Jack Stands: How safe are they really? (Weakest link revealed.) | Auto Expert John Cadogan
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Don't change a thing John, love watching all of your content!!👌
He's a tool and not educated enough in the trade to discuss these days. I bet he doesn't know how EFI works.
Ask him how )2 sensors work and how to find out if the upstream one or the downstream one is faulty. I be the "expert" has no idea. I bet many would have no idea what I'm talking about.
Yet this clown is feeding you all dribble and you all listen as though it's fact what he says.
Jack stands and earthquakes here in Japan are almost like washing your car then it rains 😂 only issue is the amount of oh sh-it level when you under the car and it happens. Nearly as much fun as riding on a Chinese built roller coaster.
First 5mins are the best. Don’t skip it.
💯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
hear hear
Yup, very true
Saved me the typing ty
I subscribed because of the first five minutes. Well said my friend
I'm Aboriginal. However I'm getting fed up with the Aboriginal apologies every week. I appreciate how the British pulled me out of the stone age & gave me a great life in Australia.
Mate that is a breath of fresh air
Thats refreshing to hear. Very positive
I'm glad you have made the best of your situation! take it easy.
Wow that’s a bit racist. Jk
@@MussaKZN Only you think so.
My son's an enthusiast DIYer who yesterday swapped out his shocks. It gave me pride and comfort to see the whole car on stands with all 4 wheels underneath as an added safety measure. The jack was there to lift the car then moved out of the way so it wasn't a tripping hazard
Well done, him, Mr Wolff.
I always put my car's wheels underneath the chassis somewhere near to where I'm gonna be laying under it, just as an added safety incase the unthinkable happens. (Like when one mechanic bumped another car that was on jack stands, and it fell off the stands. Luckily nobody was under it) Accidents can happen very quickly.
Christian name !! which a chap like the one who raised the “point” is not entitled to use unless he has been introduced !
@@AutoExpertJC A proper dickhead did not overload these.
th-cam.com/video/In1PnzPnSFs/w-d-xo.html
pride and comfort?? wtf
Without the "BS", this would just be another auto channel. 😁
Glad I didn't skip the first part. You put things far more tactfully than I could.
Knowing where to place the stands under the chassis is important too - and I'm not convinced I know the answer on all cars.
That used to be the easiest thing to work out, but over the last 20years, things have changed. What Looks to be a safe place, and might be, can actually bend parts of the car.
It might not be obvious straight away, but you sure do find out when getting your wheel alignment done. I haven't done this personally, but have heard of people dong it.
The owners manual usually gives jacking points, and most times there is usually a centre front and back to allow you to use stands under the jack points along the sills, which you will damage unless you use something between the stands and sills. Most mechanics will just use the subframe etc.
Having said all of that, I think your comment was talking about the safety side of things, and I agree, it's a topic that warrants more conversation.
John Cleese observed that the activists are "... waiting for the thrill of being offended".
Well said about the woke, so true we’re are all over it. The 1 % vocals is not 100% opinion.
Nice gay t-shirt John!!
From which country town?
Texas, QLD.
mardi gra in new tork
GHS77, please don’t use axle stands next time you’re “down there.”
Great video. I was always wary of the ratchet type jack stands until I watched the hydraulic press channel, they tested the jacks to breaking point and every one tested performed way above advertised load rating. It's actually kind of comforting knowing how strong decent jack stands are.
Each way bet with this vid I noticed John. You appeased the yanks by using gasoline rather than petroleum but then -favored- favoured the rest of the world by spelling grey correctly. 😉
Using a concrete block to hold up something heavy like a car is inviting the block to suddenly revert to its constituent ingredients; sand, gravel
Has that ever happened?
@@Rampart.X yes
Certainly has.
@@Rampart.X definitely has. They tend to brittle fail as they do not bend, just break without warning. Blocks of wood will usually give some indication before failing. These jack stands are a much better option in nearly all cases
If you don't understand what you're working with I'd agree with you. But if you know a bit about block you can get a lot of performance out of it. Don't use a block standing up. That's mistake number one. Don't put something hard right on the block either. Like a steel vehicle frame. Have a piece of wood in there. Use a heavy block and not a light one. I'd use a block the way it'd be laid too. That'd be fat side up.
