RE: Putting 325es on jack stands

[Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, guys. It sounds safest to do one corner at a time, but..  

Suppose you want a jack stand under the left front. Near which wheel do you
put the jack? I mean, it doesn't seem there would be room for both a jack
and jack stand under the same support point. 

If you jack the left rear, I would imagine the left front stays down and
the right rear comes up, because of the weight of the engine. If you jack
the right front, I would imagine the left front stays down as well and the
right rear comes up, also because of the weight of the engine. But maybe
I'm wrong?

Michiel

At 12:35 PM 10/30/98 -0600, Thi VanAusdal wrote:
>I believe you can use the center of the rear subframe and center of the
>front subframe to
>lift each end, respectively.  Obviously you do not want to do both,
>simultaneously ...  you
>need 3 points to define a plane.   The rear lift point is right where
>the driveshaft goes 
>through that loop in the subframe.  The front is between the control
>arms.  Do not let the
>jack press up on your steering rack!!!  
>
>I like to use a piece of 2x4 or 4x4 to take up some of the distance
>between the jack and
>the car.  Why waste that lift range?   Be careful - wood, especially
>older pieces, will rot
>and may not support the weight well.  I've had pieces crack, damn near
>shatter (tempered
>wood???) and simply crush under the weight of the car.  MAKE SURE your
>4x4 piece is
>at least 4" thick.  I've had good sucess with 2x4x6" long pieces - they
>spread out some
>of the weight and the jack really can bite into that pine.  They turn
>into kindling pretty 
>quickly, though.  
>
>Note that you do have to have some long reach to get to the rear
>subframe from the rear.
>I usually just do a corner at a time. It's not a pre' 93 Mustang, it
>won't bend the chassis
>to jack up a corner at a time on your 'es.
>
>And for Heaven's sake DO NOT LIFT BY THE BUMPER.  Yes, that would be
>scary.
>
> - thi v.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Norman Boehl [SMTP:nboehl@domain.elided]
>> Sent:	Friday, October 30, 1998 12:21 PM
>> To:	Michiel van Wessem
>> Cc:	bmw@domain.elided
>> Subject:	Re: Putting 325es on jack stands
>> 
>> There's no center jack point, that I can tell.  I do it
>> by jacking one side at a time, and installing one stand
>> at a time.  One just has to be careful.
>> 
>> Later,
>> Norm
>> 
>> Michiel van Wessem wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > How can I get the front (or rear) of my 325es up on jack stands?
>> I've
>> > worked on a couple of Civics, which had lift points in the center,
>> so you
>> > can jack up the entire front or rear at once and put jack stands on
>> the
>> > supports near the wheels.
>> >
>> > I didn't see something like that on this car yet. Maybe I can lift
>> it by
>> > the bumper? Sounds scary. Just got a nice Chinese K-mart floor jack,
>> btw.
>> >
>> > Well.. thanks!
>> >
>> > Michiel
>
>

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