Using Wheels As Jack Stands

Jack stands may be the most overlooked safety equipment items in a diy garage.

Using wheels as jack stands.

Instead they provide a safe fixed support for a raised vehicle. Slide your jack stand in from the side of your vehicle. Just bear these very simple tips in mind and you should be able to safely use your stands every time. Chocks four one for each side of two wheels floor jack.

Remove your jack stands and put them to the side somewhere far away where you won t stumble over them. The pinch points are located on the sides of your vehicle behind your front tires or in front of your rear tires. Never jack up a vehicle without blocking the wheels to keep it from rolling. 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 on flat stable ground very very important. Pin type jack stands use locking pins to adjust the height while screw type jack stands use adjustable screws. Jack stands do not lift vehicles. Seems easy and safe but i never hear of anyone doing it.

If lifting the entire front or rear choose a jack point in the center of the front or rear suspension or frame. Use bricks wooden wedges or metal wheel chocks to block the wheels at the end of the car that isn t being raised. If you used a wheel flat on the ground as a failsafe put that wheel back. Projects steel wheels for jack stands.

Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by chopped may 6 2014. A flat stable ground engaging the park brake and using wheel chocks will go. Center your floor jack under the lifting point you used to lift the car and raise it an inch or two above the stands. Don t lift it more than absolutely necessary.

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. Use wheel chocks the car rolling unexpectedly is the worst case scenario. Set the jack stand underneath the pinch points of your vehicle. If lifting just one wheel lifting just that corner of the vehicle is a good idea.

This will ensure that the jack stands will stay in place. People have been crushed to death when vehicles that were improperly secured fell on them. Use jack stands when you work underneath your vehicle. Park on a solid surface.

Safety tips when using jack stands. 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. Jack up the vehicle using a solid jacking point leaving enough room for the jack stand to support the car.