Floor jack and Jack stand placement

Anybody using the quick jack, I'd like to hear your experience pro/cons

 

Hi guys,

Could someone/anyone provide a picture of exactly where the floor jack and jack stands should be placed for front & rear brake replacement, please? I don't know what the LCA or Cross member are. I'm a visual person. Thank you.

 

Should be a diagram similar to this in the Owner's Manual:

 

You my friend are awesome! Thank you!!!

 

Is this location for the floor jack stand correct? This is my first time working on the exterior of the truck and when I lifted the front half an inch off the ground I heard a lot of creaking noise and the tires moved slightly inward. Is this normal?

Also, should I use wood block for the jack stands or no?

 

One thing I didn’t see posted, I never use just stands or a jack if I can help it. Use both. Jack it up, insert stand, back off jack until it settles on the stand, then pump the jack back up so it is just kissing the frame as a backup. When doing the back, jack from pumpkin and stands to the sides works too. Obviously this is location and situation-dependent but I’ll even go triplicate with a wheel and tire combo laying next to me/under the frame just because.

Ditto to the tire-chocking comment, and chock both tires.

 

I too use the floor jack and jack stands combo for all my brake/wheel replacements on my smaller cars. And I plan to do the same for the TT but I've never lifted anything this heavy. So is the front spot, okay?

 

Those rear axle jackstand locations don’t seem to work with the rear sway bar and my stands. I’ve been putting them under the lower U-bolt saddles. I know the RSB is popular, what are you guys with the RSB doing?

 

FWIW, at the start of COVID, someone in my area had been working on his car and it rolled out and killed him in his driveway. Safety has to be the number one priority. I typically use chocks, and every stand and floor jack I have. I usually use at least two jack stands. If it's important to have one, use two. Redundancy is your friend when it comes to safety, which cannot be understated.

Safe wrenching guys and gals!

 

I’m not sure I understand what work you are doing, although I see the pic on your previous post. Someone posted a picture of the factory-recommended jacking points already, those will work and yes it’s normal for your tires to move a little as you’re unloading them by lifting the truck. I have no idea your particular situation and task at hand, though. For installations requiring droop of the rear suspension I’ve used the frame in front of the rear tires. I don’t see that in the recommended locations, but it’s part of the frame and so far so good?

It’s getting repetitive but that’s a good thing, ditto to kevine0001’s post about redundancy. I broke a breaker bar trying to get a bolt loose under the truck once upon a time, and for that work it was chocked, two jack stands next to each other(one holding up the truck and one with one less tooth engaged), the jack kissing the frame, and the wheel/tire combo under the frame too. The truck was moving while I deadlifted that wrench and I was NOT going to get squished.

 

Please be Safe.

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