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I don’t use the ratchet mechanism on Jack stands, and that’s why. Instead I raise the Jack stand using blocks underneath it, way safer and even more stable.

Jack stand, floor Jack, and if your wheels are off, put them under the vehicle. If you still get crushed, then it was probably your time.

Not possible my dumbass tried

What is that pry bar call you used ?

Moral of the story is buy heaver cars 😊

Always place Hydraulic Jack as backup under cross member or chassis etc when using jack stands plus extra thick wooden blocks as extra safety stands under the vehicle before carrying out repair work

Put two tables together. Straddle 500lbs between the two tables to the tables are holding all the weight. Put the jack stands on some cinder locks or whatever to get the stand to a level where the head stands 1/2" proud of the upper surface of the table, so the full 500lbs is on the jack stand and not the tables... If the stand fails, the weight just rests back on the table. No need for fuckin weird air setups

That air operated cylinder being metal to metal is also very dangerous. Either of the two ram end surfaces could move/slip under pressure and fly out of there. 😮

I've never trusted metal jack stands. I've seen a few mishaps with others using them . I use 4" x 12" by 12 " square blocking and other 2 by sized wood to adjust heights needed. Never ever slips. I've pulled differentials. Transmissions. Engines. Never lost stability nor had a close call using wide wood blocking in 50 years. Metal jack stands are good for scrap.

It is possible to raise the rachet jack stand and for the rachet pawl not to fully locate on the rachet bar, i.e. it half engages. It is surprising that this style of jack stand was still being made at the time of this video in 2017, without a safety pin to slide through the rachet bar once raised into position. I have a set of rachet axle stands from 2016 which have safety pins, but the rachet bar can still drop unexpectedly if the pins are not in place. This happens because the rachet pawl is not fully located into on the rachet bar when raised. Fitting the safety pin into the rachet bar ensures that the rachet pawl is fully seated, which takes a bit of wiggling to get in. The safety pin is a triangular profile that can only go in one way up, as it fits through triangular holes on either side of the stand.

Thank-you this is a good video. Very helpful to know your torque rench is with in spec.

Hardly a failure...misuse maybe.

I stay well away from those style jack stands i use the ones where a bar goes through it to hold it up, i dont get under car with only one jack stand these days, i have about 3 in place plus a jack, ive had a car nearly fall on on me while it was on a set of ramps once the ramps collapsed, when i was working on it i kept hearing creaking sounds then the car slowly started moving away from me i just thank my lucky stars i was on a creaper i shot halfway across the drive way, if i wasn't on that creeper i would of been been jam the car i was working on sat low to the road.

you dont need to measure or mark anything the force needs to be applied to the specific spot on the handle anyways. if you change the distance of the applied force from the pivot point which is NOT the same as the socket distance, you effectively change the torque setting on the wrench. every torque has that spot marked on the handle, in your case its the solid line on the handle. its not just for decoration.

I wouldn't trust my ex even if the car tires are on a level floor 😂😂

Well I know not to use that style of jackstands.

No solutions. Bad video.

Im usually pretty cautious (at least that's what I thought) and use at least 2 axle stands and a Jack minimum but I accidently kicked a stand the other day while laying underneath and although it held, it moved onto 2 of it's 4 feet. It was at this moment I realised even with the jack under the middle of the subframe, the car could easily topple sideways from the stands and that would of had my back up jack out of centre so it may not of held the car or missed the subframe entirely and gone through the floor. Been looking into different stands and ramps ever since with safely in mind

I think the best thing would be to drill threw and put a couple of holes to put in an extra pin like the ones used on tractors to pull

I always assumed if I bumped the stand I was a dead man.

Bumping the handle will not do that. Once weight is on it, the handle won't move.

Maybe it wasn't quite 500lbs on thar one jack

Just invest in a hoist

What happens is the roll pin eventually breaks and when you try to engage the pall it only catches on the end of it All that is needed then is a bump to knock it out. In the 1990's in Queensland Australia these types of axle stands were banned for this reason

It takes a lot of pressure to trip that lever when there is weight on the stand.

I use cribing soild block made of hard. wood oak 10 by 10 it holds up dozers while they work on them

So what are u trying to say ?

Never trust a jackstand by itself always use a block or something just in case, the same goes with any kind of jack.

Use High-Quality Stands w/ a Back Up ( Tires / Stumps /Hydraulic Jack in Place ) ++ Wheel Chocks - Stay Safe / Stay Alive

if that handle got wedged with a wrecking bar - cool video !

My jack stands have pins you put through ithem when you get it to desired height.

this is why i only use the ones where you insert a pin thru a hole

Any wheels removed should be thrown under the car as a habit so if a jack slips the wheel stops you getting crushed.

You got no idea what you're doing!!!

If that happened to Mike obviously the car was very light in that area on that car jack stand.. to be able to just bump it??

You don't buy crappy jack stands like that...Mine cant be released like that...They have safety locks duh...

You overcomplicated this

And u put the tire 🛞 under the car on both side also

25 jack stand is not worth ur life that why u put more

And always take the handle out of the jack that way no one walks into it

Definitely an eye opener! Thanks for the warning!

I always use 2 Jack's per side

The shaft of my 1300 kg store bought ( chinese, cast shaft, mid range) jack stand just broke clean through at the half way point, it was at half of rated full load and had never been overloaded in its entire history of 6 uses.

I died due this

The real issue with some of these off shore jack stands is the palls don't engage enough of the ratchet teeth and don't have to lift the ratchet to release. You can easily test these by operating the release and watching for the ratchet to raise about an 1/8th of an inch before it drops. If the rachet releases without seeing any lift, THROW THEM OUT. I found two sets that I had to discard. The stands that are demonstrated here are good ones.

I do not use modern Chinese jack stands period. I have vintage Walker jack stands made in the 50's. They were sold only to garages and made for professional use and were made by Americans. Nearly all of the crap made today is chinese. There are still a few good jack stands out there but be prepared to bend over and shell put a cpuple hundred bucks

Jack stands with ratcheting levers have been around since the beginning of cars. In fact nearly all the garages and dealerships used those Walker cone shaped jack stands made in the 40's and 50's well into the 90's and people are still using them today. They never failed,never collapsed on anyone. They were over engineered. The only times youd ever hear of an issue was if the person using them didnt place them correctly,overloaded them or did something stupid. I guarantee you the guy (or "dude" as you keep referring to him as) whacked that lever with some force to get it to release on him. And to the folks saying you should always have the hydraulic jack under the car too. Sometimes,like if you're swapping out a rear end that isn't possible

Mine have bearing-lock pins on small chains that hang when not in use, you can put them in small holes on the side of the insert once it's above the second, or third notch. None of that area where it latches should be painted, imo, if anything it should roughed up, and abrasive.

Use old pinned jack stands

Meanwhile us Tesla owners can't even use jack stands and it's 2024 😔