The video is very basic and elementary - exactly the information I was looking for. I've never used a jack and stand so you're "basic" instructions are right on point! Thanks man.
My deepest condolences for your loss. That's one of the reasons we made this video. Cars are heavy and no joke, everyone no matter the experience level has to respect them and handle them correctly. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story.
Appreciate your focus on safety! Makes me feel better about the triple safety measures I took. I’m not crazy! Changed oil first time this week and kept jack in place in addition to jack stands and ramps under the front wheels. Needed the ramp anyway to get the jack underneath as its a low car. Also used wheel chocks for both rear wheels. Gave the car a wiggle to make sure its secure, and felt safe lying under a car halfway up in the air, removing the oil drain plug for the first time.
In my experience, using a floor jack or otherwise flat lift pad on a pinch weld, without an adaptor for a pinch weld, will cause the pinch weld to fold over on itself. Even when it's the factory jack point, it's meant for a scissor jack with the accompanying recess for the pinch weld. That being said I would never recommend using a scissor jack unless in an emergency. Good video.
You should not place jack stands on pinch weld as that will break the welds. Most old cars pinch welds are broken so you have to use the jack points stated in this video
My understanding has always been 'if it moves, don't use as a jacking point'; think you covered that quite well along with other good safety points. Like that you covered the different situations associated with other vehicles. Thanks
Excellent video. Very clear. Great camera shots. Thanks for the good safety tip at 10:10. On my '98 Integra it's really hard to see where the center frame jack points are, front or back.That's exactly why you guys got your car on hoists to assist in the camera shots. Great idea!
Chalk the rear tires when you lift it from the front, or the front side(s). Chalk the front tires when you are going to lift it from the back or the back side(s). And it's recommended never to use jack stands on a slanted driveway. Always do it on a flat driveway, or on the pavement. Some people like to put cut out plywood under the jack stands because they say it prevents the jack stands from digging into the concrete or the pavement. Great video.
Thank you ... that was helpful. Logically I would think the jack points are what you stated, but I can never be sure. I often jack it up from the pinched areas where it is meant for the jack on the edge of the frame. Once I use a jack to lift the car up from that point, then I can't put my jack stand underneath that point and that's why I keep wondering where is it a good place to lift the front or the back of the car from center so that you can put the jack stands where it is suppose to go.
? When you turn it counterclockwise to let the car down, you do it slowly in small increments as the car comes downward ? Great video for amateurs like me! Thank you.
This is a great safety video. Can you make another please where we only have the terrible company-provided jack for use in bad weather? I swear they don't even give you proper instructions for good days. Your video is not bad. I just feel that we all could use even more basic instruction. Thank you.
Also, in bad conditions it will be hard to read the instructions. Basically I'm asking you to boil it down for the dummies like me. Especially with the different jack systems.
Excellent video . Also make sure the ground is smooth & hard enough for the jack to pull its self forward as the arm goes up. If its not it digs in & pulls the arm away from the chosen point. One Q 2m52 you say jacking under the Track Control Arm is OK ! The weight is then on the ball joint, in a way its not when driving , Is that OK ?
Always use a floor jack only on smooth, gravel-free level cement, as the wheels allow it to move as the car rises, keeping it in line with the vertical load; if it gets stuck, and can't roll freely, the load can become off-center and spill sideways.
You need to make sure the jack stand is at least on the first notch not free floating below the first notch putting all weight on the bottom jack frame housing. It sure looks like one of them isn't looking at the angle of the release lever!
Another great video! Very detailed. Before I lowered my car, I had no problems getting under the front frame, Jacking up the car and then placing jack stands on the pinch welds. Now I cannot get far enough to do this. Do you have a video on how to correct this? I seen folks add some wood to make a small plank to add just a few inches from the ground. Just looking for some ideas from the pros.
On the rear diff yes but not on the front due to it being offset so much. There are jack points on the four corners of the car I'd use those. Thanks for watching!
Need to drop fuel tank so I gotta lift it up on all four wheels right ? Never dropped one before . 2016 ford focus proably weighs less than 4 tons so what should I use ? 2 tons each jack or even more ? And where do I place jack on car ? Do I need to fit all of the car at once or front then rear ? Yeah somewhere sturdy enough but where ?
