best way to jack up car???

i always just jack it up using the oil pan under the engine......gives a nice dented look

















DISCLAIMER: im just kidding for anyone that actually took me seriously. the oil pan is NOT the place for jacking

DerekStangGT said:

i always just jack it up using the oil pan under the engine......gives a nice dented look

















DISCLAIMER: im just kidding for anyone that actually took me seriously. the oil pan is NOT the place for jacking

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LMAO

subframes should be a good area

yeah, me and my dad found a 2 ton jack, with two 2 ton jack stands at kragen, for like $25!

so I used those to jack up my car for chin spoiler . . .

Iniquity said:

But not the center of the axle.

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OK, someone please make me feel dumb here as I have been doing this for over 20 years with no problems! BTW those Rhino ramps work pretty good(even on a lowered stang just take it slow),just make sure you use them on concrete,they need a solid surface for support.

highoctane46 said:

OK, someone please make me feel dumb here as I have been doing this for over 20 years with no problems! BTW those Rhino ramps work pretty good(even on a lowered stang just take it slow),just make sure you use them on concrete,they need a solid surface for support.

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Yeah, and make sure they have the rubber stoppers on the bottom unlike my friend's. I borrowed his one day and I pulled onto them just fine, but when I was pulling the stang off, they shot out from under the car. It would have sucked if someone was standing in the path of one of those.

Iniquity said:

But not the center of the axle.

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highoctane46 said:

OK, someone please make me feel dumb here as I have been doing this for over 20 years with no problems! BTW those Rhino ramps work pretty good(even on a lowered stang just take it slow),just make sure you use them on concrete,they need a solid surface for support.

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There is a lot of good maintenance info on late model Mustangs over at www.bullittarchive.com. The following quote comes from their page "Jacking up the Bullitt".

http://www.bullittarchive.com/Maintenance/jacking/

The rear axle is not perfectly straight. To allow the rear end to track correctly, there is about a 1 degree negative camber built into the rear axle. Basically what that means is that instead of axle being parallel with the ground, the differential is a little lower than the center line and the the top of the wheels tilt slightly towards the vehicle.

If you lift the vehicle from the differential, you are putting stress on both left and right axle housings where they meet the differential, at the same time. They were not designed to perform in this manner. Although you may not break anything, you do not want to stress this area or slightly tweak it and remove or reduce this 1 degree negative camber.

Hope this helps.