Thread: Poor Man's Lift
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Old 02-17-2012, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by randlej View Post
I have jackstands too and use them most of the time. However, there are times when you need to work on the car with wheels mounted and car weighted as if it were sitting on the ground. Setting pinion angle on the rear and setting ride height for example.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a real lift.
I had an old family friend that owned a Porsche repair shop in Southern California back in the 70's. He was working under a car and pulled the car off of the jack stands some how. I was young, so I don't remember how he did it, but I have always been leary of jack stands after that. He survived, but was injured pretty bad.
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