Exactly, leave the jack under the car too AND leave the wheels under the car too, so then you have 3 layers of safety, the axle stands on which the car rests, the jack or even two jacks should you wish, AND the wheels.
I wonder if metal on metal would cause scratches and thus rusting in the future? you mentioned it bites into it better and it sits better, but that bite means a scratch into the paint and into the material right?
Once raised onto the jack stands, can the car remained in this position for extended periods? I'm leaving a car garaged in Florida for some months and don't want the tires to flatten.
5:11 time mark _ Note that when jacking the car up, that the wheels of the jack freely rotate. As you jack the car, the jack is moving forward. This is to compensate for the rotation of the jack pivot point as it gets higher and higher. (Jack doesn't operate vertically. Instead, it operates on an arc.) This means that it is extremely important to pay attention to this movement. You don't want to jack the car up and have it slip off the pivot point (which is what WILL HAPPEN if the wheels don't rotate!). Personally, I've found that jacking on an asphalt driveway is problematic. How well the floor jack operates depends on how smooth the pavement is. My driveway is 30 years old and showing its age. It also has about a 2% slope. It is extremely difficult for me to jack on this driveway. The wheels tend to lock up whenever it hits an imperfection. It is a hundred times easier and safer for me to jack my truck up on the flat, smooth concrete garage floor.
You know, as most people who don't have a car lift are using a jack and jack stands on something like a non-ideal driveway. This has some additional challenges, like when raising the vehicle the jack would not roll to the ideal spot under the lifting point, so it can put an sideway stress on a the point where you lift the car on. So, I think you can do a more useful video when you do it on a non-ideal driveway and show how you're dealing with it under these circumstances.
@@2carpros Life isn't that simple. Sometimes you need creativity as well as sound judgement in order to complete a job. How about you find your ideal flat surface but don't have mains electricity there?
[thank, you for you're video. after watching the jack stand video on youtube I'm not going to use jack stands ever again. I've been using steel ramps and chock the rear wheels and engage the E brake]
As long as you're on flat level ground, any concrete, you never leave the emergency brake on (standard or automatic) and you never chock the wheels. Doing those things won't hurt anything, and is technically safer, but you just never do it.
Thanks for the tips! But I saw 1 big danger, at first the wheels weren’t choked, and you could actually see the car rolling while lowering the car! Very dangerous! 7:27
On the last tooth the the adjustment. Not pulled all the way out though. There is a maximum operating height and that varies stand to stand. Thanks for watching!
@@2carpros k awesome yeah I was lowering my big suv for the first time and I felt the jack moving back so I got a little freaked out thinking it was gonna pop out and the car would go slamming down. Ridiculous I know, but the mind goes crazy in those situations haha.
The video is very basic and elementary - exactly the information I was looking for. I've never used a jack and stand so you're "basic" instructions are right on point! Thanks man.
We are so happy to be of help! Thank you for watching!
The best, perfect, clearest demonstration ever. It does not get better than this. Thank you sir.
Wow, thanks!
Excellent video and instructions. Hope everyone watches before they do anything under a car. Had a relative loose his life due to lift and jack issue.
My deepest condolences for your loss. That's one of the reasons we made this video. Cars are heavy and no joke, everyone no matter the experience level has to respect them and handle them correctly. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story.
Appreciate your focus on safety! Makes me feel better about the triple safety measures I took. I’m not crazy! Changed oil first time this week and kept jack in place in addition to jack stands and ramps under the front wheels. Needed the ramp anyway to get the jack underneath as its a low car. Also used wheel chocks for both rear wheels. Gave the car a wiggle to make sure its secure, and felt safe lying under a car halfway up in the air, removing the oil drain plug for the first time.
Nice work!
I am the same way. I want 4X safety when going under a car. good for you that you take the extended safety measures. Never hurts, only helps.
I appreciate the basic outline of the trolley jack's usage - it's not complicated but rarely demonstrated.
Gotta know the basics! Thanks for watching!
