stretchie_
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I have a 3 tonne jack and two sets of axle stands and for most jobs like removing wheels or doing bearings this is alright. I would just jack up from the axle, get the axle stand underneath and then if needed do the other side of the axle.
But what if you want to do something like changing suspension or remove the axle where you want to get the chassis up on stands not the axle and have the axle as far down as poss.
When I changed the suspension and when I had to change the sump I took it to someones house who had a pit and a pit jack that just had the reach to cope with this but how would you do it at home with standard jack and axle stands and only a couple of bits of timber?
Would you jack it up as high as you can from the axle and get the axle stands underneath the front bit of the chassis using what timber bits I have under the axle stands?
But what if you want to do something like changing suspension or remove the axle where you want to get the chassis up on stands not the axle and have the axle as far down as poss.
When I changed the suspension and when I had to change the sump I took it to someones house who had a pit and a pit jack that just had the reach to cope with this but how would you do it at home with standard jack and axle stands and only a couple of bits of timber?
Would you jack it up as high as you can from the axle and get the axle stands underneath the front bit of the chassis using what timber bits I have under the axle stands?
