Help! with jacking / floorstand points
#1
Help! with jacking / floorstand points
Doing a strut/spring replacement this weekend..
I've got two large floor jacks and 2 jackstands...
I'll be lifting one end at a time.
Where do I jack/support the front end and jack/support the rear? 4th gen of course...
Thanks!
-RMB
I've got two large floor jacks and 2 jackstands...
I'll be lifting one end at a time.
Where do I jack/support the front end and jack/support the rear? 4th gen of course...
Thanks!
-RMB
#2
For the front, I use the motor mount bracket that runs down the middle of the car from the radiator to the bottom of the firewall. There is a protrusion that is a natural fit for a jack.
On the rear, I place the jack in the middle of the beam axle. You get a little flex in the axle, but it will do no damage.
On the rear, I place the jack in the middle of the beam axle. You get a little flex in the axle, but it will do no damage.
#3
Originally posted by sinewave
For the front, I use the motor mount bracket that runs down the middle of the car from the radiator to the bottom of the firewall. There is a protrusion that is a natural fit for a jack.
On the rear, I place the jack in the middle of the beam axle. You get a little flex in the axle, but it will do no damage.
For the front, I use the motor mount bracket that runs down the middle of the car from the radiator to the bottom of the firewall. There is a protrusion that is a natural fit for a jack.
On the rear, I place the jack in the middle of the beam axle. You get a little flex in the axle, but it will do no damage.
Anywhere else in the rear?
Thanks
-RMB
#4
Re: Help! with jacking / floorstand points
Originally posted by rmb
Doing a strut/spring replacement this weekend..
I've got two large floor jacks and 2 jackstands...
I'll be lifting one end at a time.
Where do I jack/support the front end and jack/support the rear? 4th gen of course...
Thanks!
-RMB
Doing a strut/spring replacement this weekend..
I've got two large floor jacks and 2 jackstands...
I'll be lifting one end at a time.
Where do I jack/support the front end and jack/support the rear? 4th gen of course...
Thanks!
-RMB
#5
Re: Help! with jacking / floorstand points
Originally posted by rmb
Doing a strut/spring replacement this weekend..
I've got two large floor jacks and 2 jackstands...
I'll be lifting one end at a time.
Where do I jack/support the front end and jack/support the rear? 4th gen of course...
Thanks!
-RMB
Doing a strut/spring replacement this weekend..
I've got two large floor jacks and 2 jackstands...
I'll be lifting one end at a time.
Where do I jack/support the front end and jack/support the rear? 4th gen of course...
Thanks!
-RMB
Also, after you've got the car resting on the stands, remove the jack from the rear beam. You want that thing hanging by itself when you do the swap.
#6
Re: Re: Help! with jacking / floorstand points
Originally posted by Big_Ham
Your last post made you look like an A$$.
"Dude, help with jacking is a little off topic for this forum, eh? Besides, you should have learned that at around 13"
Your last post made you look like an A$$.
"Dude, help with jacking is a little off topic for this forum, eh? Besides, you should have learned that at around 13"
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I came across this problem too when I was installing my supercharger. Until then, I had only used the stock jack at the stock points (where the 'notchies' are). But now I was using two - 2-ton jacks. The little bowls on the jacks would bend the 'notchies' had I placed them there. So what I did was place them exactly at the notchies but on the other side of the wall (towards the inside of the car). Does that make sense? Hope I helped. Good luck.
#9
When i did the rear, i found it easier to lift one side at a time. I lifted it at the beam and then put the jack stand slightly towards the front of the car - where there are rail looking things under the body.
Originally posted by rmb
Thanks... I've got the Stillen RSB though which is right smack behind and a little below the rear beam.... I don't think I'd want to jack on that... lol...
Anywhere else in the rear?
Thanks
-RMB
Thanks... I've got the Stillen RSB though which is right smack behind and a little below the rear beam.... I don't think I'd want to jack on that... lol...
Anywhere else in the rear?
Thanks
-RMB
#10
Re: Re: Re: Re: Help! with jacking / floorstand points
Originally posted by Big_Ham
nah I like them the way they are, besides your posts help everyone...
"Glad I was able to achieve my goal. By the way, next time, post your response outside the QUOTE markers".
nah I like them the way they are, besides your posts help everyone...
"Glad I was able to achieve my goal. By the way, next time, post your response outside the QUOTE markers".
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