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Originally Posted by HuskyMan
Second that on the diesels being front end heavy. I like the idea of placing the wheels under the car in case of a fall. Scary stuff, indeed.
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yep, that's what I do too. in addition to using a high quality pin-style jack stand with a large saddle. I absolutely will not get under any car supported by those china-made ratchet-type stands you see at most auto parts stores.
I was working on a friend's Audi one time and he had those cheap ratch-type stands. All of a sudden, one of them just collapsed!!
For no reason! Nobody was even touching the car! Thankfully no one was under it either. The problem is the tooth engagement of the ratchet mechanism. It is only engaged by a very tiny edge of a tooth. Take a look at one, it's pretty scary. We looked this one over after the incident, and nothing was broken, the ratchet mechanism simply fell off the tooth. From then on, I only go near a car supported by the pin-style stands.
Pin = OK. Ratchet = No Good!