Lord help us all

[Morat]

I just bought some axle stands off ebay...
This is a bit of a warning to say that I'll be bothering people with idiotic questions soon!

Hurrah!
Morat <-- old dog learning new tricks

[320Touring]

as long as you're safe dude!

2 axle stands + a jack is the bare minimum for working under a car

feel free to ask away any questions-we were all wearing clean overalls once

[Morat]

Well, I don't fancy bench pressing my touring....
whats the rules for putting a car up on stands?

[Ant]

Level ground under the car for starters dude

make sure the stands are square and the saddles are under either a subframe assy ( front/rear) or carefully placed along the front chassis rails

Stands for the rear only can be a PITA, I use the rear subframe munts for safety, nothing else is strong enough.

Bonus safety tip..... remove wheels and chuck them under the sills, worst case , you'll have 7 inches of space in which to survive should it all go pear shaped whilst you're under there.

HTH

[dazleeds]

having been trapped under a badly jacked car before

i say as many stands as poss and a jack and Ant wheels under sills too better to be safe than sorry mate

cos it fookin hurts believe me

[bmwe30mtech]

having been trapped under a badly jacked car before

i say as many stands as poss and a jack and Ant wheels under sills too better to be safe than sorry mate

cos it fookin hurts believe me

Ouch Daz, did it put the whole weight through you?

[dazleeds]

luckily nooo
i had used the wheel under sill but it was enough to pin me down and even tho im well built it still fookin hurt me chest

just glad i wasnt alone at the time, could have been a whole lot worse had i been stuck for longer

and im extra glad exhaust was cold at time

[Morat]

Ouch, not to be messed with.

well, at least I've found a use for the set of 14" bottletops I've got in the back of the garage...I wonder if I can stack 2 each side.....
Thanks for the tips.