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Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:59 am
by Randa france •

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Thanks to Eric for uploading several photos of the new jacking points he has fitted to his Eriba.

The photos can be seen here:- g45-Eriba-Improvements.html

Randa

1999 Eriba Troll 530 pushing a VW Touran 2L TDi Match

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:20 am
by Frantone (deleted)

Didn't Pepe le Pew do this to his as well?

Troll gently nudging up against Galaxy.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:42 pm
by Wordspace (deleted)

I've searched through the forum for a relevant post in case my question below has been treated already, but I can't find one.

Am I right to assume that our 2004 430 has an Al-Ko chassis, and that the chassis will have the correct jacking point for an Al-Ko side lift jack (part no. 1222787)? I'm bidding on a new one of these at you-know-where, and I've seen a mention that the kit includes special mounting plates for which you need to drill holes in the chassis. (Possibly these plates are what are shown in Eric's picture, linked in post #1?) The Eriba handbook is very vague on the topic of choosing the correct jack. And several Eribafolk have mentioned using a trolley jack on their beloveds. But somehow I can't see myself lugging a trolley jack around everywhere we go, just in case.

Oliver's Twists at http://martynoliver.wordpress.com/

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:57 pm
by Randa france •

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Hi Martyn.

You are sort of right. The Eriba Touring range uses a T Pole Chassis supplied by either ALKO or BPW so it isn't an ALKO Caravan Chassis as such.

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Whether the ALKO side lift jack you refer to will fit, I'm not sure.

Many folk use the open 1" square box section just behind each wheel as a side jacking point and use an old VW or Audi side jack inserted in that hole. However I don't think it was originally intended as a side jacking point.

Eriba jack.

Randa

1999 Eriba Troll 530 pushing a VW Touran 2L TDi Match

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:06 pm
by hob (deleted)

The VW jack certainly fitted older vans and I believe some even had a point on the sides where one fitted, however I have not seen a purpose made jacking point on my 2006 triton 430.

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And several Eribafolk have mentioned using a trolley jack on their beloveds. But somehow I can't see myself lugging a trolley jack around everywhere we go, just in case.

Thats what I do,(carry a trolley jack that is) but never had to use it yet.

2006 underside pic from my archives

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 6:13 pm
by Deeps (deleted)

No jacking point of any description on our 2013 Triton 430.

2013 Triton 430, Mazda CX-5 D-150, AWD AT, Walker Touring Plus awning, Isabella Shadow sun shade.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:17 pm
by Wordspace (deleted)

Thanks everyone. It's as I feared: the Al-Ko jack is not the one I need. Good job I was outbid!

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:06 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Frantone wrote in post #2
Didn't Pepe le Pew do this to his as well?

Sorry Mr P, I didn't see this post. I don't know how I missed it.

Anyhoo, you're partly right. We do have Kojack points under the Troll, but it came with them rather than me putting them on. Irritatingly the jack itself took a stroll somewhere between the previous owners parting with the van and us picking it up from a certain Eriba emporium in D*rset, but there you go.

I must admit that I probably wouldn't have gone to all the trouble of fitting Kojack points myself, though I'm grateful that someone else did. I'd probably have used a scissor jack under the axle.

By the by, I did get a replacement Kojack off Ebay for twelve quid after a week or two's waiting for a good one. After a change of hydraulic fluid it was (and is still) as good as new.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:19 pm
by Frantone (deleted)

Is it possible to get a scissor jack with an axle shaped grip rather than the standard flat one.
The only ones I have seen would have a rather precarious contact with the axle.
TP

Troll gently nudging up against Galaxy.

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:44 pm
by Bigloue (deleted)

Great jacking points but are they not a bit low to the ground? If you get a flat tyre you would not get a jack under the jacking point.
We have them fitted to our feeling but they are above the chassis and there is room to get the jack under when the tyre is flat.
Will post a picture later.

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:18 pm
by Dogwalkers (deleted)

I don't want to seem like a numpty but why has it got two spirit levels screwed to it. Shaun.

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:08 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Frantone wrote in post #9
Is it possible to get a scissor jack with an axle shaped grip rather than the standard flat one.
The only ones I have seen would have a rather precarious contact with the axle.
TP

I found one with a saddle-shaped top (well, it was slightly concave at least) and Araldited a piece of ribbed rubber sheet to it in the hope that it'd be less likely to slip if I needed to use it in anger.

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yy-R56kh

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:21 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Bigloue wrote in post #10
Great jacking points but are they not a bit low to the ground? If you get a flat tyre you would not get a jack under the jacking point.
We have them fitted to our feeling but they are above the chassis and there is room to get the jack under when the tyre is flat.
Will post a picture later.

That's a good point.

As I mentioned, our van came with them, and while I haven't used the jack to replace a flat it only needs just over six inches of clearance under the jacking point. I have used it with great success to swap wheels around, but that was in ideal circumstances and not at the side of either a country lane in the dark or the M6 on a Friday evening with artic wheelnuts thundering past two feet away.

As it happens the car jack fits the Kojack point as well, and that will wind down far enough to fit under there without any bother. In light of this I'm tempted to leave the Kojack bottle jack at home, not least because it's quite a hefty lump of metal.

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yy-R56kh

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:17 pm
by hob (deleted)

I'm due for a tyre change soon (left it standing on the old ones over winter) as the ones on it are 2010 dated and the spare (never used as far as I know) is dated 2006 so still there from when the van was new.

Anyway the question arises where to put my trolley Jack, so I looked it up in the manual (downloaded for a 2004 model)

and for info this is what it said.

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RE: Jacking Point

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:14 pm
by Randa france •

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It's interesting they say "Prevent the caravan from rolling away by blocking the opposite wheel with the wheel chocks". In my experience, the van will still swivel when the wheel needing attention is raised off the ground unless you first push the van backwards to get the handbrake to lock out.

Randa

1999 Eriba Troll 530 pushing a VW Touran 2L TDi Match

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