Putting the car on Jack stands...
03-31-2002, 04:54 AM
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Putting the car on Jack stands...
There are some situations where it would be great to get the car on four jack stands. What is the proceedure for doing that, just jack up the front, place on stands, then jack up the rear and place on stands?
03-31-2002, 06:06 AM
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Here's what I do
Back up on a good sturdy ramp. Then jack up the front, one side at a time, putting a jack stand near the jack point. The best place for the stand is a small flat triangular area of the frame right next the jack point. I have to use a wood block to distribute the load to the stand head.
03-31-2002, 06:30 AM
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this is one possible way that I sometimes use....
parking brake on, car out of gear.
jack up the fronts, place shorter jackstands on either the black sub-frame that runs in-line with the car(i don't recommend this..it can cause the tubing to bend) or place shorter jackstands on the rearward,aluminum circular mounts (could cause the aluminum to bend a little, but no big problems)
placing the jackstands really depends on what you have to work on.
then jack up the rears and place taller jackstands on the rearward circular plates (with the boltheads showing). If you go behind the rear suspension arms and look upwards, you should see them. The mounting disc is a few inches in diameter.
sorry i don't have pics, but you should be able to find the stuff i hope. it's not the most fun car to jack up, huh?
Mike
jack up the fronts, place shorter jackstands on either the black sub-frame that runs in-line with the car(i don't recommend this..it can cause the tubing to bend) or place shorter jackstands on the rearward,aluminum circular mounts (could cause the aluminum to bend a little, but no big problems)
placing the jackstands really depends on what you have to work on.
then jack up the rears and place taller jackstands on the rearward circular plates (with the boltheads showing). If you go behind the rear suspension arms and look upwards, you should see them. The mounting disc is a few inches in diameter.
sorry i don't have pics, but you should be able to find the stuff i hope. it's not the most fun car to jack up, huh?
Mike
03-31-2002, 06:49 AM
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Place 2x4s across the frame rails in the front and back
Jack in the center of each 2x4 and place jack stands on either side of the board under the frame rail. You have just made a poor man's lift. Obviously this will not work if you are removing items from underside such as exhaust.
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