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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Best way to do tire rotation with two jack stands and jack? | 51Relevance | 5 years ago | tylzhang | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| With only two jacks, you could jack up one side, swap tires front to back and repeat for otherside. Seems solid but tires stay on the same side. What about jacking up front, two stands in the front, and then just using the jack on the rear? No one is under the car with just a rotation, but is it recommended? | |||||
| Jack Stands recommendations | 50Relevance | 5 years ago | Zwolf | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| In my research to find good jack stands I came across Pro Lift but, when I go to their website I noticed a cancer warning there: do you know anything about this? also, can you recommend a good make for jack stands? I liked that these Pro Lift's have a double pin for extra security. thank you! | |||||
| Answer to: Save a life or ten Scotty; jacking safety | 49Relevance | 5 years ago | Tech 808 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Honestly. There are many steps to ensuring the car is stable before crawling under. But ensure the car does not shift/roll. I always use more than the recommended jack stands, at least 4 to 8 if it half or all the way off the ground, I'll also lift the jack again so it's touching the lift point once the vehicle is rested on the stands. So basically at the least, my vehicle is always supported by 2 stands with 2 more stands tightly positioned as well as the jack supporting as another fail safe. It's not meant for this kind of work, but RV jacks that ascend v ... | |||||
| First time tire rotation | 49Relevance | 4 years ago | jediknightkhan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi Scotty and Friends, Toyota Camry 2020 LE, ~45500, doing my first tire rotation. I read the instructions and know which socket and what torque and the front wheels go back and vice versa; however, I'm not sure how to jack it up. I figure since it's just moving the wheels from front to back, just jack up the side but there's no middle point to jack it from. And yeah, I mean to jack it up and put jack stands in their proper places. Should I jack a front corner, put a stand there, then jack the back corner, and put a stand there, and then repeat on the other ... | |||||
| How to safely jack up a car with rusted out jacking points? | 46Relevance | 4 years ago | PPineault91 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Good afternoon, I have a question about how to safely jack up my 2008 mazda 3. The car's undercarriage is quite rusted and whenever I try to jack it up on the pinch joints, it sounds like the metal is going to give way ( it already did this once on the drivers side ). I do not have a low profile jack to reach the cross member in the front. On what parts can I safely jack up my vehicle and then place the jack stands on? Thank you. | |||||
| RE: Harbor Freight Tools Floor Jack and Stands | 44Relevance | 5 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Yeah, doesn't instill much confidence. I have Harbor Freight floor jacks and they've been great but do not trust their jack stands. (I have some nice old-school heavy-duty Made-in-USA stands like you sometimes see Scotty using. Even with those I always make sure there is backup support before crawling under there.) | |||||
| Answer to: Jack Stands... | 44Relevance | 5 years ago | jimz | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Did you try to read the Warning? Seems "The Warning" on items is required by California Law. I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn but I think a cancer warning on jack stands is bullsnot. I think I would watch for more dangerous things such as pinched fingers instead of cancer because it might have cancer causing agents in the paint. Sometimes warnings can go too far. If you like those stands then get them. If you run from everything with a cancer warning you will never stop running. | |||||
| Answer to: How to jack up car on crossmember | 44Relevance | 2 years ago | scottykilmer | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Okay well that depends on the design of your car. Most cars today have jack points on the side where there's two little notches on each side in the front and then in the back and that's where you put a jack. But any solid metal part can be used to jack up the car. If you see where there are giant bolts such as where control arms bolt to the frame of the car you can jack up cars there that's a strong point too. Now some really fancy cars have actual round jack points with rubber and metal and you jack them up there you got to really check for your model if yo ... | |||||
| Answer to: USING the SCISSOR Jack to jack up the car??? | 44Relevance | 2 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I don't know what a "tiktoker" is (someone who tokes tics?), but if you can get enough lift with the scissor jack to get the jack stands where they need to go I don't see where it would be a problem. A hydraulic jack is a heck of a lot easier to use though, ramps easier yet. | |||||
| Answer to: Door handle, oil pan gasket | 47Relevance | 2 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Usually jack stands come in 3 or 6 ton capacities. The 6 ton are taller so you'd have to raise the car higher to accommodate them. Be sure to use good quality jack stands and have a secondary support in place just in case. If you don't need to take the wheels off ramps might be a better choice, but that car's nose is probably pretty close to the ground and it may be challenging to find ramps that will work with it. Likewise you're going to need a low-profile jack, and a high-lift one, especially to use 6 ton jackstands. FYI, when posting please do not repea ... | |||||
| Mazda 3 GS sport 4 doors sedan, 2021 brand new | 45Relevance | 5 years ago | Andylee | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello Scotty, I have been watching your videos on youtube and learning a lot. Mazda 3 GS sport 4 doors sedan, 2021 brand new. I am just wondering what is the best and safest way to jack the vehicle up? Does it do any damage if I only lift the rear end of the vehicle and leave the front end on the ground. I am changing tires from all season to winter tires. I live in Canada and it could get pretty cold (-30 to -40). Do I need to jack up the vehicle completely and place all 4 jack stands underneath? Right now, I only have 2 jack stands. I am worry if I jack ... | |||||
| AWD tire spin on jack stands | 44Relevance | 5 years ago | Jackson | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... I took the caliper apart and tried to spin and press the piston back in place -- it was super tight, but eventually, after a few times seemed to free up. When the car is on jack stands, with tires on, I spun the tires and the right one seemed to have a bit more drag than the left one. And they didn't spin as freely as I would expect. Is that common on AWD cars? Should I have put it into neutral to test the spin of the rear tires? At the time.. I just left the car in park and turned the tires as best I could. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. ... | |||||
| Answer to: Jack stand point | 44Relevance | 5 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| When you jack it up, try to do it so that you can get a jack stand right beside the jack so it's in the same area. The jack point along the side rail on the pinch weld near the tires is usually several inches wide. This will work if you position the floor jack correctly. It's usually no problem if you use a scissor jack that came with the car. You can also use almost any piece of metal that looks beefy or carries significant loads when the car is driving -don't use control arms or other suspension components themselves, unless specifically stated in the ... | |||||
| Answer to: Jack Stands | 42Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| If it's one stand, yes, but not so that if the jack fails the car tips. Two jack stands are plenty. And always chock the wheels. | |||||