Well said John. Love the videos and the honest reviews, especially the engineering explanations. I teach engineering and technology in secondary schools, and love the no bs and humour of your videos. Keep up the good work,
Thank you very much, Brett. Keep inoculating future generations with STEM mate.
I agree. John helps tremendously with the stuff I missed in class, because my attention was elsewhere...
I've watched a lot of your videos John (thanks for your work), but this is the best so far. Was cheering your anti-wokeness and enjoyed your obvious love of material science.
The swarf test for cast iron differentiation is pretty cool.
Hi John 😊 well done mate on clearing the jack off stand safety issue, those stands you demo's look a good bit of kit. Safety when trying to do your own repairs is a bit like common sense, not too common whith some people, I've used axle stands in the past and always put the wheels under the vehicle as well just in case, or some extra large blocks of solid wood, anything to stop it dropping all the way to the floor whith your's truly turning into a jam sandwich. As for the B'S, and the swearing, I say don't change a thing mate. The only gripe I have is where's the Ming Molls got to, they gave your videos shall we say a truly rounded, warm feeling, lol. Any hoo , cheers mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.
Swapped rear leaf springs with the rear propped up on firewood. Logs don't collapse. Only you and the tool guy on the Ave channel, talk like real people.
As strong as the concrete it sits on .
Yeah that's the big one. As long as its dead flat and solid surface is the main importance..
Hills, cardboard, sticky tape and bits of plywood are right out for this sort of thing
I ALWAYS, keep the trolley jack in place under the front or rear crossmember whilst having jack stands in place. The bulk of the weight is on the stands and just light pressure on the jack. That's just my way of adding another layer of safety.
But in essence, jack stands are pretty safe. Use them correctly and appropriately and you'll never have an issue.
Same, along with any wheel/wheels I've removed. I figure while none of it will hold the car up properly like the jack stands, the jack + wheels will give me a couple of seconds to get out in the event that it all goes pear shaped.
@@davidshepherd265 same here easy enough to put the wheel under out of the way.always good to have 4 stands too so if a pair is in use you won't gamble not using them for a diff project
Also worth mentioning for those that are looking at lifting all four wheels off the ground, avoid jacking up vehicles from side to side. Front to rear is best. otherwise the vehicle's chassis may flex or the vehicle's suspension may move the vehicle to one side. Causing the Jack stand to move under the chassis and in extreme cases, skip a tooth on the rachet mechanism under the uneven amount of weight. I feel like that contributes to those statistics as well. I experienced a similar senario back when i was a kid learning to work in my first car. I jacked up the car side to side, unknowingly the car was sort of twisted sitting on the stands. replaced my first ever set if brake pads and discs. As I had opened the driver's door to pump the brake pedal bleeding the brakes. the jack stand on the left hand front slipped off the chassis rail and dented the passenger's floor pan crushing the fuel feed line in the process... That turned out to be an expensive lesson right there. 🙃
Love your work John. Don't change a thing. 😀
Thanks John. Another excellent safety video. Good to know a simple way of differentiating grey iron, ductile iron and steel. Grey iron, incidentally, was used for the scope mount on the British No. 4 Mk 1 (T) sniper rifle which served, in updated form, from 1940ish till the 1980s. Given the mass of the complete rifle, the loads imposed on the mount would have been inconsequential. Armourers did, however, get plenty of practice replacing the screws on the base for that mount and also staking the replacement screws to minimise subsequent movement.
P.S. As a carpenter, it never ceases to amaze me that people consider a concrete block, which is basically a brittle piece of permanent boxing, to be an adequate load bearing support for a corner of a motor vehicle.
Grey iron is a good material if suited to the application. It's awesome to drill, turn and mill. (I didn't know that about the rifle scope mounts... I wonder why ductile iron wasn't used.)
@@AutoExpertJC I just recalled that they originally specified malleable cast iron BUT there was an authorised change to grey iron. No reason is supplied in the standard text published by Ian Skennerton but I suspect that it was related to other wartime production priorities. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿. Keep up the good work. My view is, that if you are not pissing people off, you are not pushing them to really think!
