Putting my Tamora on axle stands
Discussion
Need some advice. Need to take both nearside wheels in for a refurb.
Do I
A) Jack the car up on four stands - which could be a bit of a challenge in the fairly confined garage.
Or perhaps easier for me B) Jack just one side up and put on stands, leaving the car on the wonk for as much as a week while the wheels get done - is this a bad idea, any potential consequences?
Or there is a C) do one wheel at a time because I think it's possible to Jack just the front/back up on stands in the garage without too much issue, just means it will be unusable for longer.
Views?
Do I
A) Jack the car up on four stands - which could be a bit of a challenge in the fairly confined garage.
Or perhaps easier for me B) Jack just one side up and put on stands, leaving the car on the wonk for as much as a week while the wheels get done - is this a bad idea, any potential consequences?
Or there is a C) do one wheel at a time because I think it's possible to Jack just the front/back up on stands in the garage without too much issue, just means it will be unusable for longer.
Views?
Thanks for the replies. I am sorted for protecting the car (cut down old rubber mats) so looks like leaving it on the wonk shouldn't be an issue. Might just over inflate the tyres on that side just in case.
And the refurb will be a proper job, stripped back, power coated, baked Tec, so not really an option to leave them on.
Cheers
And the refurb will be a proper job, stripped back, power coated, baked Tec, so not really an option to leave them on.
Cheers
I do same as Phazed - my two jacks wont fit either.
I have fashioned a couple of wooden 'ramps' that I drive the car onto, then can easily slip the jack under. They are no more that a couple of inches high (maybe 3), made from a block of wood with an angle cut into one end, a small 1 inch high piece of wood screwed on the opposite end to the ramp end to act as a wheel stop, so the car doesn't fall off the other side. And I also ended up screwing on some pieces of floor board to the bottom of the wooden block because I found that when I tried to drive the car up on the block, it sometimes just skidded along the ground. So the car first rolls onto the floor board and then onto the block - no more slipping.
Hope that helps.
I have fashioned a couple of wooden 'ramps' that I drive the car onto, then can easily slip the jack under. They are no more that a couple of inches high (maybe 3), made from a block of wood with an angle cut into one end, a small 1 inch high piece of wood screwed on the opposite end to the ramp end to act as a wheel stop, so the car doesn't fall off the other side. And I also ended up screwing on some pieces of floor board to the bottom of the wooden block because I found that when I tried to drive the car up on the block, it sometimes just skidded along the ground. So the car first rolls onto the floor board and then onto the block - no more slipping.
Hope that helps.
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