Jacking Points with a Floor Jack
Originally Posted by tsi90awd
It takes about 3-10 minutes to take off the cover (depending on how many times you've done it!). The problem is that the fasteners were not designed to be reused very much. Unless you are really careful, the fasteners get destroyed after you have taken the cover off a couple of times, then need to be replaced. If they get damaged and are reused, the cover can be loose and rattle (took me days to track down that stupid rattle.)
One of these days I'm going to look into getting reusable metal fasteners for that cover.
One of these days I'm going to look into getting reusable metal fasteners for that cover.
and thanks for the replies guys!
Do a search, plenty of info here. I found a diagram on here showing the jack points.
The front lift point is under the front access cover. If you take that plastic cover off, there is a tow hook and a very sturdy place for your floor jack. The rear is under the diff. Jackstands could go under the jacking points as shown in the owners manual. I use jackstand with hockey pugs to protect the metal, but someone here also has a link to special nylon covers with groves cut into them that fit over the jackstands.
The front lift point is under the front access cover. If you take that plastic cover off, there is a tow hook and a very sturdy place for your floor jack. The rear is under the diff. Jackstands could go under the jacking points as shown in the owners manual. I use jackstand with hockey pugs to protect the metal, but someone here also has a link to special nylon covers with groves cut into them that fit over the jackstands.
Since I use my scissor jack to raise my car high enough to take the under cover off to reach the front jacking point, I did not want to bend the ledge that runs under the car along the side.
After thinking about this for a while, I decided to find a set of jackstands with enough material for me to cut away a slot in without sacrficing too much structural integrity. I left enough material in the center to match the thickness of the side. Hopefully it won't start deforming on me. I'll be keeping an eye on it for stress fractures.
This was a set of SUV jackstands BTW.
After thinking about this for a while, I decided to find a set of jackstands with enough material for me to cut away a slot in without sacrficing too much structural integrity. I left enough material in the center to match the thickness of the side. Hopefully it won't start deforming on me. I'll be keeping an eye on it for stress fractures.
This was a set of SUV jackstands BTW.
I was wondering if anyone had the part number for the "jacking block" from JC Whitney. I searched their site for quite a while, with no luck. Currently Im using the hocky puck sliced in half method, but I would prefer the jack block. Thanks
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here's a floor jack adapter from eastwood - $22
http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...ProductID=2061
http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...ProductID=2061
Originally Posted by marksae
Since I use my scissor jack to raise my car high enough to take the under cover off to reach the front jacking point, I did not want to bend the ledge that runs under the car along the side.
After thinking about this for a while, I decided to find a set of jackstands with enough material for me to cut away a slot in without sacrficing too much structural integrity. I left enough material in the center to match the thickness of the side. Hopefully it won't start deforming on me. I'll be keeping an eye on it for stress fractures.
This was a set of SUV jackstands BTW.
After thinking about this for a while, I decided to find a set of jackstands with enough material for me to cut away a slot in without sacrficing too much structural integrity. I left enough material in the center to match the thickness of the side. Hopefully it won't start deforming on me. I'll be keeping an eye on it for stress fractures.
This was a set of SUV jackstands BTW.
I bought the JC Whitney one, but I can't seem to find the part number anywhere. (I got it off this site a couple years back). It was only $7 or so, and works great to lift at the side seams w/out any scratching at all. I use it when jacking from underneath also (under a suspension knuckle or whatnot) to keep form scratching any of that nice aluminum. 