*"...it never ceases to amaze me that people consider a concrete block,..to be an adequate load bearing support "* Better yet is when said use of concrete block involves lying it on its side!
@@feathermerchant Yes … because it HAS to be better that way🙂🧐!
Hollow concrete blocks are notorious for crushing. Bloke here in paradise, aka, NZ, aka, the lair of Jacinda, saw one of his neighbours working under his car. A few hours later saw him still there so wandered over and found the bloke expired! He’d used concrete blocks to support the car and one had been crushed. Wasn’t a particularly quick death either as the car came down on his sternum and he’d more or less suffocated!
There is more to concrete blocks than instantly meets the eye. There's two basic varieties heavy and light blocks. Though the light ones aren't particularly light themselves. But they're half the weight of a heavy. Most common block is still lightweight. Blocks also have a top and a bottom. One face is fat and flat. I bet the victim used a block standing up. Blocks are weaker standing up than laying down. That and blocks are brittle. So steel right on a block can split it. Some wood cushioning may have made the difference? Also fresh blocks tend to be soft. Concrete takes a while to reach full strength.
Boom first in
Worth it to pay a lil more for your safety equipment. I use ESCO stands, because I like being alive. Have fun with the chinese harbor freight widomakers made of brittle void-filled cast iron and stamped sheet metal.
I jammed my finger in one of these because I was pissed when using it. Luckily I was pissed and it didn’t hurt as much as it would have otherwise. To think I always wanted to be an engenair .
Hey mate you just keep being you fuck all the PR crowd. Love the humour and language as you are always good for a laugh, and for an Aussie bloke you are right up there with the best
Matt the mad kiwi
John keep punching people in the nuts I don't always agree with you but I do respect your knowledge and I do love dingo piss creeks and have a dingo piss dog and do love the term make Australia less shit but that's all besides the point because we are just talking about vehicles and corporations trying to sell them. Amongst other things and I think you're really know what I'm talking about.
Hey John, love what you do.
Good luck with making Australia less shit.
Uphill battle mate.
A disgusting percentage of people appear to believe that life exists in order that they not be offended
People that are offended deserve to be.
I really enjoy your videos. I feel way more informed after watching them. There is an over abundance of information in your videos and I truly appreciate you taking the time to share this information. And I thoroughly enjoy the bullshit.
Thank you John as my brother in law died from a car falling on him I thank you for helping us to stay safe. Love your work always and telling how it is with no bullshit.
So sorry. Rip
How did it happen?
Surely "Operational Muppet" fits the description of 99% of Australian politicians.
People with no skills need jobs too!
I'm looking forward to next week's deep dive into trailer jockey wheels, load ratings thereof and the merits of after market mods.
Isn’t ‘Jack Stands’ what they call customer seating stools in a Ming Moles office ? MALS.
Please be aware the stand and jack are not always the weakest link (ignoring you being potentially the risk). Be aware of the surface you are using these on. Obviously gravel or worse, dirt, no matter how secure they seem are a bad idea (I've seen people do this out bush 4wding). But even concrete can be less than ideal if you are not aware of the condition. I say this as someone who found a relative crushed under a vehicle whilst using jack stands in a concrete floor garage which, unbeknownst to him, had a very thin, badly laid floor which collapsed after a high rainfall event. it happens. Not always only to dickheads. Just be careful...
So, the floor failed. The Jack stand worked, but the door did not?
@@libraeotequever3pointoh95
The point of failure was the substrate...(what was under the jack/jackstand.)
It was unfortunate that a previous owner had such a shitty floor laid in the garage. (or may have done the laying of the concrete as a DIY in order to tidy up the garage prior to selling the property.)
@@libraeotequever3pointoh95 My point exactly. The idiot controlling the jack isn't the only risk...
Love your reports...especially your refusal to appease the Woke.
Always chock your wheels even on level ground many fail to implement this important step
“I promise not to give a shit” 😂😂
Genuine promise. I won't. Not one.
Please, never change (not that you seem to have any plan to).
No need to worry about that.
Using ya head helps as well
My 1970's stands are just like they were made of water pipe and the uprights are welded into inverted "Soup Plates" and this makes them most satisfactory for use on grass, wheras those with "Legs:" will just sink in and are useless, height adjust by steel rods running through.
