Today on 2CarPros we show you how to safely lift up a vehicle and place it on jack stands. If you have any further interest please visit www.2carpros.com *Disclaimer: Please use all safety precautions
The video is very basic and elementary - exactly the information I was looking for. I've never used a jack and stand so you're "basic" instructions are right on point! Thanks man.
My deepest condolences for your loss. That's one of the reasons we made this video. Cars are heavy and no joke, everyone no matter the experience level has to respect them and handle them correctly. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story.
Appreciate your focus on safety! Makes me feel better about the triple safety measures I took. I’m not crazy! Changed oil first time this week and kept jack in place in addition to jack stands and ramps under the front wheels. Needed the ramp anyway to get the jack underneath as its a low car. Also used wheel chocks for both rear wheels. Gave the car a wiggle to make sure its secure, and felt safe lying under a car halfway up in the air, removing the oil drain plug for the first time.
In my experience, using a floor jack or otherwise flat lift pad on a pinch weld, without an adaptor for a pinch weld, will cause the pinch weld to fold over on itself. Even when it's the factory jack point, it's meant for a scissor jack with the accompanying recess for the pinch weld. That being said I would never recommend using a scissor jack unless in an emergency. Good video.
You should not place jack stands on pinch weld as that will break the welds. Most old cars pinch welds are broken so you have to use the jack points stated in this video
My understanding has always been 'if it moves, don't use as a jacking point'; think you covered that quite well along with other good safety points. Like that you covered the different situations associated with other vehicles. Thanks
Chalk the rear tires when you lift it from the front, or the front side(s). Chalk the front tires when you are going to lift it from the back or the back side(s). And it's recommended never to use jack stands on a slanted driveway. Always do it on a flat driveway, or on the pavement. Some people like to put cut out plywood under the jack stands because they say it prevents the jack stands from digging into the concrete or the pavement. Great video.
Excellent video. Very clear. Great camera shots. Thanks for the good safety tip at 10:10. On my '98 Integra it's really hard to see where the center frame jack points are, front or back.That's exactly why you guys got your car on hoists to assist in the camera shots. Great idea!
Thank you ... that was helpful. Logically I would think the jack points are what you stated, but I can never be sure. I often jack it up from the pinched areas where it is meant for the jack on the edge of the frame. Once I use a jack to lift the car up from that point, then I can't put my jack stand underneath that point and that's why I keep wondering where is it a good place to lift the front or the back of the car from center so that you can put the jack stands where it is suppose to go.
Excellent video . Also make sure the ground is smooth & hard enough for the jack to pull its self forward as the arm goes up. If its not it digs in & pulls the arm away from the chosen point. One Q 2m52 you say jacking under the Track Control Arm is OK ! The weight is then on the ball joint, in a way its not when driving , Is that OK ?
This is a great safety video. Can you make another please where we only have the terrible company-provided jack for use in bad weather? I swear they don't even give you proper instructions for good days. Your video is not bad. I just feel that we all could use even more basic instruction. Thank you.
Also, in bad conditions it will be hard to read the instructions. Basically I'm asking you to boil it down for the dummies like me. Especially with the different jack systems.
On the rear diff yes but not on the front due to it being offset so much. There are jack points on the four corners of the car I'd use those. Thanks for watching!
? When you turn it counterclockwise to let the car down, you do it slowly in small increments as the car comes downward ? Great video for amateurs like me! Thank you.
Need to drop fuel tank so I gotta lift it up on all four wheels right ? Never dropped one before . 2016 ford focus proably weighs less than 4 tons so what should I use ? 2 tons each jack or even more ? And where do I place jack on car ? Do I need to fit all of the car at once or front then rear ? Yeah somewhere sturdy enough but where ?
Another great video! Very detailed. Before I lowered my car, I had no problems getting under the front frame, Jacking up the car and then placing jack stands on the pinch welds. Now I cannot get far enough to do this. Do you have a video on how to correct this? I seen folks add some wood to make a small plank to add just a few inches from the ground. Just looking for some ideas from the pros.
Always use a floor jack only on smooth, gravel-free level cement, as the wheels allow it to move as the car rises, keeping it in line with the vertical load; if it gets stuck, and can't roll freely, the load can become off-center and spill sideways.
You need to make sure the jack stand is at least on the first notch not free floating below the first notch putting all weight on the bottom jack frame housing. It sure looks like one of them isn't looking at the angle of the release lever!
[thank, you for you're video. after watching the jack stand video on youtube I'm not going to use jack stands ever again. I've been using steel ramps and chock the rear wheels and engage the E brake]
5:11 time mark _ Note that when jacking the car up, that the wheels of the jack freely rotate. As you jack the car, the jack is moving forward. This is to compensate for the rotation of the jack pivot point as it gets higher and higher. (Jack doesn't operate vertically. Instead, it operates on an arc.) This means that it is extremely important to pay attention to this movement. You don't want to jack the car up and have it slip off the pivot point (which is what WILL HAPPEN if the wheels don't rotate!). Personally, I've found that jacking on an asphalt driveway is problematic. How well the floor jack operates depends on how smooth the pavement is. My driveway is 30 years old and showing its age. It also has about a 2% slope. It is extremely difficult for me to jack on this driveway. The wheels tend to lock up whenever it hits an imperfection. It is a hundred times easier and safer for me to jack my truck up on the flat, smooth concrete garage floor.
Once raised onto the jack stands, can the car remained in this position for extended periods? I'm leaving a car garaged in Florida for some months and don't want the tires to flatten.
I wonder if metal on metal would cause scratches and thus rusting in the future? you mentioned it bites into it better and it sits better, but that bite means a scratch into the paint and into the material right?
Exactly, leave the jack under the car too AND leave the wheels under the car too, so then you have 3 layers of safety, the axle stands on which the car rests, the jack or even two jacks should you wish, AND the wheels.
Thanks for the tips! But I saw 1 big danger, at first the wheels weren’t choked, and you could actually see the car rolling while lowering the car! Very dangerous! 7:27
You know, as most people who don't have a car lift are using a jack and jack stands on something like a non-ideal driveway. This has some additional challenges, like when raising the vehicle the jack would not roll to the ideal spot under the lifting point, so it can put an sideway stress on a the point where you lift the car on. So, I think you can do a more useful video when you do it on a non-ideal driveway and show how you're dealing with it under these circumstances.
@@2carpros Life isn't that simple. Sometimes you need creativity as well as sound judgement in order to complete a job. How about you find your ideal flat surface but don't have mains electricity there?
On the last tooth the the adjustment. Not pulled all the way out though. There is a maximum operating height and that varies stand to stand. Thanks for watching!
As long as you're on flat level ground, any concrete, you never leave the emergency brake on (standard or automatic) and you never chock the wheels. Doing those things won't hurt anything, and is technically safer, but you just never do it.
@@2carpros k awesome yeah I was lowering my big suv for the first time and I felt the jack moving back so I got a little freaked out thinking it was gonna pop out and the car would go slamming down. Ridiculous I know, but the mind goes crazy in those situations haha.
