Jack stand position

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Jack stand position

Post by hvm5 » Mon May 11, 2015 2:01 pm

If I jack up the rear of the car to remove a wheel, where is the best place to place a jack stand? The pinch welds are too deep, and obviously the jacking point will have the trolley jack under it.

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Re: Jack stand position

Post by boombastik » Mon May 11, 2015 2:09 pm

I would place it under the suspension arm nearest to the inside bolt of the chassis or if you put the jack under the diff you can jack up both back wheels at the same time

I would never put a stand under the jacking point
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Re: Jack stand position

Post by MikeFish » Mon May 11, 2015 2:25 pm

There is a nice picture online somewhere showing all the jacking / support positions.

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Re: Jack stand position

Post by hvm5 » Mon May 11, 2015 3:56 pm

boombastik wrote:I would place it under the suspension arm nearest to the inside bolt of the chassis or if you put the jack under the diff you can jack up both back wheels at the same time

I would never put a stand under the jacking point
why?

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Re: Jack stand position

Post by MB2 » Mon May 11, 2015 4:02 pm

I put them under the wishbones - there was a fairly obvious point once the car was jacked up & the wheel gone. It was fine and very stable there for a week when I had my wheels re-furbished.

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Re: Jack stand position

Post by hvm5 » Mon May 11, 2015 5:05 pm

I found a place, just infront of the rear wheel but further in near the centre of the car. Dunno what it was, but it was black steel with a hole in it and it was solid and flat, so it seemed to make sense.

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Re: Jack stand position

Post by Spectre » Mon May 11, 2015 7:29 pm

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