[DMCForum] Re: How to safely lift the car onto 4 jack stands

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Holy shit, my wort fear ever working on a car lifted with 
jackstands, and you experienced it. How did the car manage to 
sustain NO damage after slamming onto the ground? The flimsy front 
ground effects would have crushed, and smashed the radiator in the 
process. Let alone maybe going into the cooling fans. WoW.  

Using extreme caution if lifting that high using jackstands, only 
lift a few 1-2 at a time between the front & back to minimuze the 
shift. Especially on a slope. And even as an extra precaution, I 
would use 6 stands, two additional in the front just so it wouldn't 
be so prone to just tilt forward. And use the jack as well, with the 
wheels chocked. True hilbilly style I might add, me being from WVa 
originally. But it can be done if very careful. But still, I 
wouldn't do it that way. I'd pay to use a lift somewhere if I didn't 
have access to one.


Best of luck, and you might want to doubly check for hidden damage, 
beyond cosmetic. Any pictures of the car crashed down like that?

Best of luck Ryan,

Joe





--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> wrote:
> Yesterday I had the car ~18" off the ground, sitting on four 2 ton
> jack stands. Took the tranny out, no problem, but I realized that 
if I
> was going to put it back in (with an appropriate transmission jack)
> I'd need a little more room, and my jack stands were fully 
extended.
> 
> So I bought four new jack stands. 6 ton rated "Powerbuilt" from
> Schuck's that can go up to ~24". I used my jack to lift the rear of
> the car another ~3-4" to begin putting the larger stands in place, 
at
> which time something bad happened: The car began moving toward me. 
I
> can only guess the wheels of the jack allowed it to roll and/or the
> front jack stands failed, because the front of the car came 
crashing down.
> 
> Quick survey, no damage to the car, although the stands are toast.
> Thank God I wasn't under there. Stands were Wal-Mart cheapies, I 
can't
> help but wonder if that contributed to the problem.
> 
> Pull out the angle meter, survey says my garge floor is a 0.75 to 1
> degree slope in the direction the car moved. Damn.
> 
> Now what do I do? I have the car back up on four stands, about 15" 
at
> this point, transmission sitting next to it. I am hesitant to try 
to
> get it any higher. Should I go an inch or two at a time, 
alternating
> front and back? Is this simply too dangerous? Jack stands say not 
to
> support a car on four of them...

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