RE: [DMCForum] Re: How to safely lift the car onto 4 jack stands

["Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is weird... Why can't you get the tranny in there at 15 inches?  I had
my tranny out for a clutch replacement and all we used were those ramps on
the back end.  We simply backed the car up on the stands and chucked the
front wheels.  My buddy crawled down underneath and did all the removing of
the tranny, then we both climbed under for the re-install.  I am 6'5" and
about 350 lbs and was able to help quite a bit.  

Am I missing something here?

Jack Stiefel
www.fmtimemachine.com
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-----Original Message-----
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> wrote:
> Yesterday I had the car ~18" off the ground, sitting on four 2 ton
> jack stands. Took the tranny out, no problem, but I realized that 
if I
> was going to put it back in (with an appropriate transmission jack)
> I'd need a little more room, and my jack stands were fully 
extended.
> 
> So I bought four new jack stands. 6 ton rated "Powerbuilt" from
> Schuck's that can go up to ~24". I used my jack to lift the rear of
> the car another ~3-4" to begin putting the larger stands in place, 
at
> which time something bad happened: The car began moving toward me. 
I
> can only guess the wheels of the jack allowed it to roll and/or the
> front jack stands failed, because the front of the car came 
crashing down.
> 
> Quick survey, no damage to the car, although the stands are toast.
> Thank God I wasn't under there. Stands were Wal-Mart cheapies, I 
can't
> help but wonder if that contributed to the problem.
> 
> Pull out the angle meter, survey says my garge floor is a 0.75 to 1
> degree slope in the direction the car moved. Damn.
> 
> Now what do I do? I have the car back up on four stands, about 15" 
at
> this point, transmission sitting next to it. I am hesitant to try 
to
> get it any higher. Should I go an inch or two at a time, 
alternating
> front and back? Is this simply too dangerous? Jack stands say not 
to
> support a car on four of them...




 
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