[Fot] jacking

[Charly Mitchel]

I use 2 floor jacks, I set one under the rear before I jack the front.  Jack
the front, set the jackstands in front then jack the rear and set the rear
jackstands on the rear bumper attachments.  If I don't do it this way, I
can't get the jack under the other end of the car once I start jacking.
This is for the TR6
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
To: "Steven Preiss" <spreiss at verizon.net>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] jacking


> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Steven Preiss wrote:
>
> > Geoff (et all)
> > I'd be happy to be able to raise the frame 20 inches off the floor with
just
> > two jackings. How do you do this?!
> > Steve P.
>
> I do it using a floor jack and 4 _three tonne_ jackstands. The larger
> jackstands allow you to raise the car a lot higher. The normal two tonne
> jackstands only go up to 18 inches of so but the three tonne ones go quite
> a bit higher.
>
> I got the 3-tonners for the truck, but figured out that they help get the
> car higher for some of the suspension work.
>
> regards,
> rml
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