cranking torsion bars
#51
07-28-2010
Your not even taking the tires off?It wont fall on you even if it falls off the stands! He's a idiot!
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This thread is fu-king retarded. lmao
Ask your dad if he keeps four jackstands and a hydraulic jack in his car to replace a flat tire. This is stupid.
It's not a freaking airplane. All you are doing is removing the weight off of the torsion bars to make the bolts easier to turn. You can use just a jack if you like, lift it just high enough so the tires are barely touching (maybe 3"). If it somehow collapses, your truck will come down 3", maybe 4" if it dropped fast. Two jackstands under the front with the rear tires blocked is more than safe.
Ask your dad if he keeps four jackstands and a hydraulic jack in his car to replace a flat tire. This is stupid.
It's not a freaking airplane. All you are doing is removing the weight off of the torsion bars to make the bolts easier to turn. You can use just a jack if you like, lift it just high enough so the tires are barely touching (maybe 3"). If it somehow collapses, your truck will come down 3", maybe 4" if it dropped fast. Two jackstands under the front with the rear tires blocked is more than safe.
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Ok how would you like to be under the truck when it comes off the jacks and the suspension compresses toword your face? let me know
#55
07-28-2010
Meh thats fine its not going to hit me unless i have my head up in the frame like a ****ing idiot, your just a stupid punk *** 16 year old that thinks your dad is a good, do us a favor and get the hell out of here with your BS
#56
07-28-2010
Just take it some where and pay for them to turn 2 bolts for you. You oclearly can not handle it your self. Not trying to be a dick.
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Your dads a moron. You don't have to use any jackstands at all, just a jack. You jack up the front of the truck by the crossmember enough to get the front wheels a few inches off the ground, while the emergency brake is on. And the you get under it and turn two bolts with a ratchet and socket. Not rocket science, child. Nothing will happen to you unless you either take off the front wheels while you do it or you lay under the front tires while its jacked. In either of those cases, you would deserve to die anyway. Does your dad not go in elevators unless he inspects them first? Not fly on planes unless he expects them first? Not ride in another car unless he inspects it first? Not eat out unless he inspects the kitchen first? Not drive down the street unless he inspects it first? Your dad sounds like hes still a virgin.
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I can hanndle it, this is not what this is about. You guys just have a real problem with people who follow safety precaution
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Wow ok i didnt even start this. i asked a simple ****in question wether les schwab could do it or not, and you *******s decided to talk **** about my dad. i guess im just some punk 16 year old for backing up my dad
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why do you guys have a problem with people that do things the right way. seriously. I brought up using 4 jack stands and all you guys said was my dad is a bad engineer and hes a moron/dumb which is extremely uncalled for
#62
07-28-2010
Your'e just way overthinking this, if its that big of a problem dont jack it up the bolts are just harder to turn that way, or if you guys really have that much money to blow to have someone do something this easy for you send some my way!
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#65
07-28-2010
The way i look at it if you put it on 4 stands that are on the frame you are narrowing the space between the supports making it easier to fall off side to side. leaving the back tires on the ground would keep the back end of the truck with the normal full width or support. as long as the parking break was set and the tires blocked front and back it shouldnt move.
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i guess your right
#67
07-28-2010
im not talking **** to the people trying to help me, im getting annoyed with the douche bags talkin **** because they think they know it all since they are mechanics. you would have to be a complete idiot to go under a vehicle that is just on a jack. oh and let me get something straight, your saying that i need to man up and stop reading the safety manual? So taking short cuts makes you a man? No that makes you a dumb ***. And you think me and my dad dont know ****, um ok your the dumb *** willing to get under a vehicle that is on a hydraulic jack, that makes me think you dont know anything. oh and your right about one thing i would be scared to get under a vehicle thats just on a jack, cause i accually think things through
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no lol. your not getting under the car though
#72
07-28-2010
Hey look it says you don't need jack stands,
Crank Your Ford Ranger Torsion Bars
Just crank them and be done it will only take a few minutes to do. And for what it's worth I de-compress my suspension every time i do an oil change with out jack stands and have never had a problem. If you in Oregon I'll just do it for you.
Crank Your Ford Ranger Torsion Bars
Just crank them and be done it will only take a few minutes to do. And for what it's worth I de-compress my suspension every time i do an oil change with out jack stands and have never had a problem. If you in Oregon I'll just do it for you.
#73
07-28-2010
you and your dad should engineer a concrete driveway, lol. or a vehicle lift.
anyways i called last week and most shops that do allignments will also make adjustment WITHIN REASON and do the allignment after for around 70-80 bucks.
#74
07-28-2010
Snowwheeler, I get the impression that anyone who is not your dad is an idiot? I'm only 22 and because of that I don't know ****? I can do an engine swap in my truck in my driveway but I can't Jack up a vehicle? I would be more worried about breaking off one of the bolts than having all four corners on Jack stands.
Maybe you should work on your truck more often and get some real world experience before you go ahead and ***** us out over something stupid.
Maybe you should work on your truck more often and get some real world experience before you go ahead and ***** us out over something stupid.
#75
07-28-2010
Snowwheeler, I get the impression that anyone who is not your dad is an idiot? I'm only 22 and because of that I don't know ****? I can do an engine swap in my truck in my driveway but I can't Jack up a vehicle? I would be more worried about breaking off one of the bolts than having all four corners on Jack stands.
Maybe you should work on your truck more often and get some real world experience before you go ahead and ***** us out over something stupid.
Maybe you should work on your truck more often and get some real world experience before you go ahead and ***** us out over something stupid.
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