In my experience, using a floor jack or otherwise flat lift pad on a pinch weld, without an adaptor for a pinch weld, will cause the pinch weld to fold over on itself. Even when it's the factory jack point, it's meant for a scissor jack with the accompanying recess for the pinch weld. That being said I would never recommend using a scissor jack unless in an emergency. Good video.
Agreed
Jack stands should be alright on the pinch weld, correct?
You should not place jack stands on pinch weld as that will break the welds. Most old cars pinch welds are broken so you have to use the jack points stated in this video
My understanding has always been 'if it moves, don't use as a jacking point'; think you covered that quite well along with other good safety points. Like that you covered the different situations associated with other vehicles. Thanks
Just bought a floor jack and didn’t know about the handle needing to be level to the floor. Great tip.
Excellent video. Very clear. Great camera shots. Thanks for the good safety tip at 10:10. On my '98 Integra it's really hard to see where the center frame jack points are, front or back.That's exactly why you guys got your car on hoists to assist in the camera shots. Great idea!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! :)
Chalk the rear tires when you lift it from the front, or the front side(s). Chalk the front tires when you are going to lift it from the back or the back side(s). And it's recommended never to use jack stands on a slanted driveway. Always do it on a flat driveway, or on the pavement. Some people like to put cut out plywood under the jack stands because they say it prevents the jack stands from digging into the concrete or the pavement. Great video.
my dad told me to watch this before I change my oil .. great video!
Wise man! Thank you for watching!
Definitely the best, clearest video on exactly where to jack up a car. Thank you from London !
Thank you so much for watching!
Excellent video. One of the best I have seen. Great instructions for someone who has never done this before.
Wow, thanks!
Down to the last detail. Great video. Safety first. I ve had close calls taking short cuts. Dont skip steps. Thanks for the vid
Glad it helped!
Thank you ... that was helpful. Logically I would think the jack points are what you stated, but I can never be sure. I often jack it up from the pinched areas where it is meant for the jack on the edge of the frame. Once I use a jack to lift the car up from that point, then I can't put my jack stand underneath that point and that's why I keep wondering where is it a good place to lift the front or the back of the car from center so that you can put the jack stands where it is suppose to go.
You taught me so much. Thank you for been thorough in all the Explanations
You are so welcome!
Wonderful information one can only get from an expert. Thank You 2carpros.
Thank you so much for watching! :)
Great instructional video!!!! I needed to hear this again before I do work.
Thank you much..
Thanks for watching!
Excellent by showing the underneath of the car to show where to jack!
Thanks for this excellent video! This information will definitely come in handy when I change my own oil.
You got this! Thanks for watching!
? When you turn it counterclockwise to let the car down, you do it slowly in small increments as the car comes downward ? Great video for amateurs like me! Thank you.
Just at a slow controlled rate is perfect! Thank you for watching Jimmy!
This is a great safety video. Can you make another please where we only have the terrible company-provided jack for use in bad weather? I swear they don't even give you proper instructions for good days.
Your video is not bad. I just feel that we all could use even more basic instruction. Thank you.
Also, in bad conditions it will be hard to read the instructions. Basically I'm asking you to boil it down for the dummies like me. Especially with the different jack systems.
So basic and straight to the point i like it. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Nice video but I'd recommend using jack stands with secondary locking bars to ensure that, if the jack stand fails, the rack can't collapse.
Thank you so much for watching!
Good. Clear visuals and commentary. Basic. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Some great pointers on choosing the right location, Thank you !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video . Also make sure the ground is smooth & hard enough for the jack to pull its self forward as the arm goes up. If its not it digs in & pulls the arm away from the chosen point.
One Q 2m52 you say jacking under the Track Control Arm is OK ! The weight is then on the ball joint, in a way its not when driving , Is that OK ?
Always use a floor jack only on smooth, gravel-free level cement, as the wheels allow it to move as the car rises, keeping it in line with the vertical load; if it gets stuck, and can't roll freely, the load can become off-center and spill sideways.
A lot of videos do not show u where to use the floor jack in order to place the jack stands under the pinch weld. Thank u for explaining that.
Yep, pinch weld is your friend. Thanks for watching!
