How to lift truck using floor jack (not using pinch welds)

[leonbrag]

Does anyone have access to services manuals?

Is there a way to jack up entire front or rear of the track using floor jack (the one on wheels w/long handle)?

For my SUV as example there are two points (rear diff) and special point in the font.

is there the same for Mavrick?

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[Master Blaster]

No. The only recommended places are the marked points where the pinch-weld is triple sheets. I use a hockey puck with a pinch-weld sized slot in it on the jack pad. The truck is stiff enough that lifting at the front will also lift the rear. You could probably lift under the subframe steel with a pad so that you don't damage the shape, but that's a long way up there.

 

[Pointyears]

No. The only recommended places are the marked points where the pinch-weld is triple sheets. I use a hockey puck with a pinch-weld sized slod in it on the jack pad. The truck is stiff enough that lifting at the front will also lift the rear. You could probably lift under the subframe steel with a pad so that you don't damage the shape, but that's a long way up there.

My kingdom for jacking rails like the Steeda ones I have on my Mustang.

 

[EVH5150]

@SteedaMickey tj@steeda are you hearing this? I've had a set of their jacking rails on my Focus ST for probably 10 years and they are a Godsend.

 

[Steeda-Sergio]

Hey Guys,

Yes, we are listening!

Since we should be getting our 26 in soon, I'm asking our Manufacturing Team to moveJacking Rails to the front of the line for R&D.

 

[jmcarter]

Steeda can use my 26 Lariat for R&D, assuming it would take place in Valdosta. I’m south of Savannah

 

[Steeda-Sergio]

Steeda can use my 26 Lariat for R&D, assuming it would take place in Valdosta. I’m south of Savannah

Thank you for the offer. We should have ours in pretty soon.

 

[colinl]

pinch weld adapter for the floor jack is pretty easily done at harbor freight, amazon, etc.

 

[EVH5150]

I currently use the magnetic pinch weld pucks from Amazon with my floor jack. But if Steeda can get their jacking rails developed for the Maverick, that is soooooo much easier.

 

[alex lobos]

This post made my day

 

[Carlitos_92]

The jacking rails are cool and all, but I'm pretty sure the OP is looking for a single point on the Maverick that can lift the whole truck end at once; i.e. the RDU or a crossmember or something. Does anything mentioned in the previous posts address that?

 

[EVH5150]

Then in that case...no. I have, in the past, with both my old Escape and with my Tremor, and for that matter, all of my Subarus, jacked them up by the RDU case, but it's not recommended, and I try not to do it that way. The only recommended points are the pinch welds at the points marked by an arrow stamped in the lower cladding.

 

[colinl]

The jacking rails are cool and all, but I'm pretty sure the OP is looking for a single point on the Maverick that can lift the whole truck end at once; i.e. the RDU or a crossmember or something. Does anything mentioned in the previous posts address that?

yes, I understood that and I would not do it under the puny rdu. yes, I know that some vehicles this is normal or perhaps even mentioned in the service manual.

there likely is a front crossmember that could be used, but my truck is lowered and there's no way a jack is going under there without first driving onto ramps. you can easily rotate tires on this truck with 1 floor jack, a jackstand, and a pinch weld adapter. I don't see the need for alternative solutions.

 

[Carlitos_92]

yes, I understood that and I would not do it under the puny rdu. yes, I know that some vehicles this is normal or perhaps even mentioned in the service manual.

there likely is a front crossmember that could be used, but my truck is lowered and there's no way a jack is going under there without first driving onto ramps. you can easily rotate tires on this truck with 1 floor jack, a jackstand, and a pinch weld adapter. I don't see the need for alternative solutions.

Right. The thread just seemed to go... off the rails.

Personally, I have probably found some beefy suspension mount or something for a temporary or backup support point, but definitely not in the center of the truck. I doubt any Ford document would condone that, since making a see-saw in the garage is a bad idea.

All that said, modern unibodies are stiff enough that I can lift one pinch weld so high that the other pinch weld on the same side will also lift up enough to get a jack stand under it. Not that I like having any single point on the truck that high in the air very long.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

FWIW, I use one of these to lift the side up.

https://www.harborfreight.com/steel-floor-jack-cross-beam-64051.html

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