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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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Default Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

YES THE WORLDS MOST FN STUPID QUESTION

somehow my dumbass raised the back end so high and got it on jack stands I've having a hard time figuring out how to remove them.

I don't know wtf I did to get them so high, but I cannot figure out how to raise it enough to get them out.

My stupid pos duralast jack only goes so high, or should I say low. So now I'm trying to backtrack, figure how what exactly I did so I can lower my car back on the ground.

Please, anyone with any common sense help me. My car's about to end up in a thousand pieces any second now.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 12:50 PM
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Why not stick a piece of wood on top of the jack and jack the back of the car up with that then remove the jack stands?
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

Originally Posted by ian1006
Why not stick a piece of wood on top of the jack and jack the back of the car up with that then remove the jack stands?
This exactly.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

i have no wood, no concrete, no pad to sit it on, nothing. I feel so fn stupid, just going to buy a new jack because this pos seems like it only goes a little over a foot high
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

Originally Posted by InTheZoneAC
i have no wood, no concrete, no pad to sit it on, nothing. I feel so fn stupid, just going to buy a new jack because this pos seems like it only goes a little over a foot high
dont buy a new jack

just be creative...
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

Originally Posted by ian1006
Why not stick a piece of wood on top of the jack and jack the back of the car up with that then remove the jack stands?
x2
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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maybe you can make use of your scissor jack too?

try using another jack point such as the ones underneath the doors or some other location that is away from your jack stands. then lower the vehicle one side at a time.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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If you're going to go out and buy another jack, just go get some 2x6s or something. I would lay the jack on top of something instead of something between the top of the jack and the car. I would think that would be more stable.

Just a thought. Did you possibly jack the car up by putting your jack under the lower control arms?
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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I always just jack the rear up on the front and rear toe hooks and put the jackstands under the factory jack points near rocker panels. *shrug*
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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use bricks or wood or something.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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yeah go buy some wood stick it under the jackstand so its stable and raise that sucker off, you'll save alot of money then to go buy another jack. If i lived near ya id bring some wood over to help lol
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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**** use a phonebook, old school books something why buy a jack
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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jack all four corners just as high, gut the car, and make a new tree house.

/thread
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

Originally Posted by bentegrity
jack all four corners just as high, gut the car, and make a new tree house.

/thread
I second this motion.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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put it in reverse and floor it
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by SOHC_4dr
put it in reverse and floor it
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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it'll work right? lol
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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Wow, a honda treehouse would be cool. Talk about climbing up a tree and not being able to get back down. Call the fire dept.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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Pour another layer of concrete and lay your jack on top of that after it dries.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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yellow pages. trust me i know lol
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 02:04 AM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

Originally Posted by 2k_Si
yellow pages. trust me i know lol
x2... lol
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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Get a rock from outside or borrow some wood from the neighbor.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 08:46 AM
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Default Re: Need help removing jack stands, yes the question is serious!

Originally Posted by sql_civic
Get a rock from outside or borrow some wood from the neighbor.

x2..seriously.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Sit the donut on the end of the jack. It should be able to lift it a little higher.
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