Does the jack lift the wheel?

[Lifeliberty]

Re: #6 above.....was my Bronco supposed to come with a locking nut on the spare? Ive rotated my tires a couple of times since taking delivery...never noticed I needed a "key" to unlock a nut on the spare....

Did you buy locks? They come in a set of 5 from ford, one is for spare

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[Lifeliberty]

I was changing the rear tire of the Bronco. But even at max setting of the jack, the wheel is still firmly planted to the ground. I have not jacked up suvs/trucks before.
Should the wheels be lifted off the ground like when I use a jack on a car?
( I didn't finish changing the tire as I dont want it to fall... I'm scared)

There is a video of how it looks:

No shame in not feeling comfortable changing the tire, you did the safe thing by stopping and asking for help. While I think you’ve been given excellent advice so far if I were in your position I’d call a family member or friend and observe them this time. Maybe even practice doing it yourself under their guidance. The old saying “you don’t know what you don’t know” can be dangerous in situations like this.

Great advice. You can destroy a lot with jack in wrong place. If you want to place jack under axle and send a pic here before lifting it up to confirm, do that first. Not a problem

 

[LockedBronco]

Re: #6 above.....was my Bronco supposed to come with a locking nut on the spare? Ive rotated my tires a couple of times since taking delivery...never noticed I needed a "key" to unlock a nut on the spare....

Probably was never locked

 

[Tarheel_Wes]

Did you buy locks? They come in a set of 5 from ford, one is for spare

No..didn't buy any. Just reading this from the manual made it seem like the locking nut was "standard."

 

[Tarheel_Wes]

That jack is sufficient if compressing the suspension. Where you have it let the suspension drop. Hence the tire on the ground. Like stated the rear axle will compress it.

That’s how high mine is just to get all 4 a inch off the ground lifting from the frame.

If under the axle you only have to go 4-6 inches to get off the tire off the ground. Should be lifting the wheel up, not the frame.

Love the look of your rig.

What, pray tell, is this?

 

[Lifeliberty]

No..didn't buy any. Just reading this from the manual made it seem like the locking nut was "standard."

Anymore, "standard" costs money and is extra

I did buy them, same as mcgard, i mean, they are mcgards

 

[Ground_zero298]

Thank you.

That is my 120v in for the truck. It then runs a battery maintainer under the hood and runs to the back of the truck where I have a power strip. Allows me to run everything in the truck with it off without fear of the battery going dead if plugged in. That spot was dead space.

 

[Tarheel_Wes]

Thank you.

That is my 120v in for the truck. It then runs a battery maintainer under the hood and runs to the back of the truck where I have a power strip. Allows me to run everything in the truck with it off without fear of the battery going dead if plugged in. That spot was dead space.

Very cool. Did you do a write up for this install?

 

[Sonnyhe2002]

No emergency, just adding spacers to the wheels.

 

[Moto26]

No emergency, just adding spacers to the wheels.

In that case, invest in a decent floor jack and some good jackstands. It’ll make life a whole lot easier…

 

[Ground_zero298]

Very cool. Did you do a write up for this install?

Yes I did.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/on-board-battery-maintainer.60876/

 

[SPITmadFIRE]

Yes I did.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/on-board-battery-maintainer.60876/

I did not expect to find my new favorite onboard accessory in this thread. Thank you for writing it up!

 

[Ground_zero298]

No emergency, just adding spacers to the wheels.

Make sure you torque the spacers more than the wheels. Should recheck them after a couple hundred miles or if you hear/feel anything out of the normal.

I’m running 1.5” on mine. Haven’t had any issues with them.

 

[LockedBronco]

Thank you.

That is my 120v in for the truck. It then runs a battery maintainer under the hood and runs to the back of the truck where I have a power strip. Allows me to run everything in the truck with it off without fear of the battery going dead if plugged in. That spot was dead space.

Do the lights turn green when fully charged?

 

[vzqhsg]

I was changing the rear tire of the Bronco. But even at max setting of the jack, the wheel is still firmly planted to the ground. I have not jacked up suvs/trucks before.
Should the wheels be lifted off the ground like when I use a jack on a car?
( I didn't finish changing the tire as I dont want it to fall... I'm scared)

There is a video of how it looks:

I doubt the jack is short. Also there may be times you are in a small hole and have to place a board under the jack, or move the truck ahead some.

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