Jack stand placement

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Dec 11, 2021 | 06:14 AM
  #1  
Good afternoon,
I have a 2008 Flying Spur, I want to jack the car up and put it on axle stands whilst getting the wheels refurbished.
Any ideas as to were to place axle stands as I cannot put them where I jack the car as there is not enough space.
Any help much appreciated.
Nigel.
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Dec 12, 2021 | 04:04 PM
  #2  
Thanks Dark Green, oh well onward and upwards as we say. ( So long as upwards is not onto axle stands it seems!!)
Take care,
Nigel. ( Estepona, Spain)
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Dec 15, 2021 | 02:20 PM
  #3  
just do whatever DG says, he is the expert

and yes , i know he copied and pasted my post so it cant ' dissapear'

thats me done with this place

BB
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Dec 15, 2021 | 04:24 PM
  #4  
Many thanks BrakeBuster,
I will give it a whirl.
Nigel.
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Dec 16, 2021 | 12:54 PM
  #5  
When I recently did a brake fluid flush i positioned the stands under the rear control arm inner bush joint .
Its about fist sized so the stand curved tops seat in the curvatures under the arm bush housing .
The downer is the rubber bush , one bush feeling the whole corner weight .But it’s gently applied and not for long about 1 hr .
I figured they take far larger dynamic loads , you know shock with pot holes , hard breaking + bumps etc even take offs and landing etc .
I know there are two lower and a pair of smaller upper and the main strut to share the dynamic loads , but all the same just to carefully rest it gently on one bush directly under the chassis it seemed to work .

Having said this you can get stands ( not called axle for obvious reasons ) that are fitted around the Jack .

This =

You sit one over the Jack .Jack up the vehicle on its pads .When off the ground fit the legs to the new height and remove the Jack and repeat .
The stand is left supporting the car on the pads .For longer jobs this would be better on a lot of levels .
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