BEFORE placing the toe of the high lift jack under the front bumper or rear crossmember, CRACK the wheel nuts first. In other words slacken all five nuts off half a turn. This will save dislodging the vehicle once the tyre is off the ground.

Now position the toe of the jack under the front bumper or under the rear crossmember in line with the MAIN CHASSIS RAILS. This will ensure you are picking the vehicle up at it's strongest point. As mentioned earlier, if you have a proper jacking point, use the adaptor, preferably using the bolt to locate the adaptor fully onto the toe of the jack.

Raise the reversing catch lever, position the jack upright with the Jack Pad underneath if necessary, and with one hand holding the rack to steady the jack operate the handle with the other hand. Once you raise the lifting mechanism away from the jack's base you can lift bodily by the handle the whole lot up the rack until the toe sits snugly where it should, or you have the adaptor into place.

Probably you will continue to hold the top of the rack with one hand as you pull the handle down with the other through it's power stroke. Keep pulling or pushing down until you hear THAT click. That click is the top peg falling into it's rightful hole in the rack being pushed by it's own spring.

Lift the now slack handle upwards until you hear and feel the next click. This second click is the bottom peg falling into it's next hole after dragging it up the rack. At this stage both pegs are fully located for maximum strength and safety. And so you continue. Pull or push down through the click, lift up through the next click. A short person will pull the handle down, whilst a tall person will push it down!

Whow, this is easy! But don't get carried away. Simply raise that corner of the vehicle sufficiently to clear the wheel and tyre away from the ground to allow for it's inflated replacement.

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