nomoreS4 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'm surprised nobody has suggested just using cinder blocks. HA HA. Here's my cinder block story (30 years ago); I jacked up my VW van and rested it on a cinder block, and proceeded to work underneath it for some time. I needed a tool that was in the house, walked in to get it, and just about when I entered the house I heard a big CRASH...I looked and the cinder block collapsed and the van crashed to the the ground. If I was still underneath it then, I wouldn't be writing this now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I can't get my floor jack in far enough to grab the center lift point behind the plastic skid plate in the front of the car so I have to jack up one side at a time and put the jack stands in. Its a pain in the butt. +1 I always struggle with this, too, especially since you can't fit both the jack and the jackstand next to each other at the jacking point. I wanna put the jack stand right at the jacking point on the hem flange, so that means the jack needs to be somewhere else. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. In other words: SEARCH before you post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gitster Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I jack mine up by the tires .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gitster Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Oh and how come nobodys pulled out the "SEARCH N00B !!!!" ?? Im just not that guy ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfish11 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Here's my cinder block story (30 years ago); I jacked up my VW van and rested it on a cinder block, and proceeded to work underneath it for some time. I needed a tool that was in the house, walked in to get it, and just about when I entered the house I heard a big CRASH...I looked and the cinder block collapsed and the van crashed to the the ground. If I was still underneath it then, I wouldn't be writing this now... thats messed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeTrout Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Jeez, come on, if you're using jack stands, putting it up using the rear diff is not going to wreck the car. It's probably less damaging than the torsion you're putting on the frame by putting one corner up 18" higher than the rest. Ich bin echt viel netter, wenn ich nuechtern bin. Echt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakoko Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I got the huge Craftsman Jack so no problem jacking up using the rear differential and the front crossmember and put the car up on 4 jack stands at the sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownBoy Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Kind of a skew from the topic at hand, but anyone have any good links to servicing a Craftsman floor jack? Mine definitely is showing signs of needing to be serviced... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 you jack it too much My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 BrownBoy...this is all I got with my Sears (not Craftsman) branded floor jack from the early '90s: It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkV Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Good thread. I was stationed in Korea for a year and stored my ole '98 on jack stands for a year and used the rear diff and used the wrong point up front and bent something under there and then decided to take the car to Subaru and have someone mo better trained than I show me where to do it. That worked. I'm surprised nobody has suggested just using cinder blocks. HA HA. i've been known to use tree stumps....work like a charm:cool: I've Crashed My ROFLChopper into a LOLCanOhttp://legacygt.com/forums/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=16939&dateline=1230531251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowsports Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Put mine up yesterday using a 2x4 on the front frame cross member just behind the skid plate. Used another 2x4 directly on the rear diff. and placed jack stands at all 4 sides. While it might be OK, I did not like seeing the eye-beam bushings on the rear end so stretched. I actually thought I tore them, but realized later they have lateral holes (for lack of a better word) above and below the bolts securing the reaf diff. What about using the cross member just in front of the rear diff? It looks almost identical to the one on the front. It looked pretty solid to me, but I thought it best to go with what others here recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramall2 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Rear: Not sure but...I've been jacking my rear up multiple times for a couple years using the rear differential with no issues (I use jack stands of course once it's jacked up). Front Tip: Now that my car is slightly lowered with coilovers, I just use real low ramps (not just a board), drive up on them, then I have lots of clearance to jack the front up. The ramps enable me also to throw on a couple extra 2x4s on the floor jack as I like the car high (I have extra tall jack stands) so I have room to work. Question: On a side note, for the front, you guys jack at the "pad" looking part that has a bolt hole in it, right, not the frame looking cross-members? I think someone posted the actual pic from the subie tech manuals a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowsports Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 You mean these??? http://legacygt.com/forums/attachmen...7&d=1118374928 http://legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7488&d=1118374928 Kinda hard to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramall2 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yep...seemed to show the "pad" that has the bolt hole in it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hate to bring this up again, but I'm still confused by the front crossmember. Is it the piece under the engine that connects the A-Arms, or is it the piece that seems to sit under the transmission? If it's the A-Arm, then the RalliTek skid plate is blocking it... Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramall2 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 The bolt for the skid plate goes right in the middle of it...hence why I made wood piece for my jack with a hole in it so the bolt goes into the hole, the wood contacts my skid plate which in turn contacts the brace. Make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilh Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 It is not the piece under the transmission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Perfect, thanks Caramall2 and ilh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo08816 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I find the tie rods a suitable place. LMAO. What about underneath the floor plans...like right underneath your seat? ...I've seen this epic fail on an RSX forum. Some guy put a hole in the bottom of his car. He had to have it welded back together and his car was now "salvage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo08816 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I can't get my floor jack in far enough to grab the center lift point behind the plastic skid plate in the front of the car so I have to jack up one side at a time and put the jack stands in. Its a pain in the butt. Same here. I'm still not exactly sure where the front jack point is. You can barely see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustangendsley Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 screw it, just put in the rally racing side slots. jack one side up, slide them in, same on the other side and the car could sit there for ever. I jack mine up from the rear diff and it hasn't caused a problem ever. my 97 ob sport samething and no problem. go to a nascar race and in the back shopes they do the samething, jack on rear diff and up she goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdadi Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Front middle jacking point http://www.porcupine73.com/pics/jack/jack-up-plate-1.jpg The rear mid Jacking point http://www.porcupine73.com/pics/jack/rearjacking1.jpg Jack stands http://www.porcupine73.com/pics/jack/jackstands2.jpg Jacked up http://www.porcupine73.com/pics/jack/jacked1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 2 stands per corner... paranoid much? My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 ahh i'm glad i found this. usually i use ramps so i can get under the car. since there is a pos tahoe using them, i'm forced to use the crappy jack to change my transmission oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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