jack stands with 100 series

[roberttran]

Hi,
I was wondering where I would put jack stands under my lx470. The repair manual says to put them at the ends of the car on the frame, but my jack stands barely reach those parts of the frame when the car is down. There are points labeled that are for the screw type jacks that my jack stands will reach. If I wanted to complete jack up the car, can I use those 4 jack points with my stands even though they are for the screw type jacks.
The repair manual also shows swing arm lift points, would those work?

Thanks,
Robert

 

[landtank]

If I'm going to be working under the vehicle with some part of it jacked up I will always have a jack stand under the frame. If your's are tall enough then they might not be strong enough either. Go out to Sears and get a good strong set. This could end your life if not done properly! This is no place to penny pinch on.

 

[roberttran]

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If I'm going to be working under the vehicle with some part of it jacked up I will always have a jack stand under the frame. If your's are tall enough then they might not be strong enough either. Go out to Sears and get a good strong set. This could end your life if not done properly! This is no place to penny pinch on.
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Thats where I got my jack stands. I have the 3 ton model. Even with the stands fully extended, they won't provide any lift for my car since the frame at the front and back bend up so those areas are considerbly higher then towards the middle of the car.

-Robert

 

[Beowulf]

Robert,

As Rick said, your jack stands are not the place to save money. Take them back and get the 6 ton or the preferably the 12 ton stands. I don't know about your LX but most of our tricked out 80's are over 6,000 lbs.

-B-

 

[roberttran]

ok cool
I'll go return the jack stands to get bigger ones.
What about the jack itself? It's a 3 ton jack that can get my car to the correct height when I get the new stands. My car is stock so its 5500lbs.

-Robert

 

[landtank]

I bought a 4 corner, WELDED stand with the ratchet style lift. Also look for one that has a shoe with raised sides to craddle the frame to help hold it in place.

 

[Rookie2]

If your jack is 3 ton (not 3000 pounds like most of the aluminum ones), you should be golden. Hopefully this is obvious, but only use the jack to lift the vehicle up and put the jack stands in place preferably with someone manning the jack.

A co-workers friend came home from school and saw his dad working under his car. When he looked closer, the car had fallen on him and he was dead.

I've personally had my car slide off the jack, due to some stupidity on our part. The floor jacks have to "walk" or roll some as the arm raises up. This "walking" of the jack puts some horizontal force at the plate surface. We had placed a 4" piece of blocking on the pad because we needed more height. As we were trying to let it out onto the jack stands, the horizontal force caused the block to slide off and ca-bam. Luckilly the vehicle only fell about an inch onto jack stands, but it was enough to make sh!t my grippers. You all are probably smarter that this, but I mention it because I generally consider myself only about half as stupid as most of the people I know :, which is kind of scary too.


Rookie2

 

[e9999]

I bought some 3 ton stands earlier (note this is 3 ton for both, not for each, usually)
after some reflection and looking at the things, I concluded that these were completely inadequate for a cruiser.
I went and got 12 tons one at HF. Now we are talking. It's a pleasure to work with the truck sitting on them. Strong and tall. Peace of mind is invaluable there...
E

 

[Junk]

There's some great info on jack stands in the outfitting section