EEEKS! I don't mean jack it up to lay under. I'd always use ramps or
stands if any part of me was under the thing, it's just for roatating
the tires. I'll try the wood block thing, or just use a stand under
the one end, it's just every 10,000 miles, I guess.

As a PS, I just got back (to near Buffalo, NY where the last of the
snow is gone) from San Diego, boy that's another world out there. You
need to spread some salt and water solution on the roads to get rid of
all those old rust free cars like we do up here.


"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message news:<40776532.4010908@interbaun.com>...
> Sean Dinh wrote:
> > I won't dare trying this in SoCal. Using a jack without the saddle gripping
> > the car is a no no. Usually I'm not afraid of earthquake. However, when
> > working on a car, I don't want to be crushed.
> >
> > You never had problem with the 2x6 sliding?
> >
> > "'Curly Q. Links'" wrote:
> >
> >
>
> ================
> Sean,
>
> Good point, but on the CRV, I just loosen all 10 lugnuts, put the 2x6
> between the top of the jack and the body member and give it a few
> cranks. Both wheels lift off by an inch or so, I swap them, putting two
> nuts on each wheel, and lower it back down to the ground.
>
> Then I add the remaining nuts and tighten all cross-wise.
>
> I'm glad you mentioned the earthquake risk . . . . that's one variable
> I'd never thought of, and it's not entirely unheard of on the Canadian
> Prairies. Thanks!
>
> 'Curly'
> -