Greetings from India..
Thoroughly professional dude..
Hats off to all the useful tips .. keep up the good work
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
You guys are awesome! Thank you for taking the time to teach us.
Thanks for watching!
I used all of these safety tips today including the tires. Here in o am safely able to write about it. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Thank you sir.Very helpful and informative for beginners.
So nice of you!
You’re welcome.Keep up with the good work.
The best of the best teaching videos......
Glad you think so!
Excellent video! No detail ignored. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
You need to make sure the jack stand is at least on the first notch not free floating below the first notch putting all weight on the bottom jack frame housing. It sure looks like one of them isn't looking at the angle of the release lever!
Very clear and great demonstrations- thanks!
Thanks, the best explained I have seen.
Thank you for watching!
You can see the car roll forward a few inches at 6:26. What happened to the wheel chocks?
yeah...i was thinking the same thing.
i have seen a couple of car jacking videos where the opposite wheel was not chocked..
Another great video! Very detailed.
Before I lowered my car, I had no problems getting under the front frame, Jacking up the car and then placing jack stands on the pinch welds. Now I cannot get far enough to do this. Do you have a video on how to correct this? I seen folks add some wood to make a small plank to add just a few inches from the ground. Just looking for some ideas from the pros.
Thank you for the upload!
Helpfully video!
You forgot to chock,, the front wheels,,, when you lifted the rear????
2:10 and 7:46, thought he made it clear 🤔.
Thank you for the video as usual. Would you use floor jack on front and rear differentials on a ML500? Thank you.
On the rear diff yes but not on the front due to it being offset so much. There are jack points on the four corners of the car I'd use those. Thanks for watching!
Excellent video. Really really well done thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video there are a lot of us out here that are just beginning to learn how to work on our cars and especially our classic cars ourselves
Everyone has got to start somewhere! Thanks for watching!
Need to drop fuel tank so I gotta lift it up on all four wheels right ? Never dropped one before . 2016 ford focus proably weighs less than 4 tons so what should I use ? 2 tons each jack or even more ? And where do I place jack on car ? Do I need to fit all of the car at once or front then rear ? Yeah somewhere sturdy enough but where ?
Exactly, leave the jack under the car too AND leave the wheels under the car too, so then you have 3 layers of safety, the axle stands on which the car rests, the jack or even two jacks should you wish, AND the wheels.
Thanks for the vid. how far off the jacking point "arrows" (pinch-weld) can you use floor jack or jack stands. 6 inches?
I wonder if metal on metal would cause scratches and thus rusting in the future? you mentioned it bites into it better and it sits better, but that bite means a scratch into the paint and into the material right?
Great how to video… thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Once raised onto the jack stands, can the car remained in this position for extended periods? I'm leaving a car garaged in Florida for some months and don't want the tires to flatten.
Sure you can! As long as you have quality jack stands and you mount it correctly on the correct spots you will be just fine. Thank you for watching!
muchas gracias!
Thanks for the tutorial!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Thanks guys!
What is the length on your jack? Looking to purchase one with reach
Are harbor freight jack stands and floor jacks any good and if yes any recommendations?
Good job explaining.
Glad you think so!
Good explanation, nice video, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
5:11 time mark _ Note that when jacking the car up, that the wheels of the jack freely rotate. As you jack the car, the jack is moving forward. This is to compensate for the rotation of the jack pivot point as it gets higher and higher. (Jack doesn't operate vertically. Instead, it operates on an arc.)
This means that it is extremely important to pay attention to this movement. You don't want to jack the car up and have it slip off the pivot point (which is what WILL HAPPEN if the wheels don't rotate!).
Personally, I've found that jacking on an asphalt driveway is problematic. How well the floor jack operates depends on how smooth the pavement is. My driveway is 30 years old and showing its age. It also has about a 2% slope. It is extremely difficult for me to jack on this driveway. The wheels tend to lock up whenever it hits an imperfection. It is a hundred times easier and safer for me to jack my truck up on the flat, smooth concrete garage floor.
