Useing jack

fj12ryder wrote:
I say axle right under the spring hangers/U-bolts. Other people have varying opinions.

I do it this way because I see no sense in trying to carry jacks tall enough to lift the frame, no sense in trying to carry the necessary cribbing to do the aforementioned, and jacking under the axle at the spring hangers is quicker and looks to do no damage. I jack the wheel up just high enough to change the tire, and I just can't see how it can damage anything.

That's my opinion, and that's how I've done it in the past.

X2. I had a road service change a flat on my fiver not long ago and I watched the service man as he did the work. The jack was placed under the spring hanger area as noted above. I've never jacked up the fiver myself so I'm assuming this is the proper method. Maybe a different configuration might require a different procedure....