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- betegh9 - 04-02-2012
Hewh! I am glad that I only check tire pressures...................
- dmano - 04-04-2012
What if the car is jacked up but can't get a stand under it. IE: not high enough, will we be in violation of the rule?
- Ben951 - 04-04-2012
Place a wheel under the frame as a good faith effort... ?
- larrybard - 04-04-2012
dmano wrote:
Quote:What if the car is jacked up but can't get a stand under it. IE: not high enough, will we be in violation of the rule?You mean your floor jack is incapable of raising your car higher than the lowest height of your jack stand ?
- Ben951 - 04-04-2012
larrybard wrote:
Quote:dmano wrote:Quote:What if the car is jacked up but can't get a stand under it. IE: not high enough, will we be in violation of the rule?You mean your floor jack is incapable of raising your car higher than the lowest height of your jack stand ?
Don't laugh I've run into that problem on my CRX... I ended up using the jack without the adjustable arm part under the control arm...
This is not an issue on the 951 though.
- dmano - 04-04-2012
No, my car is so low that when up jack it up to get wheel 1/2" off the ground I can't fit a stands under the car. I would have to jack it up 16" to fit my stands. I only use my stands if I am getting under the car not to change tires. I use a 3 pump race jack and real jack stands, not the consumer type.
- Ben951 - 04-04-2012
dmano wrote:
Quote:No, my car is so low that when up jack it up to get wheel 1/2" off the ground I can't fit a stands under the car. I would have to jack it up 16" to fit my stands. I only use my stands if I am getting under the car not to change tires. I use a 3 pump race jack and real jack stands, not the consumer type.
I believe they still want us to use stands even when not getting under the car, if I recall correctly.
[Personally I think if you are not getting under the car and want to chance damage to your car, that's fine]. However, I think this is more of an insurance issue...
- CarreraS - 04-04-2012
betegh9 wrote:
Quote:Hewh! I am glad that I only check tire pressures...................
Face it Nick, you rarely do that, either. You're too busy kibbitzing.
- Brian Minkin - 04-04-2012
I own 2 of the lowest cars in our region. I had to buy a special jack with 1 3/4 inch clearance to even be able to get to the jack points. It will jack the car up high enough to place jack stands under the car. So I have a hard time with what David Mano is saying. As I said earlier in this thread I have witnessed a jack failure and a severly broken arm as result when someone was just changing tires.
- betegh9 - 04-04-2012
CarreraS wrote:
Quote:betegh9 wrote:Oh! when it comes to track driving in DE, it is all relax time. If pressures are off 1 pound eather way, I DON'T CARE. I have fun, teach, socialize...... what else do I need?........ Yea! there is LeMons, now, that is serious.Quote:Hewh! I am glad that I only check tire pressures...................
Face it Nick, you rarely do that, either. You're too busy kibbitzing.