Can I jack from this part of the frame?
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Check out the cool mosquito I caught on candid camera too. Crappy pic I know, but I'm changing transmission/differential fluid and want to know if this place is safe to jack. When I was doing work on the front I used a hydraulic jack on a straight column that seems to go down both sides which the crossmember connects to. Then I would let it down onto jack stands in the factory jack positions on the metal lip. Is it safe to jack up the car via this column?
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It seems to be solid metal. The mechanic that lifted my car once briefly said it looked ok to do, but since you guys are the experts I just want to double check. I hear a slight cracking noise when I jack it up. But I know thats normal when you lift up cars because your stressing different parts/bending blah blah. Anyways, any advice would be great. I would lift by the crossmember but lifting the whole front of the vehicle by that skinny piece of metal scared me a bit. i did not want to break it.
Thanks a ton!
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It seems to be solid metal. The mechanic that lifted my car once briefly said it looked ok to do, but since you guys are the experts I just want to double check. I hear a slight cracking noise when I jack it up. But I know thats normal when you lift up cars because your stressing different parts/bending blah blah. Anyways, any advice would be great. I would lift by the crossmember but lifting the whole front of the vehicle by that skinny piece of metal scared me a bit. i did not want to break it.
Thanks a ton!
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yeah just kind of as an update for any one who is wondering:
Yeah it seems to work good. I get a little nervous though because when I jack it up I can hear a bit of a crunch sometimes when pumping the jack. It may be because there is some kind of covering over it that is semi-soft. Plus this piece has intermintent holes in it down the bottom. Since my specific jack tends to start looking like its at an angle once it gets high enough, I dont want to use a 2x4 piece between them due to the risk of it slipping. Instead I am using this toughER piece of foam (kind of like that of a boogie board? did i spell that right?) between the two. Has worked pretty great while jacking up the front. In the back the column seems to stop so I just jack it up with the oem jack and lay it on a jack stand. Takes more time but I feel a bit safer doing it that way. Same thing with the jack stands, a bit of foam inbetween.
And for those who are wondering if that metal lip is going to bend: Well, I dont think so. I have a 2005 so its near the older models. Yesterday when lowering the front onto jack stands with my jack, I made a bit of a mistake. For some reason my big red jack just does not like to lower things slowly. I twist that safety screw or whatever its called as SLOWLY as possible as i can, but regardless, this thing rockets down. And yesterday was the worst. I heard the lip slam down on the jack stand =/. Regardless though, the lip didnt bend at all! I was very very very surprised. Nothing was injured (including me =D). anyways, thanks for the info guys!
Yeah it seems to work good. I get a little nervous though because when I jack it up I can hear a bit of a crunch sometimes when pumping the jack. It may be because there is some kind of covering over it that is semi-soft. Plus this piece has intermintent holes in it down the bottom. Since my specific jack tends to start looking like its at an angle once it gets high enough, I dont want to use a 2x4 piece between them due to the risk of it slipping. Instead I am using this toughER piece of foam (kind of like that of a boogie board? did i spell that right?) between the two. Has worked pretty great while jacking up the front. In the back the column seems to stop so I just jack it up with the oem jack and lay it on a jack stand. Takes more time but I feel a bit safer doing it that way. Same thing with the jack stands, a bit of foam inbetween.
And for those who are wondering if that metal lip is going to bend: Well, I dont think so. I have a 2005 so its near the older models. Yesterday when lowering the front onto jack stands with my jack, I made a bit of a mistake. For some reason my big red jack just does not like to lower things slowly. I twist that safety screw or whatever its called as SLOWLY as possible as i can, but regardless, this thing rockets down. And yesterday was the worst. I heard the lip slam down on the jack stand =/. Regardless though, the lip didnt bend at all! I was very very very surprised. Nothing was injured (including me =D). anyways, thanks for the info guys!
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