weather

Hi everyone,

If I want to do my own tire rotation or swap, where are the proper lifting points to use the service jack. I have seen where are the points on the side to position the axle stands but not sure where is the best location to lift the vehicle. Anyone can provide some input? Pictures would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the type of jack/jack stands I am talking about:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en

Thanks in advance.

weather

I am surprised no one has ever used a jack to lift their RDX.....

TLtrigirl

iTrader: (1)

have you checked your OM?

weather

I have, and it did show where to place the axle stand once the vehicle is jacked up. The only problem is that I want to lift one side of the vehicle, put two axle stand on one side, then lift the other side and put the axle stand on that side too (4 in all). The problem is that I can't use those points for jacking up the vehicle with the hydraulic jack because that is where I need to place the axle stand. I need another lifting point without causing any damage to the vehicle itself....I may try and get a fiend who lives nearby as this is harder to explain in a message than in person.

I was just hoping someone would have already lifted their RDX and used the axle stand already, but maybe its not as a common as I thought.

Let me wish you all the best for the Holidays!

TLtrigirl

iTrader: (1)

i see what you are trying to do. i know where the safe jacking points are on my TL (i've used them before to do a few mods to the car with my bro).

Carazy

I was going to do a front and rear single point lift with a hydraulic floor jack. My service manager asked his mechanics and they said that they would not use jack stands, I have taken they're advice so far.

Lifting the rear, I would shore with wood blocks or something to make the lift more solid rather than only lifting on the metal tab.

Front:


Rear:


Note: I took these pictures to ask for advice

Carazy

Ran out of time to edit so I will add the my previous post.

I was going to set the car on 4 jack stands and that while the car is on 2 stands and the second lift may cause an unsafe accident, therefore I will not attempt this.

If I were going to rotate the passenger side front to rear, I would use the floor jack on the front or rear jack point (Jack Point in the Acura Manual) and take it really high so that both front and rear tires are off the ground and do a quick rotate while on the hydraulic jack, anyway that is what I did with my previous car. I would ask the Acura service advisor to see what info they may have before I attempted this on my Acura.

weather

^^ I appreciate your feedback, comments and the time to post the pics. Much appreciated. I will follow your advice and call the service manager at the dealer and get his input. Thanks again, and Merry Christmas.....

kfhughes

Sorry for reviving such an old thread, but wanted to know if anyone can verify that these are the two hydraulic jack points? They're roughly the same locations as on my 3G TL.

usdmJON

Does no one own service manuals anymore?


Am I wrong to assume the normal jack point is the same as a hydraulic jack point?

And why would a tech tell someone not to use a jack stands? Like wtf?

rosen39

I have used the rear center jack point in the picture in a previous post, when draining and replacing the transfer case fluid. Car had to be level. I drove the front up on ramps and then jacked the back till the car was level. To change tires, I jack on the pinch weld with a nylon protector from this company: Side Lift Pads

To rotate tires, get two jacks (they are cheap) and two lift pads. You don't have to have all fours wheels up at the same time.

usdmJON

Ive never felt the need to put something between the jack and the car. Just seems like the more going on the more that can go wrong. Id hate for that piece in the center or a block of wood to slip out as the car starts to tilt while lifting just one end.

In high school my teacher never mentioned needing to put a block on the jack so I just learned early that jacks should do their job as is.

THough I have to say I have never seen a nylon protector like that. How does it attach to the jack? Is it attached or just sits there?

rosen39

Nylon pinch weld protector just sits on the jack "saddle". I have bent the pinch welds on an RX350 when using the jack without the protector. Some pinch welds are pretty thick and probably would not bend, but now I make it a point to use it just to be safe.