Placing Jack Stands with scissor jack
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Placing Jack Stands with scissor jack
Here is my dilemma. I have a '99 civic and would like to place it up on 4 jackstands and I only have a scissor jack. I know scissor jacks are usually only for emergencies but I don't have the $$ right now for a floor jack. I also know there are 4 different jacking points but my problem is since I have to jack in up on the jack point there is not enough room to slip the jackstand under there at the same time so I can lower it back down. Is there anyway to do this? Can I jack up the car at a different point? I know there have been similar threads about this but none of them have answered my question exactly.
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RE: Placing Jack Stands with scissor jack
I feel your money pains..
this is what my poor *** would do:
borrow a heavier duty scissor jack from a truck, jack up the points under the engine and rear bumper, set the jack stands, repeat as needed with boards underneath the jack for height. ...Course, my poor *** is still alive because I usually don't listen to my own ideas, and that scissor lift would be really really unstable and overweight.
this is what my poor *** would do:
borrow a heavier duty scissor jack from a truck, jack up the points under the engine and rear bumper, set the jack stands, repeat as needed with boards underneath the jack for height. ...Course, my poor *** is still alive because I usually don't listen to my own ideas, and that scissor lift would be really really unstable and overweight.
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