jack stand points for s14

[BoostedCoupe]

i search on here and google but everytime something comes up but it says for s13 or idont find it at all. so im looking for the most safest place to put jack stands. i know you jack thr car up in the front by the crossmember and the rear with the pumpkin. but i have no idea were to put the jack stands ive always thought the "frame rails" but i was looking and mine are all bent up. so if someone to post pics were to put jack stands or tell me were.

[forum04pl]

just use the pinch welds

[sleepy_s13]

i put mine closer to the ends of the frame rails.

[street240]

If you lay underneath your car and sweep the rails with your eyes. You can see exaclty where they intended jacks to be placed. I am not being sarcastic, seriously I just layed under there for a few minutes. Good Luck. Id send some pics but I am far from my car...

[DJ_Sunrise]

umm.. look on the picture on your jack.. theres litterally an area with an xtra sheet of metal.. you can place jacks there.. that and theres a semi-circle cutout on both sides to indicate where to place stands. i use the frame rails up front, usually pinch seams in the rear.. just like when i use a lift.

-Bart

[TurDz]

If you want to absolutely be safe, use the pinch welds / scissor jack points.

[street240]

theres litterally an area with an xtra sheet of metal..

That was the exact area I was expecting you to see. Thanks

[azndoc]

I think your service manual might have it. I could've sworn I've seen it in there before.

[BoostedCoupe]

i only hav the FSM thats on the compuer dont have the one for the glove box. wont the frame rails get all bent up? i see a little hole right in front of the back tires it is really small.

[street240]

No they will not get bent up at all if you take your time to really make sure that the jack is evenly under them...

[BoostedCoupe]

wish the owner befor me would have done this cause mine are bent really good towards the rear end of them the pinch weld isnt that damaged.

[S14DB]

Frame rails have crash sections on them. DO NOT JACK ON FRAME RAILS. You will crush them.

In the FSM and Owners Manual it lists 5 Jack points. The 4 pinch weld points, The front sub-frame(under the engine) and the Rear Diff.

The Core Support and the frame rails will crush if you jack from them. Maybe a little this time. But they will compact and get damaged over time.

[JDMS1lv1a]

I was wondering the same thing when I lifted my s14 with the pumpkin,then figured to put the jack stands towards the rear of the frame rails where I saw stands were intended to be,the I lowered the car SLOWLY onto the stands and noticed the rails started to bend for some reason.i dont know why it did that.i think its cause the rails are thin as hell so i said screw that and placed it on the rear crossmember and worked fine

[hnugen]

Whether it's the floor jack or jackstands, with all the 240sx's I've worked on I use 2x4 wood blocks to keep from crushing the rail. I do this with all cars I work on actually.

[rj240sx]

look under your car and find that ridge that runs longways down your car on each side where the side body meets the underbody. on that ridge about 6in. aft of the very front and 6in. forward of the very back see where theres that notch cutout? Those are your factory jack points.

the ones on mine are all bent to hell and back but side skirts hide them well:)

[projectRDM]

I love how the post content has turned to shit on here. Anyone who can operate a floor jack should know where the OE jack points are, they're outlined on the OE jack itself as well as the owner's manual and FSM. There should be no other point used unless you like crushing the frame rails.

[vw_nissan]

According to the FSM, the jack stand points are the four corners where the factory jack goes. You are supposed to put a rubber adaptor on your jack stands so that the force will be distributed evenly and avoid crushing those points. However, most of the 240 are all banged up there, so you can't really put a jack stand at those points anymore.

And if you can't put jack stands on the frame rail, where else can you put them at?

[BoostedCoupe]

is this the jack stand point i know the s13's is like this but sticks out.http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h310/1993ka24det/SD530257.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h310/1993ka24det/SD530256.jpg
the little hole is what im talking about.

[mayco_86]

According to the FSM, the jack stand points are the four corners where the factory jack goes. You are supposed to put a rubber adaptor on your jack stands so that the force will be distributed evenly and avoid crushing those points. However, most of the 240 are all banged up there, so you can't really put a jack stand at those points anymore.

And if you can't put jack stands on the frame rail, where else can you put them at?

He is right it is were all four corners are. Me and all of my friends put the jacks in those spots and everything has been good so far.

[Vision Garage]

to jack the car up with scissor jacks, use the pinch rails. Once high enuff, just the frame rails. Shouldnt be too hard. If you wanna do something quick with the rear end, jack it up from the diff.

