Using Jack Stand...where to contact point?

zefaulter · 12-16-2014, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidZ370

is your contact point the subframe, and also are the side jacks on the black plastic? I am yet to jack the car, ive been ramping it all this time

You'll notice there is a small nipple in the center, under the engine. That's the spot you're looking for. I always leave my jack there as a fail-safe

JARblue · 12-17-2014, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Limeybastard

Stolen from another forum.
I have not seen these lift points used before?

Is that a 370Z? I think those are essentially the same lift points used in a photo earlier in this thread. I used the photo below.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidZ370

is your contact point the subframe, and also are the side jacks on the black plastic? I am yet to jack the car, ive been ramping it all this time

Quote:

Originally Posted by zefaulter

You'll notice there is a small nipple in the center, under the engine. That's the spot you're looking for. I always leave my jack there as a fail-safe

In the attached pic, I marked the nipple zfaulter is referring to with a red circle. As he notes, that's the sweet spot. As for the jacks, it looks like he is also using subframe. I have marked these locations with a blue box in the pic. I have used these when I've worked on other people's cars with aftermarket side skirts that got in the way of my normal pinch rail jack stand location.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnaught

Also guys, if you don't have hockey pucks or something of that nature to go on your jack...don't worry. It won't hurt the pinch welds/rails once you start jacking your car up.

It may bend some though. The lift that Austin Z Clinic uses has bent mine just a bit. No big deal

cab83_750 · 12-18-2014, 01:51 AM

I have magnetic multi-purpose jack pads. One side is magnetic and the other side has a slit. I use the magnetic side to quickly and precisely attach the pad onto the car/engine frame. The slit side is used for the seam-weld jackpoint, is not magnetic, but it secures it to the jack.

I even use them as magnetic trays to hold nuts, bolts, etc. when working on the car. To store them, I attach them to the jack --- this made me not lose my pads as often.

Limeybastard · 12-31-2014, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidZ370

is your contact point the subframe, and also are the side jacks on the black plastic? I am yet to jack the car, ive been ramping it all this time

David. I use the stock front lift point to raise car via trolly jack and jack puck. And also the subframe to rest the car on via the jack stands. I just took some pics and highleted area for you to see clearer. uploadfromtaptalk1420060346417.jpg uploadfromtaptalk1420060346417.jpg uploadfromtaptalk1420060346417.jpg

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EDIT .

Basically the last image JARBLUE posted is what I use. The blue area is where I use for the jackstand and the red circle area is what I use the trolly jack to raise vehicle.

Limeybastard · 12-31-2014, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Limeybastard

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David. I use the stock front lift point to raise car via trolly jack and jack puck. And also the subframe to rest the car on via the jack stands. I just took some pics and highleted area for you to see clearer. Attachment 98676 Attachment 98676 Attachment 98676

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EDIT .

Basically the last image JARBLUE posted is what I use. The blue area is where I use for the jackstand and the red circle area is what I use the trolly jack to raise vehicle.

Basically the last image JARBLUE posted is what I use. The blue area is where I use for the jackstand and the red circle area is what I use the trolly jack to raise vehicle

Bad Boy · 09-29-2014, 02:59 PM

I just bought a floor jack and two pairs of jack stands to do my transmission and gear oil.
For the jack stands it says that I need to bend in the little metal tabs? I dont see that done in any of these pictures... Is it safe to leave the tabs alone? because then how will I unbend them to lower back down?

Also, is it safe in general to have the car lifted on 4 jack stands while I do my work?

LV 370z · 12-16-2014, 08:05 PM

The tabs you're referring to are just a retaining tab to keep the jack stand shaft permanently in the stand after you initially assemble the 2 pieces together. That tab should only be bent inward enough to prevent the sliding porting of the jack stand from coming back out and falling out of the base. It also prevents you from accidentally over-extending the jack stand to an unsafe point where it would break sideways if you lowered your car onto it with the shaft almost completely out of the stand with no sidewall of the stand touching the shaft for lateral strength.

Bad Boy · 09-29-2014, 03:03 PM

and for the rear, the floor jack goes directly onto the differential? it wont break or bend anything important?

cooltoy · 01-23-2015, 09:50 AM

I'll leave this here for future reference.

Nissan 370Z Forum - Stino's Album: Floor Jack and 370Z Jack Stand Placement

Limeybastard · 01-26-2015, 10:05 AM

I just use the nice soft street hockey pucks. I think I posted a pick here or elsewhere.

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Zoren 370 · 01-26-2015, 10:08 AM

How about the one you used on top of your jack stands?
Where you got them?

Limeybastard · 01-26-2015, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoren 370

How about the one you used on top of your jack stands?
Where you got them?

Stupid tapa talk. ...

They are sold separately. I still use an old rag in between that and the car body.

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JARblue · 01-26-2015, 10:10 AM

I have some covers like that for my jack stands. I picked them up at Harbor Freight a week or two after I bought jack stands from the same. Dirt cheap

Zoren 370 · 01-26-2015, 10:11 AM

Cool I'll go there today. Weird i bought my stands over there and they never offered it to me.

JARblue · 01-26-2015, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoren 370

Cool I'll go there today. Weird i bought my stands over there and they never offered it to me.

Same here. I didn't even know about them until I saw them on sale in a email I received a few days after purchasing the jack stands.

FWIW, I have several sets of jack stands, and the covers only fit the Pittsburgh brand ones I bought from HF.

12-16-2014, 08:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
LV 370z Base Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1 Drives: 2015 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 11	The tabs you're referring to are just a retaining tab to keep the jack stand shaft permanently in the stand after you initially assemble the 2 pieces together. That tab should only be bent inward enough to prevent the sliding porting of the jack stand from coming back out and falling out of the base. It also prevents you from accidentally over-extending the jack stand to an unsafe point where it would break sideways if you lowered your car onto it with the shaft almost completely out of the stand with no sidewall of the stand touching the shaft for lateral strength. Last edited by LV 370z; 12-16-2014 at 08:13 PM.

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cooltoy Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Calgary Posts: 13,984 Drives: 14 PW 370Z S/T MT Rep Power: 243722	I'll leave this here for future reference. Nissan 370Z Forum - Stino's Album: Floor Jack and 370Z Jack Stand Placement Darth_Hazer likes this. __________________ Member of kenchan's "photoshopped mods" and "proper offsets" gang.

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JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	I have some covers like that for my jack stands. I picked them up at Harbor Freight a week or two after I bought jack stands from the same. Dirt cheap Zoren 370 likes this. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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Bad Boy Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Orlando Age: 34 Posts: 295 Drives: 370Z 6SPD Touring Rep Power: 11	I just bought a floor jack and two pairs of jack stands to do my transmission and gear oil. For the jack stands it says that I need to bend in the little metal tabs? I dont see that done in any of these pictures... Is it safe to leave the tabs alone? because then how will I unbend them to lower back down? Also, is it safe in general to have the car lifted on 4 jack stands while I do my work?

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Bad Boy Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Orlando Age: 34 Posts: 295 Drives: 370Z 6SPD Touring Rep Power: 11	and for the rear, the floor jack goes directly onto the differential? it wont break or bend anything important?

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Zoren 370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: FL Posts: 11,018 Drives: 11 Nissan 370 M6 Rep Power: 1913654	Cool I'll go there today. Weird i bought my stands over there and they never offered it to me.