I am having a hard time with this. I have a heavy duty 2.5 ton floor jack and jack stands. If I lift by the axle it does not allow me to remove the tire because it does not have clearance from the well. If I lift from the frame it lifts the body away from the tire but not the tire off the ground. The front was easy. By the way I'm changing the shocks.How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
Jack it in the center of the axle all the way up. Sit your stands under the frame in front of the axle. Let your floor jack down enough to get the wheels with the car on the stands. Take the bottem shock nuts off and remove the bottom of the shock. Remove the jack and take out the top shock bolts. 3/4%26quot; is the socket and wrench sizes you need. Install and tighten both shocks at the top. With your jack raise the axle until you can slip the bottoms of the shocks on. Now put the wheels back and remove the stands. WD40 will help top and bottom.How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
Put a solid block of wood or something between the Jack and the Chassis then lift. Or raise it as high as you can using the chassis (body) and dig a hole under the wheel. Or raise the axle as high as you can and but chocks under it, then jack up the chassis until the tyre is clear.How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
Put a block of wood on the jack and then jack up by the frame rails. Then get those jack stands under it, as this will not be as stable as just the jack itself.How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
lift up on your axle and put a jackstand under so your tire is off the ground and then use the jack to lift up the frame and get the clearance. And I hope you never get a flat!How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
A set of 2%26quot; over highjacker air shocks was all I needed.How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
Depending on the size of the floor jack, I would block the front wheels and put the jack pad under the center section of the rear end (differential housing).
I would then jack the car up and place the jack stands under the subframe rails ahead of the rear wheels.
You could also use a block of wood on the jack pad to increase its effective height.
Beyond that... find a bigger jack and stands! ;)How do you jack up the tail end of a 1972 Dodge Dart?
lift 1 side at a time. if you can lift it far enough, sooner or later the wheel will start dropping. so you can get the tire off.
