Using Wheels As Jack Stands

Instead they provide a safe fixed support for a raised vehicle.

Using wheels as jack stands.

Projects steel wheels for jack stands. Don t lift it more than absolutely necessary. Pin type jack stands use locking pins to adjust the height while screw type jack stands use adjustable screws. Use jack stands when you work underneath your vehicle.

Jack stands may be the most overlooked safety equipment items in a diy garage. Chocks four one for each side of two wheels floor jack. Line up the divot on your jack stand with the part of the pinch point that extends down. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by chopped may 6 2014.

The pinch points are located on the sides of your vehicle behind your front tires or in front of your rear tires. People have been crushed to death when vehicles that were improperly secured fell on them. Make sure your vehicle is parked on a flat concrete surface and that the conditions of the floor on which you will be using the jack stands is solid and free of debris. Center your floor jack under the lifting point you used to lift the car and raise it an inch or two above the stands.

Seems easy and safe but i never hear of anyone doing it. Use a pair of jack stands every time you lift a vehicle and you will vastly decrease the likelihood of becoming a victim of a falling vehicle. A flat stable ground engaging the park brake and using wheel chocks will go. Jack stands do not lift vehicles.

If lifting the entire front or rear choose a jack point in the center of the front or rear suspension or frame. When using a jack stand to support one corner of a vehicle place it under the jacking point adjust the stand s height and use the pin or screw or pawl in some cases to lock it in place according to manufacturer s instructions. If lifting just one wheel lifting just that corner of the vehicle is a good idea. Dec 9 2004 posts.

Use bricks wooden wedges or metal wheel chocks to block the wheels at the end of the car that isn t being raised. This will ensure that the jack stands will stay in place. Jack up the vehicle using a solid jacking point leaving enough room for the jack stand to support the car. Never jack up a vehicle without blocking the wheels to keep it from rolling.

Safety tips when using jack stands. Thinking of using four wheels and setting the car on them for stands. Set the jack stand underneath the pinch points of your vehicle. Use wheel chocks the car rolling unexpectedly is the worst case scenario.

Remove your jack stands and put them to the side somewhere far away where you won t stumble over them. Use on flat stable ground very very important. Slide your jack stand in from the side of your vehicle.