Hi,
Before I attempt this, I thought I would ask some people who have already done it. I want to remove all 4 wheels to repaint the rims. What's the easiest way and where do you put the jack and stands in order to get all 4 off the ground. Thanks!
Hi,
Before I attempt this, I thought I would ask some people who have already done it. I want to remove all 4 wheels to repaint the rims. What's the easiest way and where do you put the jack and stands in order to get all 4 off the ground. Thanks!
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In the back, use a padded floor jack in the middle of the rear cross bar (under the rear of the transaxle) and place jack stands on either side of the cross bar. Make sure the floor jack is centered so as to not crush the underside of the cross bar. In the front, I prefer to use a floor jack per side. The jack stands go under the curved part of the "frame" near the front of the doors.
2x4 under the rear (or better yet, 2x4” steel square tube) extended 4” on each side of the frame.
Steel square jacking bar custom cut to fit into the two gussets on the front of the frame, with Jack stands slid under the two sway bar mounts on the front of the frame….
https://pantera.infopop.cc/top...ar-and-load-spreader
Works great for me…
Rocky
Do you jackbup the front first, the sides or the rear first?
I do back first as it is much heavier. Get that stable first.
I just did mine. Jacked the rear and put stands on the rear rails by the A arms as others have mentioned, then worked 2 jacks from the front at the same time on each rail then placed stands on the two rails by the A arms. But cuz I'm anal and afraid of CA quakes I had extra 12" X 12" thick pieces of wood that I stacked on the floor just rear of the front tires and left one jack just touching on the rear jack point. Yes overkill, but I'm not ready to have a legacy to be crushed by my Pantera.
Agree with Jan. I use cut up 4x4s and place under the rear uprights if I really want a secure mount. I don't trust jack stands on my smooth concrete floor. I have seen them slide.
I thought this video was interesting too especially when jacking the front and rear to an excessive height (alternate from front to rear in gradual steps and not all at once).
Thanks to everyone. I am needing to take the tires off to repaint the rims.
I use the Bendpak quick jacks with either rubber blocks supplied(If you don't have drop pans) or 4x4's cut. Let me know if you have these and I can take pics for you where to place supports.
Uscdoc13 - I also use a quick jack so it would be helpful to see where you locate the blocks or 4x4s. Thanks!!!!!
Talking about jacking, I got all this from Harbor Freight. I know Harbor Freight recalled their own jack stands years ago, but the improvements they made on these are top notch. Especially the welds are superior to any of the popular Big Red, Pro-Lift, Omega etc. They even welded in another bar inside the stand where all jacks typically split, no one else has done that.