Do you guys jack up your car from the rear axle?

[Mighty Thor]

I often go to my parent's house to work on my car. My apartment doesn't allow any car works in their complex.

Well anyway, every time I jack up my car from the rear axle, my father tends to stop me. He said it is the most unsafest place to jack up a car.

I could understand because his friend died this way when the car's axle landed on his chest.

Ofcourse I always use a stand after I'm done with the Jack. But what do you guys thinks?

[gergwheel]

The only reason it isn't the safest thing ever, is because you are lifting up the entire back of the car from 1 point, it could go side to side. As long as you jack it up, then put 2 stands under the rear sway bar mounts on the diff. it shouldn't be a problem. That is how i always do mine, and I still here typing this. My dad had a friend die from a car falling as well, and he is anal about these kind of things, and he never says anything to me about it.

[3.4 slow to go]

I don't have a jack long enough at home to use the axle, but at my friends shop he had one. No problems jacking up my 77 T/A or his 73 Mustang w/it. Just made sure that stands were ready as soon os it got high enough for them at lowest level, then adjust when jacking done.

[andrew.brandon]

I usually have no other choice. the car is so low that even my low profile jack will somethime not reach the frame on the sides.

[zlexiss]

I jack under the diff pumpkin, but not on the lid. Jackstands on either the axle or subframe depending on whether I want the axle to hang down or not.

[camaro_speedemon]

Whenever I jacked up the back of the camaro, i used the diff housing to do it.

Then, IIRC I used the swaybar mounts for the stands as well.