Jack Stands

My Yellow Stang · Feb 6, 2008

Going to change UCA & LCA, need advice on where to jack the car up ( I have 2 floor jacks ) and where to place jack stands to support car

Emay · Feb 6, 2008

Put the car in the air via diff, support the axle on each side with a jackstand. Then get to work..

kooldawg6 · Feb 6, 2008

So you can remove/install both sets of control arms with weight on the axle? Cool!

Towelly · Feb 6, 2008

The springs are what hold the car up, so I dont' see why not. The LCA's and UCA just locate the axle more than anything.

red05bullitgt · Feb 6, 2008

According to the CHE performance website. They do NOT recommend supporting the vehicle at either the LCA or UCA locations. Their instructions clearly state.

With the rear wheels properly blocked, raise the front of the vehicle, and support it with jack stands along the structure of the vehicle. Because you will be removing the bolts that attach the front A-arms to the k-member, do not support the weight of the vehicle at the wheels or on the control arms. The front wheels should be hanging freely above the floor.

Towelly · Feb 7, 2008

red05bullitgt said:
According to the CHE performance website. They do NOT recommend supporting the vehicle at either the LCA or UCA locations. Their instructions clearly state.

With the rear wheels properly blocked, raise the front of the vehicle, and support it with jack stands along the structure of the vehicle. Because you will be removing the bolts that attach the front A-arms to the k-member, do not support the weight of the vehicle at the wheels or on the control arms. The front wheels should be hanging freely above the floor.

I don't think we are talking about front LCA's here. But your correct. To do the fronts you would have to support the car on the frame.

kooldawg6 · Feb 7, 2008

Towelly said:
I don't think we are talking about front LCA's here. But your correct. To do the fronts you would have to support the car on the frame.

+1!
...but thanks red05bullitgt for clearing it up for anybody wondering out there

MikeysOTP · Feb 7, 2008

I love you guys but you're killing me. I still have to install my LCAs and relocation brackets and now I am confused. The first thing that Bigcat has in his write-up is to support the car so that the suspension hangs free, you guys are saying to support the car from the rear axle/differential. Wouldn't the suspension be compressed like this? Hopefully I get to try this out this weekend.

Emay · Feb 7, 2008

Towelly said:
The springs are what hold the car up, so I dont' see why not. The LCA's and UCA just locate the axle more than anything.

That's correct. I've got this process down to literally a 30 minute job on LCA's.. Do one side at a time and next to no movement occurs with the axle.

If your using Big Cats write up. You can do it that way as well, that gives you some more freedom for movement. I prefer my way, because there isn't really any movement that occurs. You'll understand better once under the car. If you want, do one his way, then do one the way I stated or vice versa..

bigcat · Feb 7, 2008

Emay said:
That's correct. I've got this process down to literally a 30 minute job on LCA's.. Do one side at a time and next to no movement occurs with the axle.

i found that as longs as you dont take an hour per side, there is very little movement the way i did it. it does not take long to remove a few bolts and reinstall. just assemble the arms first.

either way is fine, simply up to you. i found it easier to not have jack stands in the same area you are trying to remove bolts. they can be in the way during your work.

one side at a time is definitely the way to go. if you assemble the arms and remove the parking brake cable before removing any bolts, the process goes smoother, IMO.

DarkFireGT · Feb 7, 2008

If you swap quickly, having the rear suspension hanging shouldn't be a problem. That's how I did them on both cars. That said, you still need to torque them with the suspension loaded. So it would be time saving to support the car with the axle housing. Just make sure when you position your jack stands, you leave room to get to all the bolts.

red05bullitgt · Feb 8, 2008

kooldawg6 said:
+1!
...but thanks red05bullitgt for clearing it up for anybody wondering out there

I would also like to clear up, that if My Yellow Stang had specified, he was referring to the rear LCA/UCA's. I wouldn't had misinterpreted his question, to begin with.

However being that he didn't specify, I really had no way of knowing. So I just assumed he was referring to the front LCA/UCA's

Anyway, my apologies for any misunderstandings on my part. For I was just trying to be helpful.

Rocky

My Yellow Stang · Feb 9, 2008

Hey thanks red 05bullitgt for the info do need help with front and rear since I'm doing the Eibach pro with D Specs, any and all info is greatly appreciated

red05bullitgt · Feb 9, 2008

Your very welcome, Yellow

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