[slideways2004]

^^^^^^^don't you get it? DO NOT USE THE FRAME RAILS. they are weak enough and when you use those your gonna put holes in them and make them weaker. use the pinch welds, front crossmember, or the rear diff. if you jack up by the rear diff, don't do any heavy work b/c it will see-saw

[S14DB]

I didn't think I would have to do this....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/JackPoint.jpg

[s14kouki44]

if you bend your pinch welds, just hammer them back out, i had to do that because the previous owner sucked at life

[DJ_Sunrise]

frame rails with crush sections? been using the frame rails for yrs. god forbid im in an accident so bad that the frame rail gets crushed... cuz insurance will surely pay to fix my 95 thats worth 3500 to them. lol. when i use the lifts at work i use frame rails for the front. no probs. when i use jack stands in the driveway, i only occasionally use 2x4s. but good idea to use them as it spreads out load.

-Bart

[rj240sx]

[QUOTE if you jack up by the rear diff, don't do any heavy work b/c it will see-saw[/QUOTE]

Don't do ANY work until you get jack stands under the factory jack points. Never work under your car wth just a floor jack holding it up, thats just plain stupid.:loco:

^^^lol, I got bad rep for this post. You know what ,fine, work under your car without jackstands. While your at it, don't chock the front wheels and do it on an incline, open up all your fuel lines, let gas drain all over, then light up a cig. that should do it. dumbass

[rj240sx]

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[projectRDM]

A jack stand with the proper adapter doesn't crush the pinchwelds. As for the frame rails, there are points where it's double and even triple layer, obviously those points will support the car, but 99% of people don't know where those places are and end flattening the single layer places. A lift has a long and flat plate and can distribute the load across a greater area so it rarely does damage, but a stand with a single small contact point will easily do damage.

If in doubt, the forward pickup point for the subframe is a sturdy place, as is the front crossmember, just as it boxes in if you can't use the OE spots.

[S14DB]

You do. they crush. Get side skirts. Makes the s14 look 10 times better anyways.

Been balancing on that pinch-weld just fine with no crushing or bending.

Car is on jack-stands, obviously the car is not done.

[axiomatik]

god, so many ignorant responses. for every person that says "I've been using the frame rails for years" I guarantee there's another person who has crushed theirs. Either use the factory locations or use the subframes. In front, I place the jack under the crossmember, and then place my jackstands where the LCA's attach to the crossmember. In the rear I jack at the pumpkin and place the jackstands under the rear subframe. I use my scissor jack at the foactory locations to get my car high enough to slide my floor jack in.

[Phlip]

I use a low-profile floor jack and jack from the pumpkin and/or subframes.
Those just make sense to me, since I never had the factory scissor jack in the car.
I know where the other points are, but it is far too much a pain in the ass to have to pump a jack at 4 corners to get the jackstands under the car, compared to just jacking up the front, then the back

[s13gold]

put it where you're supposed to put your emergency/scissor jack....

those little pinch parts...

this has been said 4x in this thread..but wutever...i agree.

[rj240sx]

Been balancing on that pinch-weld just fine with no crushing or bending.



lol, you can tell in your pic its already started to crush. and it will more and more the more times you put that jack stand like that.

[kay_arsen]

yea im a dumb ass i crushed mine:( its hard to find a spot when your car is low.
I have to raise the back and use an extra pump to raise the front. You learn from your mistakes i guess

[JDMS1lv1a]

yea im a dumb ass i crushed mine:( its hard to find a spot when your car is low.
I have to raise the back and use an extra pump to raise the front. You learn from your mistakes i guess

same here:-/

[rj240sx]

jack stand points for s14 05-17-2007 10:53 PM jackassery!
jack stand points for s14 05-17-2007 10:43 PM why you even questioning S14DB yo, nonesense
jack stand points for s14 05-17-2007 05:20 PM dickhead.
jack stand points for s14 05-17-2007 04:52 PM Shut up!

check out all the bad rep i got from this thread. what a bunch of whiny bitches. all i said was don't work under your car with just a jack holding it up and that those rails will crush when putting a jack stand under them. im just trying to help out. sorry for offending the grandmaster fucking wizard of 240's.

[axiomatik]

I use a low-profile floor jack and jack from the pumpkin and/or subframes.
Those just make sense to me, since I never had the factory scissor jack in the car.
I know where the other points are, but it is far too much a pain in the ass to have to pump a jack at 4 corners to get the jackstands under the car, compared to just jacking up the front, then the back

ah, you don't have to jack at all four corners. My jack is fairly low-profile (Craftsman aluminum jack), so I just put the scissor jack at the factory location on one side, raise it up a few inches (just enough to get my floor jack underneath), and then jack it up the rest of the way with the floor jack. You only need to use two of the factory locations, one to do the front and one to do the rear.

[Gnnr]

FSM - GI-36
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e367/gambit25/S14jackpoints.jpg