Just use lpg cylinders. They can totally handle it...
yep, but always use full ones - they're heavier, and therefore, more stable.
Didn’t know that. Thanks. I wonder what type of steel the cylinder is made of? I will try the centre punch test. Thanks John for the educational video. Very handy
Hi John. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on jack stands. Thank you also for the 5.16min time stamp lol. Didn’t know about the different grades of cast iron. I’m always shit scared getting under my vehicle at home, even though the jack stands look similar to yours. I leave the floor jack in place for added insurance. I’ll be checking my jack stands tomorrow for the AS number too. Regards
One weakness you didn't mention... the point on the car that your placing the stand, or for that matter the jack! I once jacked up an old, rusty Simca using the jack points on the chassis only to have it slowly crush into the body. Needless to say that car was scrapped as unsafe. I've also placed stands at points on the chassis I thought were strong but that buckled as I lowered the jack. It's important to use the manufacturers recommended jack points and stand location points and stay clear until you're sure the vehicle is stable.
My brother had run his Holden’s front wheels onto the ramps and I prevented him from jacking up the diff by reminding him that only the back wheels are held by the handbrake.
There's a channel here on YT where a guy compresses/smashes various objects with a hydraulic press. Most of the videos are meaningless and just for fun. However there was a video a few months back that did jack stands. It was amazing to see that even the cheapest ones failed a lot beyond their rated capacity. So if anyone wants to put his fears on rest even more, go search for it and watch a 2000KG stand brake at 8000KG of load, or a 3000KG stand brake at 12000KG of load. It just shows how much margin the engineers put on their designs. So, I guess as soon as you stay within their rated load, the only thing you have to worry is the way you use them, and not if they can handle the load!
We used to get hydraulic jacks repaired by a fellow Jim Wade in Ballarat years ago and he used to say he wouldn’t lay under a bicycle that was held up by a hydraulic Jack. Jack Stands are cheap life insurance.
I've been watching your channel now for about 3 years and I've always loved your engineering explanations you're wit and humor but the fact that there's no b******* there's always people that'll be offended please don't change cheers from Atlantic Canada👍😎🇨🇦
For comparison, people will happily tow a 3.5t load on a tow ball supported by a single pin without thinking twice.
Very good John. I love your reports but I'm not s fan of the swearing and misogyny and religion bashing etc... but what I especially do like is your unwillingness to go all woke... unlike some, I'm a big big boy who has realised that everyone is different and I don't expect everyone to live according to my own ideas. I keep listening to you because of your factial, logical and trustworthy reporting and I ignore the rest.
Good job John.
I use Jack stands and old rims with tyres. 7 inch rims to chock the tyres. Jack the car and place the rims under the tyres fitted to the the car then let the car down in them. 10 inch rims under the the end I'm working on if I leave the tyres on the car. If I'm taking off the wheels I use jack stands and the 10 inch rims placed under the car. I sometimes use big hammers and levers to removes things and jack stands never feel safe. Ps do not give me shit about my grammar or spelling. I'm dyslexic and without dyslexics you would not have the gifts of all the great ideas you use on your channel.
Glad I didn’t skip ahead..the first part was awesome. When will some people realize that not everything revolves around them? The extent of their freedom should not encroach on yours. In other words if you don’t like it don’t watch it. Don’t expect the content, or anything else for that matter, to change to suit you.
love the rost at the start.
also with the jack stand failure, I remember something about a recall (?on Harbor freight?) in US of A which stated something about the welds on the lower frame being porous and cracking or similar.
Hi u missed the el cheapo stands male/female tube ,clevis pin and a flat base . Super dangerous . Still being sold .
“Appeasing the woke is ridiculously nauseating” that would be a fantastic T shirt
It's also impossible, because they'd keep moving the goalposts.
RIP unfortunate Irish people involved in Servo Disruptor on Friday - that besides, "relatively safe" - indeed.
Your extensive technical knowledge AND your refusal to abide fools has forced me to subscribe.
I've literally never even heard of a first name being reffered to as a "Christian" name before.
I'm 27 so maybe I'm just not boomer enough lol
Got no dramas with the engineers and their designs. Jedi stuff. The problem is the corners cut at manufacture, materials supply an QC.
