How to: Jack or Lift up Front or Back end of Mazda 6 & Support it on Car Stands
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- In order to work safely under the car or with the tires removed, the car has to be jacked up and supported properly. It's an essential part of any car DIYer or enthusiast.
This vehicle is almost entirely covered in plastic cover under the front and middle portion of the car. It can't be jacked up from the center of the car either in front or from the back of the car like some car and most old cars.
This video shows how one can jack or lift up the front or rear size of the car one corner at a time. It shows where the jack needs to be positioned to lift the car and where the stands can be placed.
Please note:
This video is for illustration on how I have done this. I am not an expert or a professional at this. The purpose of this video is to promote learning something new and one way of doing this. Use the information presented here "at your own risk". Do not work beyond your comfort or safety zone and seek help from professionals as needed. Remember, safety comes first.
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Actually putting the jack head on the metal ridge is not a good idea. Look at how the Mazda jack fits on the jack point and you will see that the metal ridge is more of a guide. The lifting contact area is behind the ridge towards the chassis middle. The ridge is just so it fits into the slot the Mazda jack has and if you use a floor jack it should have a jack pad which have a slot cut in to mate with the ridge. You risk bending the ridge since it is really not made to support all that weight. If it colapses while on a jack or jack stand it could be ugly. Position the Mazda jack and it will all make sense.
the jack seat is slit and weight is transferred from either side of the rib as you mentioned.
this works just fine as i've showed. some have bent some overtime, but never had an issue arise from it bending.
@ExpVet I agree. I used to jack up my CX 3 this way using a floor jack but then I notice that the OEM jack that came with the car has an opening where the ridge would slide down and NOT touching the base. So I assumed that the weight of the car should be resting behind the ridge.
Thank you for your comment regarding the floor jack pad. Who knew? Until I can find a pad, I will just use the Mazda jack.
What if I'm needing to replace the lower control arms? Where do I place the jack stand?
Thanks for vid. I tried several times to lift my cx-9 and could not see where to locate the stand.
man you alreade destroy the car by jack up the car wrong way !! do not give advice if you doing it wrong
Easy way to handle it. Good job 👍 sir...
Thanks you for this great video
you are welcome!
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Any other suggestions for jack stand locations when lifting up the front? I recently had to get a new wishbone fitted, I suspect this could have been damaged when i lifted it and put a stand under there a few months back
Thanks, this is helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent sir.
Thanks!
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you are compressing the control arm bushing by supporting the car there with a stand
the metal housing is what spreads to the load to the outside edges of the metal housing. won't be an issue.
Thank you
Not sure you did that exactly right.
Why can't we use the jack stand in the same spot we used the jack floor to lift the car?
I guess the problem is how do you lift the car to put the stands in place then lol but yeah I don't like these stand spots. I don't like anything about this at all.
@@darkl3ad3rMazda says to lift near the center or the front crossmember
@@wk5181the problem is getting your floor jack to those center points. If you can, go for it then use jack stands with some pinch weld adapters in the spots along the trim. Otherwise use the control arm like he did I guess.
@@darkl3ad3r I will try this week I guess. I tried to change oil myself for the first time. Why not I guess :)
I have done many repairs by myself including replacing the starter.
@@wk5181 nice man. I just started changing my oil too. Did it on my Jetta and now going to do it the wife's Mazda 6. It's funny, I thought her car was going to be easier since the cabin air filter is way more user friendly to replace on the 6 than the Jetta, but now I'm seeing jacking up her car is going to be a pain compared to mine lol can't win em all.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
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Its nice and easy.....
Thanks a lot 😊
You bent the pinch welds.
iit's a non issue. hasn't bend yet after all these years. i've done it many cars. even mechanics do this...it's been done to my car at a shop.
yes, the do setll a u shaped item you can get to install on your jack when lifting.
@footprintsinconc yeah gets done by bad mechanics. Do that to you own vehicle ok, but no matter how little I'd never damage a customers car on a import area of the chassis (I know it's not crucial the pinch weld itself just bending some, but if it's crushed up completely then any future impacts to that spot could potentially damage the floor above it instead of the pinch weld possibly crushing instead and taking the force and the body above not getting damaged possibly) when there is the proper tools and equipment available to do it right!
That pinch weld is just fine.
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