Jack stand support points on frame rail?
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Jack stand support points on frame rail?
All the literature says to support the car from the tabs along the rocker panels.
I have always worried about these tabs, as on other cars they always seem to bend over at some point.
I lifted the car for the first time today to do an oil change and used the main frame rails as support points for the front of the car after raising the car on rhino ramps.
Is there any reason not to use these rails?, i.e. the car wont balance well??????
I have always worried about these tabs, as on other cars they always seem to bend over at some point.
I lifted the car for the first time today to do an oil change and used the main frame rails as support points for the front of the car after raising the car on rhino ramps.
Is there any reason not to use these rails?, i.e. the car wont balance well??????
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Originally Posted by slipper,Dec 16 2007, 01:54 PM
DO NOT use the frame rails. They'll just cave in.
Also, it is impossible to place a jackstand under the front tab when you need to use the jack itself to elevate the car from the same tab. Using the rear jacking tab doesn't get the car up high enough to slide a stand underneath the front with most jacks......unless you have a nice/fancy aluminum jack.
AND
For the rear, I prefer to use the rear sub-frame (i.e. tubular steel sections running parallel to the exhaust. The notch in most jackstands fits the shape of the round steel frame tubing perfectly and allows you to jack up the car with the tabs and slide a jackstand for support without them interfering with one another.
Words of experience,
Hockey