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Jacking Up Rear

PATHRIDER

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PATHRIDER NPORA Old-Timer

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g'morning all.. This might be a stupid question but I have not jacked up the rear of my pathy before, Im going to be working on my rear brakes today and my question is Do I jack up the rear with the jack in the center of the rear diff?im going to use wheel block in the front tires and is there anything else I need to do to keep the truck from rolling forward once the rear is jacked up?

 

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Precise1 NPORA Old-Timer

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If you are using the bottle jack, I would do one side at a time (the jack pad has an axle groove in it) and set the frame down on a jack stand. Do this on the other side also, but I usually leave the jack in position and lightly tensioned for easy lowering when I'm done. This is after blocking the front wheels (both) front and rear. It is the safe and proper way to do it and as long as you are on a fairly level cement surface, you will have no problems.

 

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Personally, I put my floor jack under the rear diff, and lifted it up....lol....and since I was doing my rear springs, I put the floor jacks under the frame rails, but it actually fell off the stands somehow, so unless you have a decent (and tall) set of stands, idk why you couldn't just put the stands under the rear axle?

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Yes, you can put the rear axle on jack stands also (but I'd definitely leave the floor jack in place and tensioned just in case), but I have decent and tall jack stands and really prefer to use them on the frame. I have never had a problem like that and I'm a big proponent of safe not sorry. :shrug:

 

You are welcome PATHRIDER... :beer:

 

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Yes, you can put the rear axle on jack stands also (but I'd definitely leave the floor jack in place and tensioned just in case), but I have decent and tall jack stands and really prefer to use them on the frame. I have never had a problem like that and I'm a big proponent of safe not sorry. :shrug:

 

You are welcome PATHRIDER... :beer:

 

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My accident happened after I had been lifting up each different side of the axle (to get other side to droop more) and I guess after a couple times, when I grabbed onto the frame rails to lower myself onto the tire to sit down and get to work, it slid off.....

 

CHECK YOUR STANDS!

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