This is great! I was always under the impression you could only lift the car on the jack point where you put the scissor.
Question on floor jacks - Can you lift and work on the car with just this? I don’t mean forceful maintenance but things such as oil change (low car)
Also - My car features a skid pan right across underneath, I imagine this covers the lifting points viable for the trolley as opposed to the scissor, how would I work around this?
I’m guilty of lifting a car on a scissor and kerb to balance the car and while sturdy it’s definitely nervous to be under it like that.
Every single car I’ve worked on has frame rails running down each side (think where you place lift the car from using a hoist), so I jack the car from there, and since I’m poor, once I take a wheel off, I place that wheel where you’d put jack stands, it’s better than nothing.
Also, the factory recommended jacking points are crap, I tried to jack a Corolla AE92 from such a location and it instantly started to bend, so I lowered it and went with the area mentioned above
Really really hate those scissors jack, in my mother car. It’s under the passenger seat, and hell lot of effort to release that jack.
Just a question, I see you put the jack stands where you’re supposed to place the small jack to replace the wheels. However when I place my jack stands there they immediately bent backwards and ruin the jack point, is there a better place/ way to place the jack stands. I know my parents Volvo 940 had these amazing jack point with some small reinforced bars you could place the jack stands, those never bent but no car manufacturers use those anymore sadly enough.
This vid is very supportive
I lift up at the subframe or framerails, is this a good idea?
Wrong do it like this
I guess lifting car on plain, stiff surface is quite clear, but lifting car with lack of proper jack and good surface is tricky. BTW: I always put wheels under the car, even when the car is on stands…just for case.
hmm whenever i need to lift my car i use the crane at work on the tow hitch and lift till the front lip is on the floor xD then put jack stands under, was able to sit on a chair while installing a locker xD
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This is great! I was always under the impression you could only lift the car on the jack point where you put the scissor.
Question on floor jacks - Can you lift and work on the car with just this? I don’t mean forceful maintenance but things such as oil change (low car)
Also - My car features a skid pan right across underneath, I imagine this covers the lifting points viable for the trolley as opposed to the scissor, how would I work around this?
I’m guilty of lifting a car on a scissor and kerb to balance the car and while sturdy it’s definitely nervous to be under it like that.
Every single car I’ve worked on has frame rails running down each side (think where you place lift the car from using a hoist), so I jack the car from there, and since I’m poor, once I take a wheel off, I place that wheel where you’d put jack stands, it’s better than nothing.
Also, the factory recommended jacking points are crap, I tried to jack a Corolla AE92 from such a location and it instantly started to bend, so I lowered it and went with the area mentioned above
Really really hate those scissors jack, in my mother car. It’s under the passenger seat, and hell lot of effort to release that jack.
Just a question, I see you put the jack stands where you’re supposed to place the small jack to replace the wheels. However when I place my jack stands there they immediately bent backwards and ruin the jack point, is there a better place/ way to place the jack stands. I know my parents Volvo 940 had these amazing jack point with some small reinforced bars you could place the jack stands, those never bent but no car manufacturers use those anymore sadly enough.
This vid is very supportive
I lift up at the subframe or framerails, is this a good idea?
Wrong do it like this
I guess lifting car on plain, stiff surface is quite clear, but lifting car with lack of proper jack and good surface is tricky. BTW: I always put wheels under the car, even when the car is on stands…just for case.
hmm whenever i need to lift my car i use the crane at work on the tow hitch and lift till the front lip is on the floor xD then put jack stands under, was able to sit on a chair while installing a locker xD