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  4. Jack points and jack stand placements?

    in Brakes, Chassis & Suspension

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    On 7/8/2018 at 12:14 PM, Vortechtral said:

    Have a 2013 Edge, I know of the pinch weld areas to safely jack the vehicle up, however there really isn't any room to jack up and place a stand under the same area. I've taken a few different pictures to get some advice if these places would be suitable to a floor jack and/or jack stand placements. These pictures are rather large, and I don't know if they will place here well so I am going to simply add imgur links.

     

    This is the pinch weld area. The narrow but wide area (as denoted by the arrow) is the safe jacking point, but would love to know if the wide and narrow section beside it is also a safe area to place a jack stand? With how jack stands are, they are rather wide themselves however they fit really well in the larger section without touching the rocker panel. Both sections are super close to each other and look to be identical however would love to know before ruining something.

    https://imgur.com/M8QzT5s

     

    These next two are at the rear of the vehicle, the bolt is around the rear tire area, in front of it a tad. The second link is the starting of the control arm for the rear. That place to me doesn't look like the safest place to jack from just from shape and what not, but I could be mistaken. I saw a video where the guy jacked his up from under the control arm to place his stand in the pitch weld. Would love a central area to jack up, even this place I am posting isn't central at all, and will still make the vehicle cockeyed to one side making me jack twice to place stands on either side increasing the chances of rolling the pitch welds.

    https://imgur.com/DeNYtYB

    https://imgur.com/jchNZGu

     

    The last two are from the front. The first is what I would be to be the sub frame, I don't know if this would be a suitable place to jack from, however in some videos people say sub frames are strong and are places to jack from, again I don't want to do something before consulting, don't want to destroy my vehicle. The second is closer to the rear of the front wheel, (you can see from the first the same area for the second image) has a nice large bolt coming from it so should be a nice area to jack from to then place a stand under the closest pitch weld, however I don't know if it's central enough to raise the car on both sides to place a stand on either end at the same time. I also assume jacking from the bolt end would be rather bad, so using a spacer so the jack doesn't make direct contact with bolts would be suitable?

    https://imgur.com/bdzq8Zl

    https://imgur.com/lBwsDOI

     

    Any info or pictures would be greatly appreciated. I plan on doing a full brake job this Wednesday coming up, and any info would be greatly appreciated.

    The service manual clearly references a few times to “support the lower control arm with a floor jack”. So there you have it. 

  7. New member from Toronto (Go Leafs/Raps/Jays/FC/Argos)

    in Welcome Forum!

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    HI all,

     

    I am the owner of a 2013 Ford Edge SEL 3.5 L V6 with about 157,000 km on it.  

     

    I am not even close to what you would call a "car guy" but I have been enjoying watching videos on how to change brakes, flush the coolant, etc.  I visited this forum a while ago as I was trying to figure out how to properly jack up my car.  

     

    I look forward to being an active member on this forum.

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