when I use my floor jack to jack up the jacking point on my car, there isn't enough room to slide in my jack stand. Am I suppose to jack up some other point because there isn't enough room for both jack and jack stand. Is the oil pan a good spot? how about the tranny?

 

Oil pan, you gotta be kidding! Your best bet is on the front crossmember, or on a lower control arm attachment.

 

Use wood blocks UNDER the jack or get a bigger jack.

 

crossmember r the location with a big washer and a big bolt?

 

DON'T use the oil pan.

Like others said, front crossmember or maybe suspension. I personally use a couple pieces of wood, place the jack on that, and use the front tow hooks to get enough height to use the lift points for the stands.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by david90 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">crossmember r the location with a big washer and a big bolt?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yes

 

Center tow hook is my jacking point.

 

What size jack are you using? stock? 3ton?

What size jack stands are you using? 2ton? 3ton?

 

2 ton is enuff

 

I've always jacked in the direct center of the crossmember, has always worked for me, and i can fit 3ton jack-stands underneath...

 

i have 2 tons jack and jack stand. The funny thing is that my jack stands can go up really high but my floor jack couldn't!! So how can I take an advantage of the high lift of the jack stands? I bought the jack stands and floor jack in a package too. They should agree with each other...

 

You want to use just enough jackstand height to perform the work. USE THE LEAST HEIGHT POSSIBLE TO BE COMFORTABLE. The lower the jackstand, the lower the center of gravity, the safer it is.

 

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VERY VERY TRUE. I knew a guy that was crushed by a CRX while he was under the car. Talk about being OWNED! Anyways, use a piece of wood like stated earlier. 2 ton stands are more then enough for our Hondas. The best way to do it, if you're doing an oil change or something is to place a piece of wood along side the car...like right underneath the doors, but not ON the jack points. Then, take the stands and place them under the points. Let the jack down and repeat. Hope this shines light on the question. OH yeah...when its in the air....give it a good shake before getting under the vehicle please...trust me, you do NOT wanna get OWNED!

 

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give it a good shake before getting under the vehicle please...trust me, you do NOT wanna get OWNED!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very true. Always give it a few good shoves before getting under. It's better that the jackstands slip off and punch a hole in the floorboard or something than having the car land on your chest.

 

i use the two jacking points next to the side skirt and i put the jacks where the two front two hitches are usually i leave a wheel flat under or i leave the jack lifts there

 

yeah. sucks getting owned by ur own car. Thanks.

 

Oh yeah i know exactly what you're talking about... what i did eventually did was alotta work, but it was pretty safe. I didn't have a big piece of wood lying around, so I picked up this trick. First jack up the car at the jack point as high as the jack will go, then take the wheels off and place the jack stand against the brake disc, under the part where the "screws" go into the piece... then release the jack. But when you do that, you'll lose some height because of your suspension, but if you set you jack stand as high as possible there will still be enough room. When you're through just jack the car up from the points again, take out the jack stands and put the wheels back. I happened to have two jacks cuz I was doin it at a friend's house and he had a jack, so we jacked up both sides at the same time, but i think one side at a time will work too. Also I left the jacks right up touching at the jack point after i lowered the car onto the jack stands... just in case. Dunno what that would have done tho. It's always a good idea to shake the car a lil before you go under it definitely. But this technique should be pretty safe. It's real sturdy and I learned it when i was working at an autobody shop. The pros did it that way so it's good enough for me. :-)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95blk2draccordEXMT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh yeah i know exactly what you're talking about... what i did eventually did was alotta work, but it was pretty safe. I didn't have a big piece of wood lying around, so I picked up this trick. First jack up the car at the jack point as high as the jack will go, then take the wheels off and place the jack stand against the brake disc, under the part where the "screws" go into the piece... then release the jack. But when you do that, you'll lose some height because of your suspension, but if you set you jack stand as high as possible there will still be enough room. When you're through just jack the car up from the points again, take out the jack stands and put the wheels back. I happened to have two jacks cuz I was doin it at a friend's house and he had a jack, so we jacked up both sides at the same time, but i think one side at a time will work too. Also I left the jacks right up touching at the jack point after i lowered the car onto the jack stands... just in case. Dunno what that would have done tho. It's always a good idea to shake the car a lil before you go under it definitely. But this technique should be pretty safe. It's real sturdy and I learned it when i was working at an autobody shop. The pros did it that way so it's good enough for me. :-)</TD></TR></TABLE>
Dunno about all that, but I'd jack mine up to the height I need; place jackstand...then let off but have the weight of the car on both jackstands AND the floorjack.

 

hey uhhh read the original problem...

 

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hahaha, lol, hehehehehaha, so true...that is so monotonously said, but so funny, ****, man, im getting me a drink, then reading it again, it'll be funnier the next time

 

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That sounds like it would be too harsh on the rotor and where the "screws" go into. A sturdy way that's always worked for me is jack up at the crossmember then use the "oem jack points"

 

it shouldn't be harsh on the rotors at all... i mean, it's holding up your car right now...