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Please re-comment on my jackstand setup

If I owned those, I would install them rotated 90deg. That should supply extra support. P.S., when under, i always put another pair (without load) for the "just in case"

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Old 05-17-2010, 10:31 PM   #16 (permalink)
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If I owned those, I would install them rotated 90deg. That should supply extra support.

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when under, i always put another pair (without load) for the "just in case"
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Old 05-18-2010, 12:38 AM   #17 (permalink)
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The wood is fine. You could put 10 cars on those blocks you've made. As stated earlier the only other likely danger is a sideways load causing the blocks to tip, but that would probably take a substantial hit, like another car bumping into it. Of course if that were to happen you'd be screwed no matter what you did to the stands.

Less likely dangers include: Earthquake, flood, volcanos, tornados, hurricanes, plague, asteroid or meteor, alien abduction, and spontaneous human combustion.

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I think the only thing I'd be worried about is side to side play in those stands.. have you given the car a good shake from the side? does it wobble any? if not I'd say you are ok.

Only thing though.. much did you spend on wood? I've got these jackstands (3 ton high lift ones) and its plenty high enough to get my big *** under the car.. 25 bux a pair.
The car is rock solid in side to side movement (or any movement for that matter, they don't budge) but it was solid on the Torin's too. I actually bought a pair of those Sears stands last Friday night but when I got them home and out of the box it turned out the tops did not have the little pinch rail groove as depicted in the picture so I took them back. Ultimately I would not have kept them anyway because I didn't want to put the that much load on such a small area of the pinch rail though I know many here do so with no issues. Spreading the load out made sense to me and over-building the stands put me back in my comfort zone. Plus I like the challenge of straight forward work even though it was time consuming.

The wood was not expensive and I already had a chunk of rough planed maple that just needed a few cuts to be ready for the tops. I should have put a 1/8 piece of plate steel on top b/f the hard rubber top insure the maple did not split but I don't think its an issue.

Tonight I felt very comfortable taking the muffler off the car. I removed the four nuts attaching it to the forward tubes, loosened the seven hangar bolts, put my jack underneath the muffler then took the hangar bolts all the way out and lowered the whole assembly. It went very smoothly.

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Yeah. Pay attention to the wood. A little abrupt lowering of the car could split the wood though your rubber may absorb the impact.

Btw, I have used wood to supplement the height of my jackstands. I need the extra lift when dropping the engine and tranny of my other car.

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Why not ramps?
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ramps are not the jack-of-all trades.

1. Not high enough.
2. Can't use on suspension work.
3. slippin 'n slid'n
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