Jacking safety question, urgent (in the middle of my suspension...)
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Jacking safety question, urgent (in the middle of my suspension...)
I was hoping to swap the front tires for the back and vice versa (directional tires), and the easiest way that I can think about doing this is jacking the whole car up with four stands.
I did this when I did my brakes, and worked fine, but for some reason today it looks unsafe to do, as if the car would tip if I now tried to jack the front end up and place stands under with the rear ALREADY on stands. I'm using the factory stand points, and the rear stands look very "forward" (in relation to the front of the car) sitting in this position.
Is it safe to jack the front up at this point, with the rear already in the air, and the tires off, and place stands under both the front and rear of the car at the same time?
For now I'll leave the front on the ground and do my rear suspension for now, but the quicker response the better. Thanks.
(For clarification: the rear factory stand points look as if the "pivot" point of the car (when jacking up the front end) will be too far forward, and the car would have a tendency to fall back on it's back bumper. Obviously, I would rather swallow my pride and ask now before you see a thread entitled "my car fell to the ground while jacking it up". You get the picture)
I did this when I did my brakes, and worked fine, but for some reason today it looks unsafe to do, as if the car would tip if I now tried to jack the front end up and place stands under with the rear ALREADY on stands. I'm using the factory stand points, and the rear stands look very "forward" (in relation to the front of the car) sitting in this position.
Is it safe to jack the front up at this point, with the rear already in the air, and the tires off, and place stands under both the front and rear of the car at the same time?
For now I'll leave the front on the ground and do my rear suspension for now, but the quicker response the better. Thanks.
(For clarification: the rear factory stand points look as if the "pivot" point of the car (when jacking up the front end) will be too far forward, and the car would have a tendency to fall back on it's back bumper. Obviously, I would rather swallow my pride and ask now before you see a thread entitled "my car fell to the ground while jacking it up". You get the picture)
Do you have the wheels on? If you are going to use four stands and are worried about it, leave all the wheels on at first. Once you have the car jacked up with stands then rotate the tires.
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