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Old 02-11-2015, 01:14 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by BRGT86 View Post
if you look right up on the bottom of the diff, you'll actually see two small "tabs/bumps" things...this will help avoid jacking up on the diff cover which is bad. you can place a flat 2x4 wood block under this and use the jack... or jack straight on it with a thin rubber pad sheet.
OK thanks, I'll see if the jack will reach that far under the car (might be tricky now that it has been lowered). Assuming it does reach, then that's one problem solved but I've still got the issue of exactly how to mount the axle stands safely around the pinch weld. Seems like a lot of people don't recommend putting wood in between the axle stand and the car, but people also agree that putting the axle stand directly on the pinch weld lip is a bad idea (and my axle stands don't have a slit down the middle that the pinch weld can go in to), so I'm not really sure what to do...
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