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Old 01-27-2016, 10:30 AM
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Is it OK to lift car off the front crossmember? just to get it on jack stands
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I jack mine up by the front cross member all the time, and then put stands under the front inner control arm joint. At the rear I lift by the gearbox and put stands under the trailing arm where the shock bolts to it. I bought mine with caved in rails and forward side jacking points, so I would avoid using those as they seem to be pretty weak. The middle and rear side points seem to be fine though, I often use those if I just need to quickly jack up one side of the car. Here's a diagram I made of the points I use.
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Originally Posted by 944crazy
I jack mine up by the front cross member all the time, and then put stands under the front inner control arm joint. At the rear I lift by the gearbox and put stands under the trailing arm where the shock bolts to it. I bought mine with caved in rails and forward side jacking points, so I would avoid using those as they seem to be pretty weak. The middle and rear side points seem to be fine though, I often use those if I just need to quickly jack up one side of the car. Here's a diagram I made of the points I use.
This is precisely what I have been doing for years without issue.

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Rich Sandor's Classic pic in post 2 matches what's in the manual.





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