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I just jacked up the front of my Hilux with a hydraulic scales on my trolly jack. I used the center of the cross member that runs behind the front diff, this is where a sites on the net said to lift a Surf which is similar to the Hilux??.
The cross member has a circle bit with a hole in the center, so I thought all would be OK. The top of the scales has a nice circular section about 50mm dia so fitted perfectly against the circle in the cross member. The only problem it bent in the cross member. I noticed that the bottom section of the cross member is not welded all the way across so making the center section where the circle is weaker. It buckled a bit where it was not welded, I just put a vice onto it and it straightened up the buckled bit OK but the circle bit is still pushed in. I don't think the actual cross member bent at all. Does anyone know where you are supposed to jack up the front with a trolley jack?

I was using the scales to see if I would be overloaded for a trip I am going on. Found out one thing I have been overloaded on quite a few trips in the past.

If you need a new Crossmember i have one in Brisbane if you are nearby. As For jacking i go next to the leaf hanger at the rear and near the bodymount behind the front tyre when jacking.

Thanks for the offer. I don't think it is damaged enough to need replacement, I am about to head off for 2 weeks camping in Tasmania. When I get back I might make up a jig and straighten it.

I need to jack all 4 wheels off the ground soon to do a tyre rotation and don't want to do the same thing where should I be jacking from both front and rear to place my stands in the spots Toyota say to use if you get a puncture.
Thanks in advance

Yea I use the cross-member point too but its been used so much that its bent upwards so in the future im just going to put a piece of hardwood along the length of it and jack under that to distribute the load width.

Jacking points are in your manual....

lais817 wrote:Jacking points are in your manual....

Only the four corners are so if you want the entire car off the ground there it's nothing in the manual for that.

I jack my Triton up with the high lift off the bar work to get my stands under

fridgie wrote:I jack my Triton up with the high lift off the bar work to get my stands under

x 2 but I have a Hilux.....

I jack under the front xmember with a trolley jack place axel stands under the chassis behind the front wheels by the body mount.
the back I jack under the diff centre and place stands under the axel tubes

Cross member is still OK, has not deteriorated at all.

I had the same issue on a 2010 so I rang Toyota. He said the only safe places to jack it up is on the chassis and rear diff/axle. Remember a lot of our hilux's aren't standard weight either so there is a lot more stress on that front cross member.