| More C4 jack stand confusion... |
Subject: More C4 jack stand confusion... by screamin_conure on 2012/11/20 15:54:36 Gurus, I know that there is a TON of stuff here, and elsewhere on the Web, regarding proper jacking and jack stand placement for C4 Corvettes and I've found it all and I'm fairly confident about the proper procedure. But I'm a bit confused about something. I recently picked up a floor jack (http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-ja ... avy-duty-steel-68049.html) and a pair of jack stands (http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200349988_200349988). In the manual for the jack stands, there is a paragraph that reads as follows... "PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Hein-Werner Jack Stands are designed to support rated capacity, partial vehicle loads consisting of one end of a vehicle. Use as a matched pair to support one end of a vehicle only. NEVER use automotive jack stands to support both ends or one side of a vehicle! Use only one (1) pair per vehicle. Rated capacity is per pair only!" That's totally confusing. I only bought one pair of jack stands because my anticipated use for them is to support either the front two tires, the rear two tires, or either the right or left side of the car. If I'm reading that paragraph correctly, lifting one side of the car by one of the factory jack points (thus lifting that entire side of the car) and placing a jack stand under the frame in front, and another under the frame in the rear and letting the car rest sideways on just those two stands (with the other two tires still on the ground), is a no-no. My purpose in proping the car up in this manner would be for things like brake service, wheel cleaning, or a bit of chassis cleaning/detailing. To me, setting one side of the car on two jack stands would seem to be perfectly safe. Any thoughts? Ron |
