I can think of times where I've had my head under the fender with the wheel off and the car on jackstands. I do usually throw the wheel under the car in that case as a backstop saftey measure.
I've also worked under the car many times on jackstands for other things. Exhaust hangers, flex discs, transmission filters, etc. Thinking about the wood ramp idea for that kind of thing now. Do you have a long ramp for the entire car length, or do you use shorter ramps under front and back wheels separately? On this Honda I have, if I change the transmission I need to pull the front axles and drop the transmission from under the car. Need the wheels off for that, and also need to raise the car to make room to work. Sure a lift is ideal, but I can't justify the cost of a lift for the few times it'd really be nice to have. Neighbor used to have one, but he moved and sold it. Will probably be ordering some high quality jackstands. Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > True, but I’m not under the car when it’s on jackstands. I use them for > wheels off sort of stuff where I’m not under it. > > -D > >> On Jul 7, 2020, at 3:16 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> That's good until you need to take wheels off. >> >> Allan >> >> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >> >>> Or do like I do - use solid wood ramps if you have to work under the car. >>> >>> I just sandwiched progressively longer pieces of 2x12 with a bevel cut on >>> the end. Crude and heavy, for sure, but with six “layers” of wood it gets >>> the car up in the air a good 10” or so and there is no possible way it can >>> collapse. >>> >>> -D >>> >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
