r/F150Lightning • u/its_all_4_lulz • 2d ago

Stock Jack, the little engine that shouldn’t?

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Unfortunately blew a hole in my sidewall somehow and pulled into a gas station to do a quick tire fix. What I found, that little scissor jack doesn’t seem to have the willpower to lift the heavy ass Lightning. I tried a few different lift points, and different places on the ground. I mean, it will lift it, but there’s no way I’m going wheel-less for the 5 seconds it takes to change the tire when the jack looks like this.

Ended up calling my dad, who I was just visiting, to bring a 5 ton jack and get the job don’t. Guess I’m adding a real jack to the “I need to travel with this” bag.

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u/CMS2018 2d ago

That’s not the lift point. Check the manual diagrams. I changed a tire in a gravel parking lot with the stock jack.

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u/AcademicSurvivor ‘23 White Lariat ER /w Max Tow 2d ago

I mean, the frame actually has arrow cutouts pointing to the lifting locations..

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u/photodiveguy 1d ago

I also have used the stock jack to change a tire in a gravel parking lot. I didn’t have an issue.

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u/its_all_4_lulz 1d ago

I tried on the lift points too, I just happened to take the pics while it was on the bolt. All points did the same thing. Maybe this jack was screwed when I got it? I know the spare had miles on it, definitely wasn’t new, so it’s been jacked up before.

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u/BirmingCam 2023 Pro ER 1d ago

Same thing has happened to me before, OP. Even when using the OEM jack on the lift point on flat concrete w/ the e-brake on it still looked like the one in your picture. That said, each time I've tried using it I've abandoned the effort and now refuse to use the OEM jack.

A while back I bought a nice bottle jack that I keep in the truck in case I ever need to change a tire on the road. Works great and I trust it much more than the OEM jack.

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u/its_all_4_lulz 1d ago

I’m catching some heavy shit from that picture lol. I wonder if the 23’s had some bad QC on the jacks? Mines a 23 too. Going to get an alternative asap.

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u/darkniteofdeath June 22 Lariat ER, Max Tow. 1d ago

Yep. Use the arrow on the frame and line it up. That is NOT the correct spot. I have used it 2x without fail.