And beancounters cutting corners.
Keep as much BS as you like, but please don't go the full John Cleese.What's happened to him is such a shame.
Thanks for the heads-up John. My old stands are going in the bin tomorrow. I haven't used them for years, but I will remove the temptation in case I need to grab one quickly in the future. And yes, you do tend to prattle on a bit sometimes, but that is inherent in your style. Keep it up.
I agree completely. I have been doing this,(lifting vehicles) for over 60 years. I always jack up and leave. Add jack stands. Then always put the wheel under the sill.
That mother's ain't going to crush me, if I can help it!!!!
The wheel under the sill is also a good makeshift safety when changing a wheel on the side of the road and you don't have a stand.
I lurv your "Christian Name" response. Please keep giving it to those w....rs.
Less offence, and more logic is needed these days. Well said
Jack stands, sometimes he sits.
Sometimes he's at work, so Jack on, and sometimes he's off, so Jack...
If you want a demonstration, Hydraulic Press Channel did a test on this sort of jack stand - rated at 2000kg, but held up over 5000kg without the pin and over 8000kg with the pin - see th-cam.com/video/GjmXQNhKCks/w-d-xo.html - it appears (though I can't be certain) that either the column or the main mechanism seems to start deforming, meaning the pin connects and adds its extra holding power. Importantly, it doesn't just fail and break - instead it gradually deforms as more weight is added.
That's exactly the kind of thing that happens with low-carbon steel and ductile iron. They yield, and bend, and the deflection gets noticeable, even if you're a moron. (Time to get out of the way.) It's not surprising that the pin adds restraint capacity as the primary tooth/pawl mechanism fails. (I've broken a heap of 4.7-tonne shackles in the lab. They typically pop at about 35 tonnes. But you can see the pin bend heaps before that.)
As a devout Pastafarian, I find myself thinking "eh?" whenever I say "Christian name". But I learned that at school, habits die hard, and "first name" irritates me too, because I lrogram computers and in some cultures the given name doesn't come first!
If people want to change the language they can--lead by example and hope other people follow. There's no point complaining about the small stuff!
Welcome aboard fellow Pastafarian ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY, ALL POWERFUL FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻😂🤣😂 The sooner we are acknowledged as a legitimate religion the better.
Have you got your colander at the ready?
@@davegoldspink5354 Always :-)
May you be touched by his noodly appendage. Ramen.
Stuff the Woke! JC for Prime Minister 🤘
Your best video ever. Can you attack the people in the comment section more.
Bricks is what students, not I, use to use to prop up some teachers' cars on blocks when I was in high school on 6th form (today year 12) break up.
Fired clay bricks are very strong, although I wouldn't get under a vehicle supported by them.
I absolutely love your videos and your attitude. Always get a laugh out of me
Decided not to skip the first 5 minutes, and didn't regret it. Loved it, in fact. People will always find something to whinge about, it's always been the case, it's just that in today's day and age, their voices, or rather, comments, are louder and stick forever online. Speak your mind and let haters be haters. Another great video BTW!
The information presented in the body of the video was excellent, however the preamble was the best five minutes of my recent memory!
I was always told as an apprentice that you won't die when the car lands on you. It is only when you're relieved of the heavy burden of having a vehicle upon you that you'll expire.
I guess that depends on whether it crushes your skull rather than your legs. The thing you're talking about may be the condition that happens when you've been trapped with a crush injury for some time, as little as 60-minutes sometimes, before the weight is lifted. During the time the limb is under pressure, cellular destruction and other factors produce toxins in that area. When the pressure is relieved, these toxins spread through the body, often overwhelming the kidneys and other organs, leading to death if not carefully managed during release and treatment.
Compartment syndrome is a bad way to go...
First time viewer. I loved the viewer feedback segment. Don't change **ONE** thing. They know how to find the door, .
Agreed
I like the ratchet and pin type one, I had a ratchet only type drop a tooth while I was under a car 💩 I've never felt comfortable under a car since... even with extra stands and wheels slid under the sills.
Great video
Would be great to do a collaboration with The Hydraulic Press Channel and get them to load a jack stand until failure and see what was the failure mechanism and load.
