How to Lift My Two Wheel Drive Toyota Truck

Two-wheel drive Toyota trucks may have different jack-points than its four-wheel drive counterpart. Whenever you are thinking of raising your Toyota, always consult your owner's manual for the exact locations to place a jack. Not doing so could damage your Toyota, and even worse, it could injure anybody beneath the truck. As a safety issue, that also stretches beyond two wheel versus four-wheel drive. Generally, you should never get under a truck that's supported only by a hand cranking jack. The safest way to lift a Toyota, at home, involves jack stands or ramps.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

things you'll need:

• Jack
• Stands
• Ramps
• Wheel blocks

1. • 1

     Ensure safety ahead of time. Pull up the emergency parking brake. Shift the gear into reverse if your Toyota is a standard, or shift the gear into park, if you own an automatic. Turn your Toyota truck off and remove the key from the ignition.

   • 2

     Select any tire to start with -- it does not matter which. If you begin lifting with the driver's side front tire, you will need to block off the passenger's side rear with wheel chocks.

   • 3

     Place your jack under the jack-point next to the wheel. Consult your manual for exactly where, as a Tacoma and a Tundra will not have these in the same location.

   • 4

     Turn the crank and lift the tire off the ground. Raise the tire high enough so that you can move a stand beneath the vehicle. Then, lower the truck onto the stand.

   • 5

     Remove the jack and repeat this process three more times, until the Toyota's four tires are off the ground and the vehicle is secure on a set of stands.

Tips & Warnings

• Ramps can substituted for stands in some cases. Once the truck's four wheels are safely on the ramps, block the tires off with wheel chocks. Yet, before you buy ramps or jack stands, locate your truck's weight specifications and make absolutely certain the equipment is suited for those specs. Some ramps and jacks are prefigured for cars, and not trucks.

• Always park on a level surface before lifting your Toyota.