Jacking Up on Brakes Essential Guide for Car Enthusiasts

I suggest you, set the emergency brake, chalk the tires and just jack up one side at a time. You outta be OK. humfrz is offline. The ... never get under the car when jack is holding it up - but if you just need to work on brakes you can put 2 jack stands in front as another post ... Yo, I'm a bit concerned the chassis is bent on my mk2f. When the car is jacked up via the sill one of the doors is difficult to open and ... 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 ... ... brakes ...He had it ... No problems so far, but I don't leave the car jacked up for a long time with the jack under the differential. Get yourself a set of Steeda Jacking Rails or the BMR Jacking Rail. I run the Steeda. The issue isn't so much where to jack the car...you can ... ... car with the new hydraulic jack I'd bought. Then, I took off the wheel and placed it beside the car so I could begin removing the brake caliper. My plan was to jack the car up with a low profile floor jack somewhere in the center to get both rear wheels up in the air and then place the jacks in place ... Park on a solid and flat surface: Make sure the transmission is in “park” or the lowest gear if you drive a manual car and put the emergency brake on. You must ... 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.