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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 11:58 AM
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Proper jack procedure

Allright... I know how and where to jack my car. That's not the point. I'll most likely be bleeding my brakes this weekend and I need somebody to press on the brake pedal. That involves having somebody sitting in the car will the car is jacked. That's where my face comes into play.

Is it safe to have someone sitting in the car while only 2 wheels are off the ground(front 2 wheels/rear 2 wheels)? Or is it mandatory to have all 4 wheels up and the car sitting on 4 stands?
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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lol, why dont you just have the door open and push it with your hand
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lunchb0x
lol, why dont you just have the door open and push it with your hand
Because my g/f is the one who will be pushing on it. That's why
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:17 PM
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^^^Have you tried continously pressing up and down on the brake pedal with your hand before??? Didn't think so...Not an easy task.

I'd say it'd be fine, but you should really get some jack stands...
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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I'd say it'd be fine, but you should really get some jack stands...
I do have Jack stand. I'm just wondering if I can have someone in the car, if the car is sitting on 2 stands(front or rear wheels up), or if it's mandatory to have all 4 wheels up in the air.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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okay, this is what you do.
Pull the hand brake up. Position jack in front of the car and lift along the safety bar that' runs across the transmission. lift there and get both wheels in the air. don't worry about the car moving or anything. This is the safest location to jack up the car and it'll save you alot of time. You girlfriend can even sit and get out of the car w/o you having to worry about the car falling or anything.

Hint:: Make sure you lift the car on a flat surface:::

U can get the jackstands and stick them in there so you could remove the jack itself. but it's not really necessary.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:23 PM
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It will be fine, just make sure you use jack stands and chalk the wheels that are on the ground (a couple of Peices of 2X4 works)
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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oh your post came in right before i posted the above one. No it's not necessary to have all wheels in the air. Do the front first then move to the back.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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thank you guys.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:31 PM
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welcs!
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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Well, Ive sat in the car and did that while only two wheels were on the ground...no problems for me...
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 06:30 AM
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I decided to finish removing the paint off my wheels the same day, so I finnaly went with the 4 point lift. The procedure was a breeze.

For those who don't already know, here are the proper jack points for your Lancer.
Attached Thumbnails Proper jack procedure-jackpoints_blaze_125.jpg  

Last edited by blaze_125; Apr 24, 2006 at 07:52 AM.
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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i have a question, but decided not to start a new thread.
if i where do i put the jack when jacking up on side of the car. i put jack stands onto the place where its supposed to go, so i cant put the jack there
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Originally Posted by Wallesasuaz
oh your post came in right before i posted the above one. No it's not necessary to have all wheels in the air. Do the front first then move to the back.
nope. you want to start with the brake furthest from the master cylinder. That would make it the rear passenger. then rear driver, then front passenger, and finally front drivers brake.
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Originally Posted by blaze_125
I decided to finish removing the paint off my wheels the same day, so I finnaly went with the 4 point lift. The procedure was a breeze.

For those who don't already know, here are the proper jack points for your Lancer.
Thanks for the diagram, but the jack point with the big red X won't work for our cars because we don't have AWD. What jacking point are you guys using to lift the rear of the car before you slide in the jack stands?
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