Question about jacking the car up to work on the rear end

[ScortLX]

Ok...so lately I ran into a thread that described the fact that you shouldn't raise the entire rear end of the car with a floor jack from the pumpkin. I have always done it that way. If you aren't supposed to jack it up from there...where am I supposed to jack the rear end up from in order to get it high enough to get both jack stands under the rear jacking points? It seems like the pumpkin is the only place to lift from that would get the entire rear high enough to get the jack stands positioned. Just curious I'm installing my MM LCA's this weekend so I figured I would ask

 

[XxMustang281xX]

on the rear..on the jacking point where its cut out to put the trunk jack... lift it..put one jackstand, lift the other side, put the other one. thats how i do anyway

 

[ScortLX]

Maybe my jack stands are just really tall because I can't imagine putting one side of my car up on the jack stand and leaving one off for a second. They are almost a foot and a half tall each. Maybe it would work

 

[XxMustang281xX]

mine are probably a foot tall and it works.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Jack on the approved jacking points. If you have done searches you have seen the pic of them. Do not jack on the pumpkin.

 

[ScortLX]

Ok Kilgore, I understand, but here is an even dumber question. If the jack is taking up the space where I would put the jackstand (jacking point), where would I put the jackstand to support the rear of the car? I usually put them at the jacking points (which I won't be able to if the floor jack is in the way).

 

[DTNODYA]

You can jack on the axle on either side of the pumpkin ... Put one jack stand on the opposite side that you are jacking, then move the jack to the side where you just put the stand and jack beside the stand (its tight, yep), put the stand under the other side and you're done.

I hope that makes sense.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

You can jack on the axle on either side of the pumpkin ... Put one jack stand on the opposite side that you are jacking, then move the jack to the side where you just put the stand and jack beside the stand (its tight, yep), put the stand under the other side and you're done. I hope that makes sense.

That is how I did it on my GT. On the Cobra I jack it on the pumpkin but I feel guilty about it every time...

 

[mustangkid05]

any pictures of this jacking point?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

any pictures of this jacking point?

Yes there are, go find them and link them into the thread.

 

[forum155pl]

jacking the pumpkin on a cobra shouldnt hurt it, unless its a straight axle... ive lifted my car up by the pumpkin since ive owned it, and just about every weekend its up on jackstands while i'm tinkering on it.. when i got my axle done he welded the axle tubes into the pumpkin and he said that it fit right in the jig so it didnt bend it in the 3 years ive had it...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Yeah, it is supposed to be safe to jack on the pumpkin with IRS according to the information I have found. Best to have an IRS diff brace though... I will be installing one soon.

 

[03gtdrkpny]

Ambiguously Gay Jacking Points Picture - From the Modular Depot

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

jack up the rear in front of the pumpkin - that steel housing. Then put two jack stands on the axle or under the A-arms, thats what i do.

 

[BaXTeR3221]

I use two jacks and the help of a buddy and i jack from the subframes and thats where i put the jack stands as well.