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Old 04-09-2010, 10:33 AM   #1
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Almost had this happen to me once while changing a flat. The OEM scissor jack moved while lifting and twisted slightly (like it was gonna buckle and give-out). Lucky for me I got the job done without anything bad happening. Since then I keep a small floor-jack in the car.

Also ditched the crappy OEM lugwrench for an old-school 4-way for better leverage.
yes this is what im doing from now on.. the oem supplied ones suck, but problem is now the better jack and lugwrench i have rattles in the trunk
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yes this is what im doing from now on.. the oem supplied ones suck, but problem is now the better jack and lugwrench i have rattles in the trunk
Mine does too, but the constant rattling is nothing compared to smashing a rotor against the asphalt at the worse possible time.
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