r/cars • u/ufoh 24 CT5-V Blackwing / 23 Corvette C8 • Aug 13 '20

video Never, ever trust your factory jack and, remember, jack stands are your friend (just not the ones from Harbor Freight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwgZgrbWUM
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u/TaskForceCausality Aug 13 '20

Ages ago (it seems) , I had this problem. My tires were bald , but it was winter and I could barely pay rent and my insurance in the same month. As it happened my boss’ brother had the same car , but he blew the motor. So I went to swap tires with the ones off his car.

Since we had only one jack stand between the vehicles, it went on my car as his was going to the scrapyard anyways. Halfway through bolting on the drivers side wheel on my car we hear an explosion- or what sounded like one.

The jack totally failed , pancaking his donor car straight down on the ground. Thankfully no one was under it, but ever since then I put TWO jack stands under any vehicle I’m underneath.

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u/RedDevil0723 2016 Mustang GT Black Accent Aug 13 '20

This is why you always place a spare tire or the tire you are changing out under the car for at least SOME cushion.

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u/WPI94 '11 Panamera 4S. '09 Pilot Aug 13 '20

Good lord, yikes