Using Wheels As Jack Stands

Use jack stands when you work underneath your vehicle.

Using wheels as jack stands.

Projects steel wheels for jack stands. Safety tips when using jack stands. Jack stands may be the most overlooked safety equipment items in a diy garage. People have been crushed to death when vehicles that were improperly secured fell on them.

Never jack up a vehicle without blocking the wheels to keep it from rolling. Thinking of using four wheels and setting the car on them for stands. Jack stands do not lift vehicles. 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. Jack up the vehicle using a solid jacking point leaving enough room for the jack stand to support the car. Line up the divot on your jack stand with the part of the pinch point that extends down. When using a jack stand to support one corner of a vehicle place it under the jacking point adjust the stand s height and use the pin or screw or pawl in some cases to lock it in place according to manufacturer s instructions.

Remove your jack stands and put them to the side somewhere far away where you won t stumble over them. Center your floor jack under the lifting point you used to lift the car and raise it an inch or two above the stands. Don t lift it more than absolutely necessary. A flat stable ground engaging the park brake and using wheel chocks will go.

Use wheel chocks the car rolling unexpectedly is the worst case scenario. If lifting just one wheel lifting just that corner of the vehicle is a good idea. The pinch points are located on the sides of your vehicle behind your front tires or in front of your rear tires. 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.

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. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by chopped may 6 2014. Chocks four one for each side of two wheels floor jack. If lifting the entire front or rear choose a jack point in the center of the front or rear suspension or frame.

Instead they provide a safe fixed support for a raised vehicle. 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. Set the jack stand underneath the pinch points of your vehicle.

This will ensure that the jack stands will stay in place. Dec 9 2004 posts. Slide your jack stand in from the side of your vehicle.