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Where to use floor jack and jack stands?

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#1 ·
Anyone have some insight where the best/proper places to lift and place jack stands are?

Thanks!!!
 
#5 · (Edited)
I feel your pain on these jack stands! I had my car on jack stands for a week with no problems. Under the car there's the pinch weld, you can use that spot but its not my favorite spot for jack stands.

If you look around the pinch weld area there's a flat square spot on the frame. It is not painted with the underbody spray. This is where the car sat on the rack when it was being built. Using those 4 locations on the car, 1 on each of the wheel made my car hold up fine.

Let me know if you need any more input and I'll see if I can snag a picture.

Here's a picture:

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#9 ·
I lift up 1 side at a time, front first since its the heaviest then the rear. Its probably dangerous to do so but I'm using a floor jack not the stocker. I'd recommend that rather than front then rear so when you're taking the wheels off, the trans axle in the front (when in gear) will prevent unwanted spinning. The e-brake will hold the rears no problem.
 
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This thread reminded me of this pic :D:



All joking aside, I typically only use jack stands while working on or under my "hobby cars" ... my Alfa sat on jacks for several years (while I worked on other projects) without issue:




For oil changes on my daily drivers, I drive onto a pair of homemade ramps at the bottom of my driveway ... the incline of my driveway is perfect for oil changes ... all the oil drains out of the engine ... and runs right into the gutter and into a storm drain (that flows to the bay) ... just kidding, I of course drain my used oil into a California-EPA approved Hazardous Waste portable container (so it can be recycled).

For tire rotation on my daily drivers, I just go to my local AMERICA'S TIRE store (called "DISCOUNT TIRE" in other parts of the country) ... they know me there and will rotate my tires for free (even on my Dart which still has the factory tires/wheels).
 
#12 ·
probably runs into the water behind Pete's ranch!!! LOL
 
#15 ·
That's the spot I used. I actually just left it on the jack because I didn't want to put pressure anywhere when I wasn't sure. I jacked it up, drained the oil, lowered it so it was level and the rest of the oil would come out, jacked it back up, put the plug in, lowered it, and filled it. lol
 
#25 ·
I can't thank you enough for those pictures. Coupled with my $10.00Black Friday floor jack from Pep Boys I rotated the tires without thinking about going through the floor. had a flashback of my '69 Dart Swinger going into a pothole and ripping the torsion bar (remember torsion bars?) clear through the frame. Simply brilliant catch about the undercoating not being on those spots. Won't find that in a Mopar manual.
 
#28 ·
I jacked mine up and lowered it down onto railroad ties, 4 separate pieces of them when I did my calipers. In some nice solid spots lol
 
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