Car Brake Maintenance Simplified Jacking Up Made Easy

I guess if you had very large wheels, with large openings, you could bleed the brakes through the wheels. I think a scissor jack is adequate ( ... My imagination working here, instead of using axle stands he is jacking up ... I jacked the car where the owners manual tells you to jack it. Best to just get a low profile floor jack. BUT to bleed brakes you don't need to jack the car. All the good ideas presented by others work great. You can also ... Eg hand brake and chocks if you're jacking the front up, leave it in gear and use chocks if you're jacking the back up (assuming it's a fwd car. The best place to start is a level and flat piece of pavement/cement, then place your car in park or in gear(manual trans) with your parking brake engaged. If your vehicle is an automatic, put it in park. If it's a standard, put it in first gear. Then, be sure to set your parking brake, and chock the wheels that ... jack seat underneath suspension cross member. 4) Before I start jacking up the car, I place wheel chocks behind the rear wheels. Hand brake is always on. I ... The only approved jacking locations are the 4 corners of the side sills straddling the pinch weld. Every other car I've ever worked on has specified those ... Jack the truck up above the height you want then lower on the jack stand placed under the axle. Never trust a jack. new Cavalier owner - want to raise my car to get a look at the left side front brakes - where is the best spot to place the hydraulic floor jack ...