question re: getting car on jackstands
This past winter, I put my car on jackstand to work on it.
I would start at the back jack point, jack the car up and place a stand under the front point. I would then place a second floor jack under the engine and place the rear stands. I would then place the last front jack stand. I could only get the car up about 3 notches in the stand, without running the risk of having the car canteliever at the placement of the 1st jackstand - if I raised the rear of the car too high from the rear. How did this guy get his car so high on these jackatands? http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4570/w8rz.jpg |
Please dont attempt this at home. He's a professional :D
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J/K after the initial lift, you'd go back and repeat the process again lifting from the engine, raise the rear stands higher. Then lift the front using a piece of board raising the stands higher. Make sure you have good and stable stands like those in Rudy's pic.
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Perhaps I should invest in the EBSCO stands..
My jackstands have a U shaped 1/2 inch metal contact point where it meets the jacking point on the jar - to much of an angle past 20 degrees and it seems it might slide off :o |
Unless dropping the engine and/or transaxle, I would question the necessity of raising the vehicle that high.
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YMMV, but you could use a long wooden board and jack under the trunk pan. I've known a few people who have done this without issue.
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Originally Posted by crw
(Post 10684003)
This past winter, I put my car on jackstand to work on it.
https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...p-a-993-a.html ESCO jack stands? = nice, solid, well-built, great support tops, but the lowest setting is ~ 2" too high for my tastes. Wish they were a tad shorter. Craig |
You should raise the car the minimum amount for what you are trying to do. I would never add blocks to jack stands ore anything that may contribute to instability:
As the French say “to die for love” is a good thing however I think they are speaking of this while under something other than a car! |
Another option is to use liftbars, http://liftbars.com/, or make something similar yourself. I've never used them but looking at the pictures the area where it sits in the jackstand is rounded so it can fit securely in a traditional saddle type of jackstand and rotate freely as the two sides of the car are at differing heights during the lifting process.
GC |
I then raise the rear of the car by jacking under the engine and placing the jackstands (ESCO) at the rear jacking points. I then raise the front of the car using the jack and placing a 2x4 behind the bumper cover (I wrap a couple of towels around the 2x4 to protect the bottom of the car) and place the jackstands under the front jacking points. |
OK THX
It is apparent the the car feels rear-baised fro a weight standpoint when jacking up the car. Speading the weight across the front tub using this method likely doesn't run the risk of denting it in.. |
Not that it really makes a difference on the general procedure for lifting high, but the car in the pic is a 911. Different lift points, although you can still use the bottom of the case to raise the rear.
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Originally Posted by Ed Hughes
(Post 10687318)
Not that it really makes a difference on the general procedure for lifting high, but the car in the pic is a 911. Different lift points, although you can still use the bottom of the case to raise the rear.
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Originally Posted by 177mph
(Post 10687419)
I know there are a million opinions on this - but I stopped using the engine case for a jack point after meeting a man who had his engine mounts crack after using the engine case as a lift point.
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