Major bonehead move (and now how not to AND how to jack up the car)
So the LR4's left rear wheel got another nail and a slow leak. No big deal. I pull down the nice full size spare and proceed to jack up the car in front of the left rear wheel via a prominent ridge that I thought I remember being the jacking point. Got the wheel almost off the ground and then ... SNAP!
Not a jacking point. The area buckled and I quickly let it down even though I had loosened the wheel nuts. Still kicking myself, I quickly change the wheel (via the proper jacking point). The place I had jacked the car up was the compressor housing. I took the plastic! cover off and checked things out. The cast aluminum mounting plate for the compressor snapped and the weight of the car must have been on the compressor, hoses, and wiring in the recess.
Started the car and seemed fine. Put it in the low position and it lowered. Fine. Put it in the norrmal ride height and heard a godawful buzzing. Not unexpected now that the compressor is just rattling in there. The car still came up to normal height but the compressor doesn't turn off. The car even raises to off road height, but the compressor still doesn't turn off. Dropping down works too, but the compressor doesn't turn off.
Looks like a trip to the service center and possible costly repair. Still kicking myself.
LESSON: Make at least doubly sure that you are using a jacking point!
So the LR4's left rear wheel got another nail and a slow leak. No big deal. I pull down the nice full size spare and proceed to jack up the car in front of the left rear wheel via a prominent ridge that I thought I remember being the jacking point. Got the wheel almost off the ground and then ... SNAP!
Not a jacking point. The area buckled and I quickly let it down even though I had loosened the wheel nuts. Still kicking myself, I quickly change the wheel (via the proper jacking point). The place I had jacked the car up was the compressor housing. I took the plastic! cover off and checked things out. The cast aluminum mounting plate for the compressor snapped and the weight of the car must have been on the compressor, hoses, and wiring in the recess.
Started the car and seemed fine. Put it in the low position and it lowered. Fine. Put it in the norrmal ride height and heard a godawful buzzing. Not unexpected now that the compressor is just rattling in there. The car still came up to normal height but the compressor doesn't turn off. The car even raises to off road height, but the compressor still doesn't turn off. Dropping down works too, but the compressor doesn't turn off.
Looks like a trip to the service center and possible costly repair. Still kicking myself.
LESSON: Make at least doubly sure that you are using a jacking point!
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