Jack Stands

[PKim]

For some of you that have put your X on all 4 jack stands, what is a good way of doing it. I'm planning to do some suspension work and brake work and I want to make the job easier by putting the whole car on all 4 jack stands. Also what point do you place the stands on?

Thanks.

 

[demigod]

http://www.danoland.com/nsxgarage/jack/jack.htm

 

[PKim]

Jacks

Dano, Dah!
Should of done the search, Sorry forum Nazi

 

[tucsonsx]

I have been using an old leaking Lincoln floor jack and some Norco jackstands to work on my cars for years. I was using small blocks of wood to cushion the support points on the cars from the jackstands because the jackstands have a U shaped end that is worthless for supporting all the cars I own. As I was working on my Legend recently ( thankfully not the NSX ) I heard a loud cracking sound and one corner of the car instantaneously dropped about an inch as one of the pieces of wood split and shot out in two pieces from the stand. After restarting my heart I resolved to buy a new jack and jackstands.

After much searching I purchased a new jack and jackstands from www.asedeals.com that are perfect for lifting the NSX because the saddle of both the jack and jackstands are a flat rubber surface that support the car very securely without leaving a mark on it. The manufacturer is AC Hydraulics and only time will tell how durable the stuff is, but it looks high quality.
The jackstands also come with a more traditional saddle that works well with my truck. In addition I bought a 100mm extension that is perfect for the rear lifting point on my Legend and my wife's Accord.

 

[tucsonsx]

Here is a photo of the stuff I forgot to attach.

 

[PKim]

Jacks

tusonsx,
That looks like a nice hydrolic jack, what is the profile on it? can you get under the nsx with that jack? I know that costco has been selling low profile racing jacks for a good price but right now my old one works fine. I use my oem jack to lift the car until my hydrolic jack can get underneath my X. A little pain but not too bad. I got my X on all 4 jacks right now. I put speedbleeders on and now I'm starting to put my teins on. I did change the oil, but it looks like I'm going to replace the oil pan gasket.

 

[tucsonsx]

The retracted saddle height of the jack is only 8cm ( the lowest I have ever seen ), the maximum lift is 50.5cm, and it only weighs 29.5kg. It also has some other cool features: the release requires the handle to be both pulled back and turned making an accidental release far less likely, the handle makes it easy to move around, and the handle does not fall toward the ground in the release mode ( a spring gently returns it to the upright position ). In addition the release is very controlled dropping the car slowly. In short I hope it holds up, because I sure like using it.

The jackstands are even more impressive in my opinion though, because they use a pin instead of a rachet and have a fairly wide three point base with large round feet making them very stable. The height adjustment is between 33.3cm and 55.5cm. I can't see what could possibly go wrong with them so they at least should last a long time.

 

[Procar Specials]

my favourite is 1 jack and 4 wood stands under the lifter points.
Its much safer that the jack stands, because they are bigger and cant fall over.

 

[hlweyl]

Wood is safer than jack stands??? I'd go with good jack stands anyday.

 

[Procar Specials]

Surely not by all versions.
But here in germany there is a lot of scrap on the market.

 

[AATA]

Kragen has low profile aluminum jacks, which are very good quality and 2 aluminum jack stands for $150 right now if anyone is interested.

 

[NSXT]

Harbor Freight has an amazing deal on aluminum jacks

This appears to be a smaller version of their rapid pump jacks which work great.

 

[AATA]

Those are god jacks from HF. We already have 2 of them and the ones at Kragen look like the same thing, but include the stands. All things considered they are about the same price. $20 extra for stands.

 

[hlweyl]

Harbor Freight does have good prices but it usually takes about a month to receive the tools.

 

[W]

Harbor Freight does have good prices but it usually takes about a month to receive the tools.

I feel lucky that I live close to one. Even though a lot of the stuff there is pretty subpar, I can't stop myself from buying because of the super low prices.

 

[chumch]

I think going into a Harbor Freight is what it must be like for a woman to go into a shoe store

 

[Inexcess]

Harbor Freight does have good prices but it usually takes about a month to receive the tools.

As a data point, I ordered one of the aluminum jacks from Harbor Freight on February 8th and I just received it today, March 23rd. Nice jack for what I need but the way the handle attaches to the pump could have been done better with real bearings to hold the handle instead of metal to metal. This would make the control of the release of the jack more manageable. But for the price it's the type of thing that would be left off.

 

[lemansnsx]

jack and jack stand pads

Protech make a nice line of pads for jacks and jack stands. If they don't have one to fit consider having nylon blocks machined to fit your particular application - not too expensive and won't go CRACK like wood often will.