They have already did that test, long time ago...
th-cam.com/video/GjmXQNhKCks/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=HydraulicPressChannel
21:24‐21:35 Comforting
& wonderfully said.
I love your reports, but are they anything without retorts? 😆
Great video John. One thing, use Jack stands on a level floor, preferably a concrete floor. I finally purchased a QuickJack to do my vehicle maintenance, much safer and 24” (60 centimeters) of level, locked work space.
Cheers from Northeast Ohio!
Two points:
1) The term given name is better than first name. A lot of cultures put the "christian name" second. In the US, the term "given name" has been fairly common for a long time.
2) The vehicle moving is the most common failure of a vehicle up on stands. The both wheels on the end you are not lifting should be chocked. Reliable home made chocks are not a hard thing to create
"Given name" may be the norm in USA but in Australia it has always been "Christian name". Doesn't upset me even though like John I have zero religious belief...
@@graham6137 My point was more that "first name" is as bad as "christian name" if you want to be literally accurate. The person John mentioned was suggesting "first name" be used. I doubt that the person suggesting "first name" even thought of that.
Don't change John your channel wouldn't be worth watching if you didn't swear and put shit on various subjects.
I agree. If I did that it would just be facts - and nobody wants that.
Not all religions are authoritarian but most authoritarians are religious
Excellent first few minutes John!
Sincerely,
An executive producer
Thanks boss.
I’ve been lifting cars since I was kiddo about a hundred years ago and I still so wary of getting under to do the stands, luckily my trolley jack handle is a handy pusher/puller tool for the job. It hurts my brain when I still hear on the news from time to time a bloke has died yet again from being squashed.
I was working on a car once and I had it up so high I could sit under it in a lawn chair. It needed a lot of welding.
My first time here! First five minutes you got me sold.
Your "pre" 5:16 segment just earned you a new subscriber.
Offence isn't given, it's taken.
Quite.
Unfortunately Australian workplace law disagrees.... What you say doesn't even need to be something a reasonable person could see might cause offence. If someone is offended you are shit out of luck.
@@Gnrnrvids Yes, they took offence, it wasn't given.
@@79Notnek Offence is always taken, never given. It sucks that the law can nail you for it.
Alternatively don't use those potentially dangerous ratchet stands at all and stick with telescopic stands that are only secured with pins. The chance of incorrect operation is much less with those in my view. The reference to use of unstable alternatives is the relevant point, even a trolley jack on it's own is safer than that!
The press channel did the test of one of them, rated at 2 tons. With the safety pin in, 8.5 ton to bust it. So you have absolutely nothing to worry about with a 1600kg car on 2 of these.
I love your reports, especially the swearing. As a mechanical engineer that is very fond of using swear words, they make my day.
There is a TH-cam video of a guy who has a hydraulic press who crushed a few different jack stands. All of them only failed at twice their rated weight or higher. Some 3 times.
Great video!
It might be worth mentioning (for the 'Mericians) that ductile iron is also known as nodular iron or spheroidal graphite iron.
😂😂😂 appeasing the woke. love it 😂😂😂
In the USA the Harbor Freight Jackstand Recall with BAD TEETH CASTING that could SLIP was pretty scary
Juicy and uplifting........Tiffany?
Tiffany is juicy. Uplifting is her older sister.
@@AutoExpertJC Ha.....her older sister works at my local dealer selling window tint I think......
Love the engineering type video's mate. Nice work as always.
If an atheist wake up dead with a christian name, how does Darwin feel about it?
Naturally selected.
Nice demo of shavings. I recently learned about the importance of the fixed end of a ratchet spanner / breaker bar of a socket set. Never tighten or loosen a bolt with a ratchet, because the ratchet is the weakest part of the tool. Tightening or loosening is done with the fixed part. Ratchets are only for removing or driving the bolt into place. So obvious now.
Yep. Just how strong do they really think those 90 tooth ratchets are. With 90 teeth they simply can't be
I'm about to start DIYing with my 16 year old and this video is super helpful, thanks John from Scotland.
Great piece. Like you say, the weakest link is usually the operator, not the equipment. I won't go anywhere near a jacked car without proper stands, even if it's for 30 seconds. Safety is no.1 and things can go wrong very quickly