Using Wheels As Jack Stands

Never jack up a vehicle without blocking the wheels to keep it from rolling.

Using wheels as jack stands.

Jack stands may be the most overlooked safety equipment items in a diy garage. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by chopped may 6 2014. Dec 9 2004 posts. Jack stands do not lift vehicles.

The pinch points are located on the sides of your vehicle behind your front tires or in front of your rear tires. This will ensure that the jack stands will stay in place. Thinking of using four wheels and setting the car on them for stands. Safety tips when using jack stands.

Don t lift it more than absolutely necessary. If you used a wheel flat on the ground as a failsafe put that wheel back. A flat stable ground engaging the park brake and using wheel chocks will go. Chocks four one for each side of two wheels floor jack.

Pin type jack stands use locking pins to adjust the height while screw type jack stands use adjustable screws. Jack up the vehicle using a solid jacking point leaving enough room for the jack stand to support the car. Set the jack stand underneath the pinch points of your vehicle. If lifting just one wheel lifting just that corner of the vehicle is a good idea.

Just bear these very simple tips in mind and you should be able to safely use your stands every time. Use on flat stable ground very very important. Use jack stands when you work underneath your vehicle. People have been crushed to death when vehicles that were improperly secured fell on them.

Use wheel chocks the car rolling unexpectedly is the worst case scenario. Projects steel wheels for jack stands. Remove your jack stands and put them to the side somewhere far away where you won t stumble over them. Use a pair of jack stands every time you lift a vehicle and you will vastly decrease the likelihood of becoming a victim of a falling vehicle.

Seems easy and safe but i never hear of anyone doing it. Park on a solid surface. Use bricks wooden wedges or metal wheel chocks to block the wheels at the end of the car that isn t being raised. If lifting the entire front or rear choose a jack point in the center of the front or rear suspension or frame.

Make sure your vehicle is parked on a flat concrete surface and that the conditions of the floor on which you will be using the jack stands is solid and free of debris. Slide your jack stand in from the side of your vehicle. Line up the divot on your jack stand with the part of the pinch point that extends down.