Homemade Wood Jack Stands

A set of ramps supports the front wheels.

Homemade wood jack stands.

Subscribe to restocar. 0 post a comment login register. So i tried using my rolling wheel cribs under the stands. They can be especially useful when tightening suspension pieces.

Get 500 tool plans and more. I ve done it with all 4 wheels on a car or using 3 when there s very little weight on the front like the pic below. Wheel cribs are super easy to make and the process doesn t take a lot of time. Automotive jack stands when used under a car won t slide apart because the bottom of the car is flat.

Tall wooden jack stands. I made a set of jack stands to support the rear of the car at just the right he. In this post we are going to make wheel cribs that are 10 inches wide 14 inches long and 12 inches high. Extra tall jack stands fabricated from wood and useful for automotive purposes in the shop.

Automotive jack stands. This is a great and inexpensive way to get more room under your vehicle. My car requires a maintenance procedure that makes it necessary to raise the car off of the floor but also to keep it level. If you use jack stands to lift your boat from its trailer to do bottom work such as painting or fiberglass repairs you can use automotive jack stands with one important difference.

This homemade jack stand goes together quickly two hours maximum and easily only ten welds and is about as sturdy as they come. Homemade tall wooden jack stands. I can pull the other car out center the project car in the garage to work on it and then return things to normal with both cars back in the garage when i m done working for the day. We show you how to make custom car stands using basic tools.

Generally speaking suspension bolts nuts should be tightened when the suspension is in the normal resting position.