correct way to raise front end
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From: Into the Mystic And yet, despite the look on my face, you're still talking TN
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '25
correct way to raise front end
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I did a search & got nada.
I've jacked up the rear end & both sides, but never the front. I need to get jackstands underneath so both front wheels can be removed. Is there a correct sequence of events? Do I need to worry about 30 yr. old fiberglass , body mounts, frame, etc. or just jack one side up & then go to the other? Thanks!
I've jacked up the rear end & both sides, but never the front. I need to get jackstands underneath so both front wheels can be removed. Is there a correct sequence of events? Do I need to worry about 30 yr. old fiberglass , body mounts, frame, etc. or just jack one side up & then go to the other? Thanks!
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: WA
I jack up my '71 from the front using a piece of 2x4 on the jack and mating it to the engine crossmember. You just have be make sure you don't mate the jack to the center of the crossmember. Either run the board front to back so it is applied evenly across the crossmember or contact the crossmember toward the front or back of it because in the center, it will dent.
This is probably not the proper way of doing it, but I have never had any repercussions from doing so and I will never lift my vette one side at a time.
Note: if you have T-Tops, always pop them loose prior to lifting your car regardless of where you put your jack.
This is probably not the proper way of doing it, but I have never had any repercussions from doing so and I will never lift my vette one side at a time.
Note: if you have T-Tops, always pop them loose prior to lifting your car regardless of where you put your jack.
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From: Suffern NY
Two floor jacks. One on each side just behind the jacking points at the front of each door. Block the rear wheels and jack up about 3 inches on each side until both wheel off the ground then place jack stands. Raises the car evenly with no twisting and no chance of tipping the jack stands as you raise the second side.
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 39,391
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From: Into the Mystic And yet, despite the look on my face, you're still talking TN
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '25
Two floor jacks. One on each side just behind the jacking points at the front of each door. Block the rear wheels and jack up about 3 inches on each side until both wheel off the ground then place jack stands. Raises the car evenly with no twisting and no chance of tipping the jack stands as you raise the second side.
