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Old Feb 20, 2017 | 09:02 PM
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1994 Jack Points?

I need to jack up the back end of my truck tomorrow. Is it okay to put the jack under the differential, or should I put it somewhere else?

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Old Feb 20, 2017 | 09:43 PM
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Stay off the diff, any diff with a rear cover. The 1994 FSM also says this.

I've jacked the old Ford 9" and 9 3/8" diffs with a board on the big jack saddle. That was a different era!

If your stats are up to date, a 1994 F-150, you have the Ford 8.8", so no jack under diff. Use axle tube further out, or axle tube between spring U-bolts, lower shock mount if it is massive (can't remember what my 1994 Bronco shock mount looks like at the moment). I jack my 1997 F-150 SCLB by lower shock mounts, so I can put the stands under the axle tubes between each spring's U-bolts.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2017 | 10:32 PM
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I lift at the differential regularly. Just make sure the jack isn't on the cover lip, or it'll break the seal and leak oil.
 
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