Where do you put your axle stands?

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ronsealdeath

ronsealdeath

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Id rather look like a tit by asking this than getting crushed by my Discovery; where do people feel is safe to support a D2 chassis to allow axles to hang? In front of axle? Behind? Towbar for rear? As the chassis curves it obviously makes slippage an potential issue so are there any places axle stands lock in nicely?
Doing front springs and shocks and cant decide where to support it.
Cheers
 
Last time I did shocks and springs I think it was a case of blocking it up on the front winch bumper and then on the rear crossmember.

I like to chock the wheels when I do them too as they rock on the transmission brake and it makes me nervous.
 
Cheers all. I just gotta do it and trust the axle stands!
When people jack the front do you do one side at a time on radius arm or as close to centre of axle to raise front evenly?
 
Under the chassis rails here too. But I try to put a short length of 2 x 4 along the rail as a cushioning device rather than direct metal-to-metal contact as my stands have high-points.
 
I use one of these to jack up the end of the car so it rises level - https://www.toolstoday.co.uk/sealey-cross-beam-adaptor-3tonne-4x4

I then put the jack stands at the notches on the radius arms as per owners manual.
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According to rave though I shouldn't be doing this.
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According to rave though I shouldn't be doing this. View attachment 186716[/QUOTE]
Which really only leaves the chassis! It does depend to a certain extent on the shape and size of the tops of your axle stands. The bigger the stand, the bigger the top of it, the easier it is to find a place on the chassis to fit it.
I agree with all the safety first type advice given, particularly as regards chocking the wheels, using the official jacking points on the arms, and putting wood or rubber between the axle stands and the chassis to stop slippage.
So I think the best advice is to get a properly big pair of stands to do the job.
 
Axle stand fits perfect on the exhaust :)

That jacking beam thing looks like the ticket sitting between the chassis rails. One day i will have a 4 post lift but i just need to sell my kidneys first.
 
ronsealdeath said:
Axle stand fits perfect on the exhaust :)

That jacking beam thing looks like the ticket sitting between the chassis rails. One day i will have a 4 post lift but i just need to sell my kidneys first.
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When we changed the clutch in March.the gearbox was suspended from an engine hoist through the centre console. I asked my wife to pump the hoist to lift the gearbox while I was underneath the car. After a bit I asked her if she was pumping the handle as the gearbox didn't seem to be lifting. Turned out she was pumping the trolley Jack supporting the silencer. Apart from it being a bit flat on the bottom, no real damage done.
 
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