Rich Sandor

Yes Ed, that is perfect. The frame rail is the best place to put jackstands on the front of the car.

Rich Sandor

only thing I would recommend is that you make sure the jackstand doens't crunch the frame rail. make sure it's lined up perfect so that it cups the frame rail.

this depends on the shape of the jackstand more than anything...

F451

Very cool! Thanks!

JDeitz951

That's where I do it, but I always put a pc of pylwood 3/8 x 2 x 3 on top of the jackstands. The wood will deform slightly and make better and wider contact between the jackstand and the undercarriage and will somewhat protect the undercarriage from denting or gouging.

AndyK

Last few wheel / rim changes I did, I jacked up the car using the center point, then placed two stands on that side (front and back), and worked on one side at at time. Car looked like it was up on two wheels (which it was, actually), and it was really easy to manage.

Is this wrong to do??

JDeitz951

Sounds fine to me. That's how you're supposed to change a flat according to the manual, so it must be OK.

Rich Sandor

Yeah, that's fine. If I'm just changing wheels, I just change one side at a time.

I just want to re-iterate, however, that you should be using the frame rail in the front, and not the actual cup shaped recepticle just behind the front wheels. (looks identical to the ones in the centre below the doors) . Those fender cups are prone to corrosion and subsequent collapse.

Operator

i like to protect my frame rails from my evil walmart jack as well

here's my trick
i go from this:


to this:


the trick is using the walmart tennis *****, not real ones. walmart ones are hard, and dont bounce, much more rigid than real tennis *****, although im sure real tennis ***** work too. after a few uses they get cuts in them (you can see them if you look closely) so you do have to replace them every few uses.