictures of my car lifted an another one of the car itself in sideview. Gap between the side skirts and the ground is a mere 5.25"/13.25mm
I appreciate mine has lowered suspension but I'd appreciate knowing the sill/ground clearance of a non-lowered/bodykit XKR?
Also, as it's so low, many shops have a real problem getting down their and finding the jacking points
Thanks for the jacking point locations Ter, I'll print that off and keep in my glovebox for future use
The problem with the others is that they have fold-out/in arms and there's insufficient clearance around the body kit, below are pictures of my car lifted an another one of the car itself in sideview. Gap between the side skirts and the ground is a mere 5.25"/13.25mm
I appreciate mine has lowered suspension but I'd appreciate knowing the sill/ground clearance of a non-lowered/bodykit XKR?
Around 15cm from the ground to the bottom face of the sill and 14cm to the bottom of the lowest bolt.
I have a scissor lift and find it annoying to have to go down on my knee's to find the lifting points and to put a rubber puck in place.
Would this be okay on our cars and has someone used/uses them?
If you are distorting the plastic rocker panels then I would suspect that at some point you will crack them. These type of jacks are great but you should consider building a small jig out of wood with the jack points located on it .
Safely jack up the XK/R
