How high is too high?

Steve Forrester opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

I suspect MOST people, like me, lift the front by centering under the K member.

If you cant do that easily, get down to your discount tool store and buy a decent 3 ton floor jack.

In a pich, lifting one side then the other doesnt really HURT - but it doesnt help, either... esp when you might have developing floorpan/seatmount and floorpan to rockerpanel cracks.

Backyard Mechanic,

Thanks, again, for your frequent contributions to the NG and specifically for helping me out of a number of jams.

The reason for going the Lower A Arm route is whenever possible I use wooden blocks under the tires rather than jack stands in order to maximize the amount of room (or floor space) in which I can work and maneuver about and lifting by K Member requires me to lift the car much higher before the tires are lifted nine inches off the floor.

BTW... Regarding the floor jack, you once advised me to "Get a floor jack, stupid." Advice which I promptly followed. Needless to say, it has made my work much easier.

Thanks, again!

Steve

Steve Forrester opined

Well... thanks.

I understand the reasoning.

But you also need GOOD jackstands..(solid base) I place THESE under either the a-arms or body jack points, depending on the need.

DAMN BM! Someone actually listened to you!

| > Backyard Mechanic, | >

| > Thanks, again, for your frequent contributions to the NG and specifically | > for helping me out of a number of jams. | >

| | Well... thanks. | | I understand the reasoning. | | But you also need GOOD jackstands..(solid base) I place THESE under either | the a-arms or body jack points, depending on the need. | | | | -- | - Yes, I'm a crusty old geezer curmudgeon.. deal with it! -

Again, you are absolutely right!

...and I do... they are currently under the rear axle so I can rotate the drive shaft.

BM,

Come to think of it... were you the guy who suggested I use an unlit propane torch to find an electrical short in the engine compartment? ... or was it a vacuum leak? I can remember!

JK

Steve

SVTKate opined

There's always a wise-ass!

Steve Forrester opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

It was probably to help in finding a plug wire arc-over!

;)

Then you need more for the front. ;-)

JS

LOL Yeabut... if it wasn't for us wise asses...

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| | | There's always a wise-ass! | | | -- | - Yes, I'm a crusty old geezer curmudgeon.. deal with it! -

Hey Steve:

With mine we have to pull her up on wooden blocks to get the floor jack under her, then jacked up one end at a time and pur jack stands underneath. This photo was taken when we did the aluminum drivesahaft a few years ago

Kate