Where you put the stands is a combination of what is available and what you
are going to work on. For instance if you are going to work on the
suspension, you would not put the jack stand under the lower control arm.
Where ever you put the stands BEFORE you climb under the car grab the
fender/bumper wiggle, shake, bodycheck, and just generally make damn sure
that stands are secure before you get under the car.
I have also found that some jack stands are more secure than others, if you
can't seem to get your stands to feel secure, try buying a different brand /
design.
Rick
In a message dated 12/16/99 10:13:09 AM Pacific Standard Time,
JLind@ColoradoSkiing.com writes:
> When working on the front of the car, I always put the jack stands beneath
> the front cross member. This seems to be my only choice of locations, but
I
> don't feel very comfortable with it because it's not really biting onto
> anything--the stands are just resting on a flat, oily piece of steel and
are
> very close to each other. But unless I'm missing something, this is my
only
> choice of locations.
|