Jacking Points

[throwyourbike]

I know this has been covered before but I just want be absolutely sure before I do it......

I plan to do the insides of the sills with Dinitrol this weekend but I've never had to jack the car up before.

I was wondering if it's ok to lift at the diff and place two axle stands on the sub frame?

[vxr2010]

I personally jack it up where the big main bolt is

[throwyourbike]

I would but I want to lift both rear wheels at the same time.

I'm probably overthinking it but I just don't want to do any damage. I've lifted a few cars but none I particularly cared about

[stevieturbo]

jacking under the diff is fine, but I'd always try and place axle stands as far apart as possible, simply for stability reasons.

No real reason not to place the axle stand where that big bolt is in the picture, ie the crossmember mount area where it bolts to the chassis

[throwyourbike]

Cheers Stevie, I'll do that then.

Thanks for your help.

[throwyourbike]

The trolley jack doesn't lift the car high enough to get the wheels off the ground

[stevieturbo]

lol, need a better trolley jack. Or a pair of ramps etc.

Although most ramps these days are flimsy bits of crap.

[throwyourbike]

At this rate of going it would have been cheaper and easier to pay someone else to do it! Lol

[mik_ok]

You require a piece of wood.

[throwyourbike]

mik_ok said:

You require a piece of wood.

Tried that, still didn't work.

I'm trying to get hold of a better jack, the one I have only has a maximum height of 330mm.

[stevieturbo]

I've the sealey version of this, albeit Sealey only do a 2ton version that's more expensive.

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/tr...

Simon over at Wilsons of Glenavy should be able to get it cheaper although still not as cheap as that SGS one. It'll be the one jack that can do almost anything you would need.

http://www.tooled-up.com/product/sealey-2t-yankee-...

[throwyourbike]

Thanks for the suggestions Stevie.

Turns out that one of my dads friends used to be a mechanic and still has a lot of his old tools in the garage so I managed to borrow his. The thing is as old as the hills and looks like it was built to withstand a nuclear bomb, worked a treat though. Super solid big thing!

I'll have to look into getting one of my own though.