How to: Jack or Lift up Front or Back end of Mazda 6 & Support it on Car Stands

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@expvet779 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@footprintsinconc 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ct4225 Жыл бұрын

@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.

@theguire 8 ай бұрын

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.

@66gosser 3 ай бұрын

What if I'm needing to replace the lower control arms? Where do I place the jack stand?

@theguire 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for vid. I tried several times to lift my cx-9 and could not see where to locate the stand.

@mascadadelpantion8018 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@HalfNHalfBumpdates 8 ай бұрын

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

@samsrilanka 2 ай бұрын

Valuable Video!

@Lordosvk Жыл бұрын

man you alreade destroy the car by jack up the car wrong way !! do not give advice if you doing it wrong

@wk5181 5 ай бұрын

Why can't we use the jack stand in the same spot we used the jack floor to lift the car?

@darkl3ad3r 4 ай бұрын

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.

@wk5181 4 ай бұрын

@@darkl3ad3rMazda says to lift near the center or the front crossmember

@darkl3ad3r 4 ай бұрын

@@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.

@wk5181 4 ай бұрын

@@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.

@darkl3ad3r 4 ай бұрын

@@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.

@coffeefish Жыл бұрын

Not sure you did that exactly right.

@1danleung Жыл бұрын

you are compressing the control arm bushing by supporting the car there with a stand

@footprintsinconc Жыл бұрын

the metal housing is what spreads to the load to the outside edges of the metal housing. won't be an issue.

@johnlieu3141 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for this great video

@footprintsinconc 2 жыл бұрын

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@MufasaRizz 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent sir.

@footprintsinconc 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! please be sure to help me out with the KZbin algorithms by liking and subscribing. thank you!

@johnlieu3141 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this is helpful

@footprintsinconc Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Quentyn73 2 жыл бұрын

You bent the pinch welds.

@footprintsinconc 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@MineZilla123 2 жыл бұрын

@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!

@rickybobby7276 Жыл бұрын

That pinch weld is just fine.