Front LCA torque - Jack stands

[jadmt]

I pull up on two sets of ramps. gives me plenty of room to get leverage....but just to keep me on my toes I leave it running and in gear.....just kidding.

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[Zandcwhite]

I pull up on two sets of ramps. gives me plenty of room to get leverage....but just to keep me on my toes I leave it running and in gear.....just kidding.

If you run 39s, there's enough room to do it sitting on the tires.

 

[BobW]

Actually wrong for two reasons. 1) Torquing a bolt while on jack stands increases the odds of the vehicle falling off the stands. 2) More than the weight, the more important thing is to torque the control arm bushings when they are at their natural drive angle. Unless you are using 4 stands at the same time to make it level, it could twist the bushings when level.

I always recall my late father's smashed big toenail, a result of a jack stand accident when he was a young mechanic, many decades ago. (Like the steel-in-eyeball in the HS chemistry safety glasses film, it's an image that sticks with me and conditions my actions).

 

[WillysMeow]

...This assumes you're on level ground.

The thing is, it doesn't have to be exact. Just close. Most driveways have a little bit of slope to them which affects how level the Jeep really is. But as long as you're close to level with the weight on the axles, you're fine.

I'm lucky that our driveway is almost perfectly level and yes I checked years ago, garage floor too. Was having shortbed, dual transfer case and lifted pinion/driveshaft/transfer output angle problems and checking my truck with a protractor so as to set rear pinion angle properly.

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