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Floor jack lifting points?


srisitt

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City
Washington
Vehicle Year
1991
Transmission
Manual
I want to lift my 2wd 91 Ranger up and support it on 4 jack stands. My chilton and hanes manuals only cover doing one wheel. I can't find any information online either. I have the rear up and supported, but I don't know where to put the floor jack for the front. Is this a safe point to lift from? I started to jack it up but it seems like a lot of weight.

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No that is not safe nor is the truck meant to be lifted from there. Put the pad of the jack under the bolt on the bottom of the I-beam under the springs. This is a safe and stable spot for your trolly jack to lift your truck. Lift one side at a time and be sure to use jack stands as being crushed by a vehicle sucks bad, trust me I'm disabled due to being crushed by a vehicle.
 
I normally lift the front one side at a time. I place my jack under the bolt on the bottom of the axle beam directly below where the spring sits. I often put my jack stand under the frame a few inches back from the bumper.

Depending on how much access I need, I will sometimes put an extra set of jack stands under the frame near the transmission cross-member. I just raise those as high as they will go before touching the frame. Just extra safety to satisfy my paranoia.
 
I'm glad I asked! I jacked it up under the springs and put the stands under the frame as Bgunner and ericbphoto suggested. Felt much, much safer. Thanks for the help!
 
No problem, just be safe wrenching and be sure to have fun while doing so.
 
Bgunner is right. Always jack a TTB/TIB from under the spring bolt. It is the most stable position.
 
I normally lift the front one side at a time. I place my jack under the bolt on the bottom of the axle beam directly below where the spring sits. I often put my jack stand under the frame a few inches back from the bumper.

Depending on how much access I need, I will sometimes put an extra set of jack stands under the frame near the transmission cross-member. I just raise those as high as they will go before touching the frame. Just extra safety to satisfy my paranoia.

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Yup. That's where I do it.
 
If I need to lift the whole frontend up at once I usually jack right from where yours is in the picture :dunno: I have a much larger jack than yours though.
 
Personally i always jack on the beam then place the stands as far outward toward the wheel as possible.
 
Personally i always jack on the beam then place the stands as far outward toward the wheel as possible.

Generally I do too.

Doesn't work worth a crap when you need to play with the front suspension or are doing an axle swap though. I don't think I have ever needed to jack up both sides at the same time without before I did the axle swap either.
 
Generally I do too.

Doesn't work worth a crap when you need to play with the front suspension or are doing an axle swap though. I don't think I have ever needed to jack up both sides at the same time without before I did the axle swap either.
This might not be the "proper" way to do it but i lift it at the beams then use cement blocks/4x4s to build up a good solid base on the frame out of the way if i need to be doing that kind of shit.

Since i trust cement blocks more then jack stands.
 
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Thanks for the info. I used a 3-ton rolling jack with two 3-ton new steel jack stands to raise my front in my driveway. I put wheel chocks under the back tires, and stacked 2-foot long pressure-treated blocks under the front tires with opposing wedges to tighten them up, like you would do under a mobile home. Of course, the manual was in gear with the parking brake on. I safely swapped out my bad starter easily and without my wife worrying too much.
 

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