Date:         Thu, 2 Sep 2021 10:27:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Where to place my jack?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <E347116F-F7C6-46F7-B4B1-78207C68D8BC@gmail.com>
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well... a story...

On my first vanagon, one time I brought it to a tire shop for a new set of
new tires, they jack the rear up using one floor jack on the engine ! ! !...

I almost fainted and yelled at them... the guy said it's safe, he's doing
it all the time and pointed at an American car with rear up on one floor
jack at the rear axle...... I went inside and talked to the manager and
then they raised the van with 4 floor jacks - 2 on the rear and 2 on the
front...

phew.... :-)

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 9:37 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> What Dan said. Maybe on the crossbeam across the front but that’s even
> more difficult to do safely than jacking each side separately. At least
> then you can keep an eye on the process like you should.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 2, 2021, at 11:02 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think there's a good place for a floor jack to raise the front
> of
> > the so both wheels come up. You could use a pair of jack stands, raise
> one
> > side, put on the jack stand, lower floor jack and do the same on the
> other
> > side.
> >
> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:56 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> I have a floor jack that has the splitter with two pads.
> >>
> >> I would like to be able to use it to raise the front of the van so both
> >> wheels come up.
> >>
> >> Can someone describe the safe place to put the pads?
> >>
> >> I won’t be going under the van unless I also use jack stands.  I just
> want
> >> to be able to raise it up for some projects.
> >>
> >> Also need a similar description for the rear to safely raise it up.
> >>
> >> Help appreciated.
> >>
> >> Eric Caron
>