I'm a little dens here: I understand the location for the rear but can you describe again the best location for jackstands in the front? On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: the > > btw....seriously, the 'good way' in my book to use jackstands in the rear, > is to 'hook them' on the outer forward edge of the rear trailing arm, and > place the stand diagonally ....that way there is even more resistance to the > stannd tiping fore-aft or left-right... > nd being hooked in that corner there between trailing arm and jacking > point...they're not gonna slide out of there. > > on the other hand. on the front jacking points....bit shakey there, as the > stand has to be inline with the vehicle, and that flat spot can slide eaisly > on the top of the jack stand. > > I also find that vanagons don't really sit equally on for identical jack > stands, about a 3/4 wooden pad will make all four corners equally loaded > though. > > all fun, > scott >
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