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Originally Posted by tRidiot (Post 3878093)

No, I have a set of jackstands from... AutoZone, I think. I've been using them for years, and they seem to be fine.

I'm curious... did you document this sheared pin and share it with HF? Man, that sounds horrific!

As for mine, they have a pin that goes through the lift arm (I don't really know what you call these things) and I don't think are subject to the type of failure you are describing. The system I have is like this:

https://www.fleetfarm.com/images/pro...001564/l/1.jpg

The rods that go through are solid steel, probably a half inch thick or more. I have had my Tahoe up on them numerous times without issue. I will always be extremely careful under my Z, though.

Yeah your system wont fail like mine. You have a straight pin system.

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3878098)

Yeah your system wont fail like mine. You have a straight pin system.

I do agree that anything could fail, though. I mean the welds or something on mine could break, too. It's always a risk climbing under a car. One of these days, I'd like to build a new home and put a full-on real lift in it. I've got a friend with a nice 2-post lift (we did all the suspension in my Tahoe on it), but he's about 45 minutes away. :shakes head: