Using Wheels As Jack Stands

Safety tips when using jack stands.

Using wheels as jack stands.

Set the jack stand underneath the pinch points of your vehicle. Jack up the vehicle using a solid jacking point leaving enough room for the jack stand to support the car. Park on a solid surface. 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.

Use jack stands when you work underneath your vehicle. Chocks four one for each side of two wheels floor jack. Seems easy and safe but i never hear of anyone doing it. This will ensure that the jack stands will stay in place.

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. Don t lift it more than absolutely necessary. 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. If lifting the entire front or rear choose a jack point in the center of the front or rear suspension or frame. Instead they provide a safe fixed support for a raised vehicle. Use on flat stable ground very very important.

Projects steel wheels for jack stands. Pin type jack stands use locking pins to adjust the height while screw type jack stands use adjustable screws. Use wheel chocks the car rolling unexpectedly is the worst case scenario. Use bricks wooden wedges or metal wheel chocks to block the wheels at the end of the car that isn t being raised.

If lifting just one wheel lifting just that corner of the vehicle is a good idea. A flat stable ground engaging the park brake and using wheel chocks will go. 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.

Jack stands may be the most overlooked safety equipment items in a diy garage. Dec 9 2004 posts. Never jack up a vehicle without blocking the wheels to keep it from rolling. Slide your jack stand in from the side of your vehicle.

If you used a wheel flat on the ground as a failsafe put that wheel back. Thinking of using four wheels and setting the car on them for stands. Remove your jack stands and put them to the side somewhere far away where you won t stumble over them.