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Need to finally tear my front wheels apart to re-do brakes and I want to jack the front of my F350 up with a bottle jack in the middle of the front axle so I can put jackstands under each of the normal jack points just inboard of the wheel? Is this safe? I know you can jack the rear from under the rear differential but definitely not the front from under the front differential.
OK, yes, poorly worded question but seriously, 75 views and no answers? can i use the center point of the front axle as a lift point to jack the front of the vehicle up????
That will be lifting 4,000 Lb give or take a few.
Safer to do one side at a time. Place the jack-stand inboard far enough so you can clean the tires.
I have found that lifting at the Radius Arm Axle Bushing for even lifting and being able to place a
jack-stand in the best location. The driver side is a PITA to lift at the axle tube and still get a jack-stand
under if your not lifting from the Radius Arm Axle Bushing.
Then if your lifting on an asphalt surface be sure to place something under the jack-stand so it does not sink.
Your better off going a 4 ton do to the quality of some of these. That
being said I got one made by then in the 4 ton and it will lift the full
front no problem. The one thing I did not get was that rapid jack option.
I was one of those early views, but I held back. There was not one power train engineer I ever worked with who ever thought it was acceptable to lift an axle by the differential. And if a tech every tried to do so in front of one they would get a lecture.
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