07-23-2009, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
Any of you guys know if you need to have all 4 off the ground for a CBE and/or HFC install or if you can get by with the front or rear up at one time.
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I did all of my CBE work with just the front on ramps, but the rear part is a bit challenging that way, you have to slide back under some very cramped space for the rear stuff. I got out from under the car and did the final flanges (on the Stillen, back by the muffler) from behind rather than underneath.
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Originally Posted by spearfish25
So if you weren't jacking the front of the car from a center point, would you place the floor jack on the 'edge' where the manual states first...then slide the jack stands under the other beams you mention? Those little egdes don't seem all that robust, but I don't know where else my low profile floor jack will reach.
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That edge is perfectly fine robustness-wise, when mated with the emergency jack itself, or a jack or jack stand that replicates the same surface design close enough (that is, it needs to be a pretty small surface with a deep groove down the center to avoid putting any weight on that actual lip). My jacks and stands don't fit correctly there though, and I haven't tried the hockey puck method (which is basically, cut a groove down the middle of a hockey puck and use that between your jack and the lip where the e-jack goes).
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