Where on the rear of the car is a safe location to place jackstands (both sides, doing exhaust install). I've jacked my 57 up from the rear pumpkin and placed stands under frame rails, but do not believe that is such a smart idea with the Z...doubt idependent rears would like that as much as Dana 60s would. any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

And while we're at it, where are good points to jack the Z up to begin with ? And what hydraulic jack is a good inexpensive one to get ?

 

If you look under the car, a few inches in front of the rear wheel well and about an inch in from the body, you'll see two little notches on the frame (half circle shape- they're about 1 inch apart) this is where you place the jack or jackstands.
You can jack the car up by the rear crank case (preferably with a floor jack!!!) and place the jack stands in the appropriate position (Be sure to put some blocks around your front tires!!!).
Look in the manual in the "flat tire" (or "tire change"- can't remember). There is a diagram of the jack points.

Floor jacks can be purchased for anywhere from $75 -$2000 or more. You can probably get a pretty decent floor jack for $125-$300 at Sears, maybe WalMart? Or a local auto parts store)

 

I got some cheap *** 2ton jack off eBay.

Where is the rear crank case ?

Also, this jack has a weird connector that actually connects to the car...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2417512556

See for yourself. I tried to lift the Z using the slits for the "spare tire jack".. but this connector doesn't fit them too well.

Dave Zeckhausen actually told me I shouldn't use the slits on the side sill of the car, but should instead use solid areas further into the car.. but I can't do that with this connector.

I need to find a more "plain" or "flat" tip, so I can lift the car using those flat areas. Any suggestions on where to get em ? Pep boys maybe ?

 

I change my wheels tires quite often between auto-x and street, plus various other projects like oil changes and brake lines and this is what works best for me.

I use a trolley-jack block from JC Whitney, pictured below and available here: http://www.jcwhitney.com/product.jht...D=4856&BQ=jcw2 It's 5.99 plus about $10 shipping, but what are you gonna do?

Anyway, On the front, I use the block and jack the car at the factory recommended jack points where those aforementioned cutouts are. I place my jackstands on the frame rails. To get my particular floor jack and the block under the car, I have to drive the front wheels onto 2x4s first.

Then for the back, I use the nissan recommended jack point of the rear differential, and put the jack stands just inboard of the rear cutouts (where the cars jack goes), where there is a 1/2"x2" aprrox flat reinforced area. I have jackstands with a flat pad that I use there. There is a nissan jack stand pad that they mention in the service manual also.

If I jack the back up before the front, when I go to one of the front sides, the whole side of the car lifts, leaving the entire weight of the car on the opposite rear tire, and teetering back and forth, so I don't do that anymore.

 

And who holds the car up while you put the jackstands where the jack was?






Note you can find the small jack attachment similar to the SSt on the JC Whitney wensite in the jacks section.

Then all you have to do is figure out how to get a jack under the car in the 1st place

 

If you read the next paragraph you would have seen You can jack the car up by the rear crank case . No one holds the car I meant rear differential like 2003z said.

 

Thanks for the input.

So I can just use those slits on the side sills to jack the car up 1 corner at a time, when changing wheels ?

2003z: Does that $5.99 jack-block fit on top of something like this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2417512556

-slay

 

Slay- yes, if your changing tires you can just use the jack and change them one at a time. If you need to raise the entire rear end of the car- use the floor jack to lift the rear of the car at the rear differential and then place the jack stands at the jack points.

 

Yes, the blocks from JC Whitney are designed to fit onto the lifting cup on the lift you referenced on eBay, however you may want a 3 ton jack to lift at the differential. But either way, the hard part is getting a jack under the car, but there's a whole nuther thread discussin that one.

 

[quote]But either way, the hard part is getting a jack under the car/[quote]
2 x 4's

 

Yes, it goes on the circular pad. As far as who holds the car up while you swap the jack for stands, In the front I put the jackstands under the inner frame rails, since my jack cant reach the recommended jacking point.

 

Thanks for the replies fellas.

I actually bought a Hydraulic version of the spare-tire jack... a scissor type one... and it worked great

-slay