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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 02:04 AM
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Question Where do you put your jack stands?

Just curious, I know you lift the front of the car by placing a jack under the crossmember and you lift the rear by using the rear axle housing. My question is where do you put the jack stands?
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I dont use em..I use those roll up onto ramps...Well, used to, now that I work at a stealership, I just use the lift.
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for the front I put jackstand under the A-arm mount and for the rear i put it right under the control arm mount on the chassis, not axle. i dont jack it from the crossmember and i dont jack it from the rear. theres little lips on the sides that youre supposed to jack from.
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Originally Posted by Sincere
I dont use em..I use those roll up onto ramps....
I didnt think people still used those.
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I didnt think people still used those.
I can't find any ramps I can use with out scraping the nose.
Old Apr 11, 2005 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockford Fosgate Fan
I can't find any ramps I can use with out scraping the nose.
I would never use them anyway. I have heard way too many bad things about them
Old Apr 11, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
for the front I put jackstand under the A-arm mount and for the rear i put it right under the control arm mount on the chassis, not axle. i dont jack it from the crossmember and i dont jack it from the rear. theres little lips on the sides that youre supposed to jack from.
Where exactly are these lips? My Chilton manuals tells me to jack from those two points and menitions nothing about lips.
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Dont use them
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lemme take some pics...
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k heres the pics
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under the pinch weld is ok, as is under suspension components ramps are fine unless your pulling tires
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My subframe connectors came in handy today, they make a great place to put jackstands.
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Originally Posted by archemedes
ramps are fine unless your pulling tires
No way!
Old Apr 12, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by XJonesyX
No way!
I've never seen a ramp fail have seen jack stands fail
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