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

["Scott Mueller" <scott.a.mueller@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use large blocks of wood to set my car on.

I laminated 2" stock into 12x12x12 cubes.

I found this to be a very stable way of supporting my car.

Some people use ramps under the wheels to support the car.

You are correct though, what you are doing is very dangerous.

Be careful.

Your mileage will vary.

Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: ryanpwright [mailto:yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:21 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DMCForum] How to safely lift the car onto 4 jack stands



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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