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YOUR RESEARCHJacking point for 996 rear
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But now I use my QuickJack, so no more jackstands being used on my 996.
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Remember, when using a rolling type jack and you're jacking from behind the car will move forward as you're lowering it onto the jack stands - Lower it very slowly and adjust the position of the stands as necessary to make sure the jack points are centered on the stands.
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But now I use my QuickJack, so no more jackstands being used on my 996.
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Remember, when using a rolling type jack and you're jacking from behind the car will move forward as you're lowering it onto the jack stands - Lower it very slowly and adjust the position of the stands as necessary to make sure the jack points are centered on the stands.
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Remember, when using a rolling type jack and you're jacking from behind the car will move forward as you're lowering it onto the jack stands - Lower it very slowly and adjust the position of the stands as necessary to make sure the jack points are centered on the stands.
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I only use the two rear jack points on the Porsche 996.
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Adjust position of the stands as necessary
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Remember, when using a rolling type jack and you're jacking from behind the car will move forward as you're lowering it onto the jack stands - Lower it very slowly and adjust the position of the stands as necessary to make sure the jack points are centered on the stands.
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Remember, when using a rolling type jack and you're jacking from behind the car will move forward as you're lowering it onto the jack stands - Lower it very slowly and adjust the position of the stands as necessary to make sure the jack points are centered on the stands.
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Is this the place to raise the rear of my 996 with a floor jack? It clears, but wanted to make sure the center between the two rear wheels was appropriate.
Just changing out the sway bar bushings.
My go to rear jack point (if I want to put the car on jack stands at both of the rear jack points at once) is under the rear cross member. This is nice because its got a clearly visible center point and the jack's lift "cup" fits perfectly and wont slip off. The only caveat on my car is that I have to drive the rear wheels onto ramps (2 - 2x4's thick - i.e. 3") because it's lowered and my jack wont fit... Remember, when using a rolling type jack and you're jacking from behind the car will move forward as you're lowering it onto the jack stands - Lower it very slowly and adjust the position of the stands as necessary to make sure the jack points are centered on the stands.
I finally bit the bullet and bought some of those Jackpoint jack stands. They come on Thursday.
I don't know when I got so nervous about jacking a car up. I get super paranoid about where I put the jack so I can put the stands under the appropriate place when raised. I am seriously really mad with myself over this.
^^^
It's funny how paranoid we can get about doing simple things on these cars. I think it's because mistakes get very expensive, very quickly. My remedy for this is to take things slowly and really try to think things through before just diving into a project. This includes having all the proper tools and parts on hand before starting and really taking my time. This usually includes documenting and/or fixing other little things I run into along the way - as long as they don't distract from the job at hand. This is one of the biggest advantages to doing work yourself as opposed to paying someone else to do it.
Ha, it's the camera angle.
The jack stands are no where near the sump plate.
They're closer to the inboard mount point for the lower control arm.
Right of the red tie down very close to the sway bar mount. (You can see the missing grime where the jack stand was placed)
Very stable location, despite what the picture looks like in above post.
But now I use my QuickJack, so no more jackstands being used on my 996.
Do you have a picture of this point to jack the car, I'm not getting any visual help, but it might be the same point I picked before looking for an answer here.
Just find the center of the rear crossmember - it's pretty obvious. It's just to the left of where the red tie down is in the photo above (the crossmember is the thing that the sway bar is bolted to).
It's very clear now, thank you for helping with this, now I can visual it better. One more question, does the suspension have to be compressed to do either the sway bar bushings or the drop end links? Asking because it looks like my ramps might be easier and safer?
Just noticed that you asked about bushings too.
Those might require uncompressed.
I've never tried to replace them compressed.
Drop links, at least on other vehicles, can be dome either way.
Thanks for clarifying, some great information on here, but to put it all together is another story! Seems like there's always something ambiguous, or maybe the person that has done this will be chiming in any minute! The "compression or not" is a critical piece to know. It might eliminate all these floor jack and jack stand steps if it can be done on a simple pair of ramps.
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