Where to safely put floor/jackstands on car..?
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Where to safely put floor/jackstands on car..?
Yeah ok it's a dumb ? Well I have a floor jack and stands. I want to do work to the car but don't know where I should jack up the car with the floor jack and place my jack stands safely. Anyone describe where on the underside to do this. Pics?
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Originally Posted by DASUPACAT1
Yeah ok it's a dumb ? Well I have a floor jack and stands. I want to do work to the car but don't know where I should jack up the car with the floor jack and place my jack stands safely. Anyone describe where on the underside to do this. Pics?
On the rear, I use the rear diff housing for the jack stand, and the rear frame for the jack stands.
What ever you do, DON'T use the cross member bars\frame!!! (or whatever is called, the ones that look like a mini chassis frame)
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The chassis rails (the blue ovals) work fine. They're one of the strongest parts of the car, strong enough for Mazda to bolt a chunky reinforcing crossmember there on 'verts (you can see the empty bolt holes).
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I jack on front tow hooks and the red circle, is the red circle a bad place? Rear jack, I use diff housing. Front jack stands, I use somewhere on the frame rails, there's a spot that looks like it has several layers of metal built up. Rear jack stands I place where the rear subframe mounts onto the car.
Are those good spots?
Are those good spots?
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