You know, as most people who don't have a car lift are using a jack and jack stands on something like a non-ideal driveway. This has some additional challenges, like when raising the vehicle the jack would not roll to the ideal spot under the lifting point, so it can put an sideway stress on a the point where you lift the car on. So, I think you can do a more useful video when you do it on a non-ideal driveway and show how you're dealing with it under these circumstances.
Always lift a vehicle on a flat surface. That is the only requirement with using jack and stands. Thanks for watching!
@@2carpros Life isn't that simple. Sometimes you need creativity as well as sound judgement in order to complete a job. How about you find your ideal flat surface but don't have mains electricity there?
You try explaining that to a horde of "technically correct" RUclips comments. Then I'd use hand tools and a flashlight. I don't understand your query.
[thank, you for you're video. after watching the jack stand video on youtube I'm not going to use jack stands ever again. I've been using steel ramps and chock the rear wheels and engage the E brake]
Pretty Nice and Safty Video, thank you Very Much 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Wow fantastic I learnt how to use jack stand in our car
Glad it helped!
Great tips! Thank you!
Wow man, Thank you so much. That was super informative about somthing I seen done wrong in several vidieo. You get my like a sub.
Awesome, thank you!
Where do you find the oh so simple curb weight? I’m trying to jack up cars and need to know which ones my jack can lift.
Just google curb weight make and model. That's how I find mine. Thanks for watching!
Do you know if racing jacks are made to be used more frequently than non-racing jacks?
I think they are just quicker to lift and are usually built to a higher standard. Thanks for watching!
Great video, thanks.
You are welcome!
Top tip, put some cardboard on the stands to stop them 'grinding' on the paintwork
For the jack this is a good idea also.
Hi can i put the jack under the rear differential to lift the car.
+David Rodriguez the 3rd Yes you can!
Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Very informative.
Thanks for watching!
Very well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
As long as you're on flat level ground, any concrete, you never leave the emergency brake on (standard or automatic) and you never chock the wheels.
Doing those things won't hurt anything, and is technically safer, but you just never do it.
Jazakallah
Great advice....Thanks ! 👍
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips! But I saw 1 big danger, at first the wheels weren’t choked, and you could actually see the car rolling while lowering the car! Very dangerous! 7:27
Is it bad to jack up from the rear onto the differential?
If you use the diff to lift the rear end of a truck? Yeah that's no problem. Thanks for watching!
Say Clockwise and Anti-clockwise for the jack. Makes it more clear.
Very useful!
Good video
Thanks for the visit!
how far up can the jacks go for it to be safe to work all weekend?
On the last tooth the the adjustment. Not pulled all the way out though. There is a maximum operating height and that varies stand to stand. Thanks for watching!
Badd asss vídeo bro!!! Thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video
Thanks for watching!
I always get a little stressful that the wheels on the floor lift move, is that normal that they're going to move a little bit during the process.
Yes it is normal for the jack to move a little bit forward as the car is lifted. Thanks for watching!
@@2carpros k awesome yeah I was lowering my big suv for the first time and I felt the jack moving back so I got a little freaked out thinking it was gonna pop out and the car would go slamming down. Ridiculous I know, but the mind goes crazy in those situations haha.
Thanks always was nervous of jacking the vehicle from the from
Thanks for watching!
5:00 at one point you say chock the wheels, then here you didn't chock the wheels lol
I seen him chalk twice. Chalk in front when doing the rear and chalk rear when doing the front.
Good observation . He said choke and then he didn't choke them later . May be he forgot.
what if there is not enough clearance to get the jack under the car to start with?
Good question. We just pull up on the wheel arch to get an additional inch of clearance or so. Thanks for watching!
thanks
Nice video
Thank you!
I can't lower the jack. I can't find the valve
May you be safe
+Mike T You too!
What if my pinch welds are rusted out
I might watch this again and count the number of times he said never... 🤔
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
How high does the jack go up
Varies from model to model.
thank you
Thank you for watching!
Merci !
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Whats the brand of the jack???
Arcan, we got it from Costco
your jack stands are harbor freight right, they are the most unsafety jack stand out there
Nope. They are from a local jack stand builder that went out of business like 10 years ago. Thanks for watching!
wish somebody would do one of these on sentra 2005.