always use jack stands AND backup!!

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#31

10-03-2007, 06:54 PM

Roadkillboy0

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RE: always use jack stands AND backup!!

i use tire ramps and chock the back wheels unless i need the whole car up in which i go to my dads shop and use his stand

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10-03-2007, 07:20 PM

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RE: always use jack stands AND backup!!

wow, sad. I v been thinking of putting some wood blocks under the car with the jackstands, now I will.

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10-03-2007, 07:36 PM

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RE: always use jack stands AND backup!!

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I use the same method everytime, jackstands, 2 hydrolic jacks on jacking points, wheels and tires, and if high enough ramps. I had a freind die in 98 when a car dropped on him.

where do you put the wheels?

under the sides toward the front wheel well but it largely depends on what I am working on. Now like my vette has "special jacking" methods because it is a convertable, has no frame, and the car tends to twist under abnormal stress. So I have to let the top down, crack open both doors, crack open the hood and trunk, and make sure it is on level ground