Perpetual Novice

I always like to get jackstands in before working under a car, but I'm having trouble finding good spots to put them, the jack is always in the way. Any tips?

ohbw

Sorry, it's raining on a Sunday afternoon. The CH-54 is probably over-engineering in this case. (But it would be a <i>handsome</i> stylish way to R&amp;R brake pads.)

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Perpetual Novice

<center><img src="http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/46200-46299/46299.gif"></center><p>at $1999 plus shipping, thats not too bad.

Always Overcharged

Dont trust the OEM jack-it is crap-ucse a fllor jack and stands under oem points

Perpetual Novice

when I use a floor jack at the factory point, its hard to get a jackstand there at the same point, so how do you do that?

Dan McBoost

I always place the jack stands on main sub frame points.

Always Overcharged

put a block of wood under the sill then raise the car to slip the stand under

jazbo123

I have the stands and a piece of 2X4 bearing a little weight on the sills, but leaving most of the weight on the jack at the OEM points. If, somehow, the jack(s) let go the stands would catch the car on the sills. At that point in time, were it to happen, you would not worry about your sills (and they'd probably be OK anyway).

Perpetual Novice

Thats what I want to do, but I can't figure out how to get the jackstand there when the floor jack is in the way.

Or are you using the floor jack at some other point , such as on the sill the way Always Overcharged suggests?