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hmmmm16417

For piece of mind, just make sure you have a jack stand under it as well. just in case. with that said, I just used pucks and single floor jack to get my car onto four jack stands so i could work on it throughout the winter. So far I have changed the headers & x-pipe. Planning on doing an oil change as well.

if the pucks are in properly and the jack is centered, you shouldn't have an issue.

there was a recent post about someone having it slip and busted up the rocker and door though. ........

cmonkey713

Just make sure the jacking puck is centered on your jacks lift platform. Most jacks have a rubber pad on the lifting platform which will contact the puck and prevent any slippage. The puck should be attached to the frame rail using the slot in the frame . If you are using hockey pucks you will have no problem provided you have the eye bolt in the puck inserted into the frame slot. Under no circumstances place two pucks regardless of what they are made of on top each other without having them permanently attach to each other as well as the frame slot. Remember you must have a nonslip lift platform and the puck must be attached to the frame.

Bruze

Hopefully you're not crawling under it with just a jack holding it up . . . ?

808_Vette

I use a 2x6 with a metal plate attached to it on my floor jack to lift both wheels at a time and then use jack stands as well. It has never even come close to slipping off. However I now have race ramps and they work great. I also have leave in pucks on in case my car ever has to go on a lift.

Mayor111

Just get that puck perfectly centered and you shouldn't have a problem. You could also get yourself a pair (or 2 pairs) of Rhino Ramps from Walmart - $40 a pair. When I jack up my one side, I just slide that under for extra safety. If you do your own oil changes - you can just jack one tire at a time, and slide one ramp under each tire (if you have 4 ramps) and it give you plenty of space to get under the car AND you are totally safe. Never hurts to add jack stands for just that extra level of protection.

Here is the link to the ramps at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/RhinoGear...acity/19526658

HBsurfer

With my buddy Bruze

Always use jack stands. The only thing keeping your floor jack from falling on you are small O rings that keep that fluid in place.
The worst thing that should happen if a jack fails would be that your car falls down on it's tire. Nothing to really worry about. As soon as that thing is in the air, slide a stand under it.

HBsurfer

You may want to do some research on those cheap Rhino Ramps. Plenty of reports in forums of them collapsing. You get what you pay for and there is a reason the are cheap
Race Ramps appear to be very well built and I have not been able to find any reported failures. Quality costs. My head is worth the extra money.

Cherokee Nation

I've read i think one post over the years on this forum that one collapsed, but no proof with a photo that show it...just bs...The pair of Rhino ramps i got from Advance Auto on sale for $100 plus.

Mike's LS3

I do it all the time. I use the hard rubber pucks (hockey pucks) and never had slippage issues. I never crawl under a car without the use of my 3 ton jack stands.

HBsurfer

There are threads on Garage Journal forum with photos. Quite a few. Just passing on the info.

A1958R

What I tend to do is use 2 floor jacks with a set of WCC aluminum pucks & lift the rear first, then I set my Rhino Ramps underneath the tires sideways, then I work my way to the front & repeat it but with floor stands in the front.

After hearing about Rhino Ramp failures I may purchase another set of stands & figure out how to set them in the back without screwing anything up.

Bootstrap342

Use a lo-pro jack and jack stands. I lower the car onto the stands, then raise the jack to apply pressure without lifting off the stands and keep it there. 3 points of contact. I'd hate to be crushed.

sobe88

Look into a Quickjack. I've been in love since I got it for my own vehicles and can't say enough about how much I like it.

449er

Quickjack is the way to go if you have the $$$, no floor jacks or jack stands to mess around with

Bruze

Yup, that's pretty much what I do. And on top of that I may put 6 x 6 blocks somewhere as extra safety. The older I get the more paranoid I am of gravity.

Always remember: "Gravity is a bitch and is unforgiving."

Think of all the life-changing or fatal accidents that are caused by gravity: Construction workers falling from heights, mountain/rock climbers, sky divers, hang gliders, planes crashing, old people simply falling to the ground, and of course, jacked-up cars falling on people.

irok

If using rubber jacking pucks I don't think you would ever have an issue.An aluminium jacking puck would make me very nervous about car falling off jack

windyC6

Been doing my own maintenance for about 10 years now on my C-6 and have never even used pucks. Common sense and experience in knowing where and/or where not to lift goes a long way. As some have mentioned, I use a 4X4 placed properly (after driving on ramps)....lift the whole car and set it down on jacks......

seatrout

Where do you place the jack stands? Manual shows where the jack points are but not sure best place for the jack stands.

martinf55

Why don't you just drive up ramps without using the jack?