Safety ? regarding jacking up car

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Aug 16, 2005 | 03:23 PM

Flanders

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Safety ? regarding jacking up car

Is it safe to use 2 regular OEM jacks to lift one side of a car so I can rotate tires? I was going to put the jacks at the default front and rear locations.

Aug 16, 2005 | 03:25 PM

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just do it on level ground. shouldnt be a problem. you didnt know that the oem jacks are there for changing tires? like when you get a flat.

Aug 16, 2005 | 03:32 PM

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plus chock the tires on the other side so it can roll forward or backwards...

just to be REALLY safe...

Aug 16, 2005 | 03:49 PM

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ya its fine.. dont use it too much though. mine got all f'ed up from using it too much

Aug 16, 2005 | 03:58 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Yin

you didnt know that the oem jacks are there for changing tires? like when you get a flat.

Ofcourse, but 2 jacks is a little different (in my mind). Thanks for the info.

Safety first!

Aug 16, 2005 | 04:42 PM

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I have done this, but only 1 jack and 2 jack stands, other side tires chocked.

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