Originally Posted by
GraphiteGhost
GREAT example of how to properly 'jack-stand' a vehicle. One question though, is the wooden pad using something that 'inserts' into the recess for the jack (preventing any kind of slippage during working on the car and pulling/pushing too hard)?
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In this picture there's nothing with those blocks. Whenever I work on the car I throw ramps with blocks of wood on them that are high enough to touch the framing underneath. This way it something does fail, it's still not going anywhere.
I post a lot of maintenance pictures on the fakebook Crossfire forum page. Here's a few pics from one of my latest posts about changing the differential gear oil.
