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    Posted: 23 Jun 2012 at 9:58pm
Mine are scissor jacks.  I cleaned things up and found a weld on each bracket.  I don't have a welder, so I guess I will try taping each side so things don't move and then remove the pivot bolts.
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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 2012 at 8:28pm
I did the same thing to both of my rear jacks. Are yours the scissor jacks or the one with a stabilizer arm. Mine were the stabilizer arm type and the only thing holding them on were two self tapping sheet metal  screws into the frame.
Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 2012 at 11:57am
So today I removed the highly customized stabilizer jack from the left rear corner of our 177.  As noted in another post I managed to make a fully retracted jack into a work of art getting on to the Washington Island Ferry.  Risers are in my future, but for now I will be getting a jack from our dealer next week and putting it on.
 
One questions:  Are the brackets that attach the jack to the frame welded as well as screwed to the frame?  I removed the two top pivot bolts for the jack (I couldn't get to the rear bolt to the frame, then tried to remove the brackets.  With the screws removed they were tight.  I didn't try to hammer them loose, and wonder how those of you who changed jacks did so.  I wonder about timing of the jack etc. if I try to remove the pivot bolts and replace the jack that way.
 
Thanks for the help.  I will be going to the dealer next week, and at that time ordering the risers.
 
 
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