[Shotimes] Jackstand placement

[Donald Mallinson]

Since you are using the front jack area for use with the 
floor jack, I put the front stands where the rear of the 
engine cradle (subframe) mounts to the body.

On the back, with a nod to Ron Porter apparently having luck 
jacking on the rear H-box, I do NOT recommend that, with or 
without a block of wood.  Wood blocks can shift, and that 
rear section is pure thin sheet metal not intended to hold 
the car in that way.  Besides, to get a floor jack that far 
under, you don't have any room left to move the handle to 
jack up the car, bad place to lift from for more than one 
reason.

With the floor jack under the front jacking point, I can get 
the car up enough that I put stands under the back part 
where the rear suspension strut rod mounts to the body in 
front of the axle line.  Nice solid flat place to put a jack 
stand.

Then you can put a jack under the front and let the car down 
and it will be level.

Go to the other side and you can be up on four solid jack 
stands in a few minutes without crushing or bending the 
suspension mounting box under the middle of the car.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:
> Depends on which end??
> 
> I place them under the subframe where the front strut rods are for the
> front.
> 
> I put a block of wood on the jack, and jack by the H-section (unless you
> have an H-brace, then you don't need the wood) and I put the jackstands
> under the ends of the control arms on the rear knuckle.
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
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> Subject: [Shotimes] Jackstand placement
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> 
> This may be a overly-asked question but I don't feel like benchpressing my 
> SHO. Where do you place the jackstands?
> 
> Kent 91+ White MTX 150K
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