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Jack Stand Damage
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Launching!
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Jack Stand Damage Need some help here...I have been using the sub-frame sections in the front of the car as lift point for my jack and for jack stands. The passenger side one seems fine, but over time the driver's side area has rippled. To make matters worse, the jack stand slipped yesterday and put a nice big crater in it. Now when I am coming to a stop a hear a creaking right underneath me. I am shocked that this structural area bent, and from now on I don't know if I should keep using that area. Did I do any major damge, and if I did, can it be fixed?
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Don't have pics....might be able to get some in a few days. It's not really bad, I mean the crater is like an inch diameter ding and the welded sheetmetal is wavy probably from a narrow jack stand support point. I don't think my car is going to fall apart, but maybe I am missing something when I jack it up that's causing this. I have been told using a hard piece of wood or something may spread the weight out more so it doesn't get worse.
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my buddies dad dropped the jack down while my buddy was pullin the jack stand out, took a bite out of the door on his 66 mustang. he was pretty sick after that one!!
Launching!
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From: Denver, CO
That doesn't sound good. I would love to say some Sub Frame Connectors would fix the problem, but I really don't know if that would help at all. You might want to have a body specialist check it out. I would think they would do it for free, but you never know...
FWIW, my IROC has a big dent in the oil pan, from where the previous owner used it as a jacking point. Nothing hits, but it's still painful to look at...
Good luck, and keep us posted on this!
FWIW, my IROC has a big dent in the oil pan, from where the previous owner used it as a jacking point. Nothing hits, but it's still painful to look at...
Good luck, and keep us posted on this!
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Launching!
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Thanks for all the replies. I'll have pics in a couple days, someone has my camera. I looked at it last night, just to clarify, it is not caved in or anything. The car didn't fall either. When I said "slipped" the jack stand slid to a different position on the subframe and got into one of the holes in the center of it. Because of the hole, it bent the center of the subframe in about 1/2 an inch 1 inch around.
Anyway, it doesn't look horrible. Other than the small crater, the rest of the subframe section that once was flat has gradually gotten wavy. The car is 99% fine structurally, I'm sure, I just don't want it to get any worse when jacking the car for tire rotations, oil changes, etc. A piece of wood sounds like it'll help and spread the load so I don't bend it any more than it already is. Plus, the lifts in the shop won't hurt it all given that they are evenly distributed around the whole car. At this point I just don't want to hurt it any more.
Anyway, it doesn't look horrible. Other than the small crater, the rest of the subframe section that once was flat has gradually gotten wavy. The car is 99% fine structurally, I'm sure, I just don't want it to get any worse when jacking the car for tire rotations, oil changes, etc. A piece of wood sounds like it'll help and spread the load so I don't bend it any more than it already is. Plus, the lifts in the shop won't hurt it all given that they are evenly distributed around the whole car. At this point I just don't want to hurt it any more.
