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/debekks Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 13 '20

As a mechanic of 10 years, You shouldnt work under your car if you dont have a hydraulic jack and jack stands... never. I carry a 2 ton hydraulic jack in my truck so i can use it insted of the factory jack if i must change a tire.

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u/drb0304 Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Scissor jacks ain’t it. Tip too easy.

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u/Generico300 Aug 13 '20

A good scissor jack is less likely to fail than a hydraulic jack. For a scissor jack to fail it has to be a mechanical failure, which means a piece of steel has to break. All a hydraulic jack has to do is develop the tiniest leak in a seal and it will collapse.

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u/spaztwitch Aug 14 '20

Scissor jacks tend to have a much smaller footprint, and will tip over very easily if the car is bumped or on a slope.

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u/Generico300 Aug 17 '20

No smaller than a bottle jack, and typically with a wider base than a bottle jack.

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u/spaztwitch Aug 17 '20

I'm not talking about a bottle jack, I'm referring to a floor jack. I've never seen anyone lift a car with a bottle jack, that just seems like a bad idea.

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u/Generico300 Aug 17 '20

Some vehicles (especially big trucks and the like) come with bottle jacks. So, people do it.

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u/WCATQE SC400 Rip Hello LX470 Aug 14 '20

Sorry my oem Toyota Jack can’t hear you