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Darkmann
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Where do I put floor Jacks??
I'm planning rear brake DIY and would like to know where the floor jacks should go. Pics would help tremendously. Thanks. |
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G-AMG
G-Class DIY Host
Date registered: May 2006
Location: South Texas
Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350
| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
The specified points are the 4 rubber "domes", just aft of the front wheels, and just forward of the rear wheels.
Do you see the 4 access panels on the sides of the "rockers"?? If you pop those panels off, THAT is the place you would use the jack which is in the trunk (the "male" tube of the jack inserts into the "female" tube in the side of car). Well, anyway, the "Domes" are just underneath.
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G-AMG
G-Class DIY Host
Date registered: May 2006
Location: South Texas
Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350
| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
Better yet, you can see the right-front point in the second to last photo in this thread:
http://www.pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.php?tid=5800&pos... |
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Darkmann
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
Thanks G-AMG. The pics tell the whole story. You're probably aware of my bouts at BenzWorld regarding the same question. It just seems like everyone has been using a diffent lift point!!! Anyway, thanks. |
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storm
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: Where do I put floor Jacks??
avoid BW onlhy a handfull of people there know what they are talking about. Sorry i couldn't answer your questions earlier but i was unable to login till now. |
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G-AMG
G-Class DIY Host
Date registered: May 2006
Location: South Texas
Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350
| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
Here, I scanned the applicable pages from my ALI most up-to-date manual, just to prove things.
 (Lift 1.jpg)
 (Lift 2.jpg)
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 Lift 1.jpg (430KB - 18 downloads)
Lift 2.jpg (236KB - 14 downloads)
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Darkmann
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
Oh man, that's so sweet. I owe you lunch!!! Thanks a bunch. Now I can rub it in their faces over there. |
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pistonhead
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Date registered: Apr 2007
Location: Loughborough, ENGLAND, UK
Vehicle(s): Nissan QX.
Posts: 22
| Re: Where do I put floor Jacks??
I do hope and strongly advise the use of axle stands to support the vehicle after jacking it up. DO NOT relie on the jack alone! |
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Darkmann
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: Where do I put floor Jacks??
pistonhead - 4/29/2007 5:32 PM
I do hope and strongly advise the use of axle stands to support the vehicle after jacking it up. DO NOT relie on the jack alone!
Actually, I mispoke. What I meant was where to put jack stands (axle stands) and not floor jacks. You're absolutely right. I just assumed most knew what I was talking about. Thanks for the reminder.
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lkchris
Veteran
Date registered: Nov 2006
Location: Albuquerque
Vehicle(s): '07 GL320CDI, '06 E320CDI
Posts: 144
| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
In my view, the only way for a DIY guy without a lift is to jack up vehicle using the OE jack in the jacking point and then place jackstand under the rubber bumpers designed for the 4-arm lifts. I've never tried, for example, jacking up both sides of front or both sides of rear and haven't needed to. Whenever I use my floor jack to raise car, there's no place left for jackstand. I'd like to find a "pad" for floor jack with an extension that fits into the OE jack lift hole
Edited by lkchris 4/30/2007 2:03 PM
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Darkmann
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: Where do I put floor Jacks??
That's why I correcetd my post from jack stands to floor jack. Like you said, jack up normally using factory jack and then use jackstands on the pads in the sketches supplied by G-AMG.
Edited by Darkmann 5/1/2007 7:10 PM
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