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#1026623 05/06/2014 1:40 PM
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When I bought my '57 Suburban, it did not have a jack. The frame is really high under the truck, and I am looking for a simple jack for road-side tire change, i.e. not a floor jack!
Anyway, even my floor jack barely reaches the frame, hydraulic bottle jacks do not either...
So, my double question is: what does the stock jack look like?
What do you guys use?
Thanks


'57 Chevy Suburban; '70 Chevy Impala.
wave1957 #1026630 05/06/2014 2:06 PM
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You should be able to find a hydraulic bottle jack that will work. The center post on most of them is threaded and will add 4-6" of height to the jack. You can put it under the front or rear axle and should be able to get the tire off the ground so you can change it.

don stocker #1026686 05/06/2014 6:07 PM
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Thanks, Don. I guess I should have mentionned that my truck has 4-wheel independent suspension, '77 Camaro in the front and '86 Corvette at the rear, so either lifting the chassis or lifting the differential in the back, the wheels still hang low and I need to lift a lot...


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