Sorry for another "jacking thread" but I really don't know exactly where to jack it up. I need to have a look at the brake drums, so I have to lift one side only.

I don't want to jack it at the differential because my jack is very short. I've added two pictures. Could you please explain to me where or where not to jack it up and which parts I have encircled?

Thanks a lot,
Thomas

http://imageshack.us/g/1/10463065/

 

I'd put a floor jack under #6 so you don't have to flex the suspension out.....

 

Thanks a lot. Before I can put a floor jack under I need to jack it up with a jack. So how to do? Are the other points not usable?

 

You can use #2 or #5 to get the jack under #6, I'd never use any point on the body seams or "frame" points.....

When I bought my lowered truck I couldn't get my standard 3 ton floor jack under it either, I bought the 3 ton version of this one;

http://www.harborfreight.com/rapid-p...html-7814.html

The 1.5 ton should be plenty for your car......

 

With number 2, there is a bolt (kind of a hinge). Can I destroy something if I jack it directly under the bolt? So I guess, number 5 would be a better choice.

 

#5 is the best choice.....

 

I always use a piece of wood 2x4 between the jack and the place I am jacking.

 

Hm, am I right that on number 5 I can jack it on one side only? It's just that I read somewhere that one has to be careful where to jack on the axle, otherwise damage could result. And number 5 is kind of a stabilizator... can't that bend?

And your number 6... that's where the shock strut is mounted, isn't it? That looks like a pretty "thin" piece of metal. How exactly should I place that into the jack stand?

What's "not that good" with number 2? If you jack the car on a lift, I guess that's the only possibility... or maybe number 3/4...? Do you have to be careful at number 2 to not jack it directly under the bolt at the hinge?

I really appreciate your help!

 

Thomas,

Remember this;



Did you not say it worked fine on the front ?

Use the same spot #5 on either side to jack the back up, Only that side will rise. Put your jack stand right under the axle housing on the raised side, And NO...... Nothing will bend or get smashed, If it wasn't dark out I'd jack my car up put a stand under it and take a pic......

 

I wouldnt really be comfortable jacking anywhere except the pumpkin or the axle tubes themselves. The LCA mounts (the flats in front of where tehy join the body) are where I put jackstands, but I dont know about jacking it up there.

 

I hope you're jacking it up to attend to those fuel lines. They are ready to give.

 

No, I just want to look at the drum brakes.

The fuel line which is under pressure has been changed one year ago as it was leaking. My mechanic said that the others won't need to be changed at once as there is no or much less pressure on them.

@Restrorob

Yes, I remember. I thought it was actually the same in the rear. But in a German forum they again told me absolutely not to jack it up anywhere else than on the differential or the frame and put the jack stands - as you said in your last post - directly under the axle near the spring. I don't know why there are so many different opinions. There has to be one and an only correct answer. Obviously there WERE worn bushings when jacking up there, otherwise I wouldn't have been warned. I don't mean to offend you or so, it's just that I'm always very cautious and I want to understand why and why not. But there seem to be wars going on about some subjects

 

*shakes head*

 

It's a forum that is especially about American cars and the members also have F-bodies.

They say that the material of the bushing is not that sturdy so it can bend. But as I've seen with the front, it was okay, even I couldn't let my jack slowly town onto the jack stands... it almost "fell" down

 

What do you mean by "pumpkin"? I haven't seen any kind of orange thing under my car :-D

 

Pumpkin is a slang tern for the rear differential (its round like a pumpkin)

Not sure if you've seen these diagrams or not ...

I saved them to files.

 

For what it's worth I agree with them. Those brackets arent that strong. they're just supported by the rubber. It will hold, and if it smashes/breaks/bends/whatever the consequences will not be tragic or dangerous... It will just bend a little and bind the sway bar bushing. But I dont like the idea of supporting the car with it.

 

Yes, I've seen them.

But as with the rear points (red), I don't know where that is. Is it number 2 or number 4/3 in my picture?

 

I think that would be 3/4. I've never used that, though. I always jack on the pumpkin itself. And jackstands go in front of the lower control arm mounts, in front of 2 in your picture.