<VV> Jacking up car and jack stands

[christopher d czepyha]

If I am working under the car, I jack it up and slide my ramps under it. 
Very little chance of the car oopsing off 4 ramps.   

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:20:49 EDT EUGENE1938@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 6/27/04 10:03:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> emills5@cfl.rr.com writes:
> I use
> a different approach on the front.   I jack the front of the  car up 
> with the
> jack under the front cross member and place each jack stand into the 
> pivot
> point of the lower control arm on each side.  I find this to be very 
> stable,
> and the top of the jack stands fit into the pivot point openings 
> perfectly
> with no chance to slip off.  I feel a lot safer using this method 
> than under
> the side of the car.  It also seems to give me better access to the 
> under side
> of the car.  Anyone know why this might not be an acceptable 
> method?
> 
> Cecil,
> The designers at GM put jack pads on the underside of the car for a 
> reason.  
> I'd recommend using them.  The car is very stable this way and you 
> can work on 
> any part of the car including the front suspension.
> 
> Ed Corson (CORSA member)
> IECC - Riverside, CA
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