Putting Jeep On Jack Stands

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Putting jeep on jack stands.

Jacking up your 2012 jeep patriot is can be dangerous if done incorrectly. If lifting the entire front or rear choose a jack point in the center of the front or rear suspension or frame. Many repairs and modifications require you to work under your car. For the rest of us we need to.

If lifting just one wheel lifting just that corner of the vehicle is a good idea. It s the location of the front jack stands i don t have my mind around. Most jeep jack kits include the jack a jack handle and a lug nut wrench. Mongoose9400 jvs0302 and ekaz.

Attached the jackpoints from the jeep manual. Use this old school mechanics trick for safely jacking up your vehicle and supporting it with jack stands. So even getting the jeep up on four stands is going to require four separate lifts which is just so great when you need to put stands in place and want to minimize rotational load on the stands. If you place the jack in the middle of one side you can easily jack up the entire side of the jeep to place both front and rear stand at the same time as long as your jack is big enough.

If you are fortunate enough to have a lift skip this video. Also when using an axle as a jackpoint i never use it do not jack it somewhere in the middle of the axle but always close to where the shock absorber is mounted.