Where to put jackstands on xB?
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I know the jack points for the xB (notches in the little rails along the underbody) and the rear-center jackpoint.
However, where do you put jack stands?
I currently have one wheel off putting spacers on, and I put one stand just behind the rear-side jackpoint. It's been on the stand for about 10 hours, but will most likely be up in the air all night, too.
Is this safe?
However, where do you put jack stands?
I currently have one wheel off putting spacers on, and I put one stand just behind the rear-side jackpoint. It's been on the stand for about 10 hours, but will most likely be up in the air all night, too.
Is this safe?
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Yes, those grooves are in the frame rail. you can put a jack stand under the frame rail at any point along the bottom. The groves hold the jack in place in the best location for raising one corner of the car.
Under the car there is frame, body, cables and pipes.
You can jack and stand any location under the frame.
Jacking up the fender will just crumple the fender.
Pinching any electric cables can be expensive.
Under the car there is frame, body, cables and pipes.
You can jack and stand any location under the frame.
Jacking up the fender will just crumple the fender.
Pinching any electric cables can be expensive.
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Look in the manual and it shows dots where NOT to put a jack. You should not put a jack anywhere on the rear suspension, i.e. the subframe and the swing arms. These are the traditional and most temping places back there, but a jack can distort them and affect the rear alignment.
It looks like you are limited to these places for jacking or jackposts:
1. The jack points on the side rails.
2. The front subframe behind the engine.
3. The rear center jack point.
It looks like you are limited to these places for jacking or jackposts:
1. The jack points on the side rails.
2. The front subframe behind the engine.
3. The rear center jack point.
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Originally Posted by xBHAWK
...you can put a jack stand under the frame rail at any point along the bottom....
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It is a uni-body but there are frame rails so to speak. The square looking rails that run front to back is where you use a floor jack and for placing jackstands under. DO NOT jack from the middle (between both doors). It will kink or dent that rail slightly. Use either end as possible.
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Chevy trucks have torsion bars in the front and leafs in the rear. I think he meant the rear axle member on the xB and called it a torsion bar by mistake.
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What ever you do, DON'T PUT IT UNDER THE REAR AXLE!!!!! I've seen an idoit did this on an Echo (Echo, xA, and xB uses the same suspension set up), and ended up beding the thing in the center.
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Originally Posted by Guamsilverbox671
What ever you do, DON'T PUT IT UNDER THE REAR AXLE!!!!! I've seen an idoit did this on an Echo (Echo, xA, and xB uses the same suspension set up), and ended up beding the thing in the center. ![Doh!](https://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_ohno.gif)
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Originally Posted by reaper_700
Originally Posted by Guamsilverbox671
What ever you do, DON'T PUT IT UNDER THE REAR AXLE!!!!! I've seen an idoit did this on an Echo (Echo, xA, and xB uses the same suspension set up), and ended up beding the thing in the center. ![Doh!](https://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_ohno.gif)
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Hmmmmmm... Most ASE techs check the manufacturer's warnings. ![Smile](https://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
That 'thing' in the rear, between the wheels, is not an 'axle' but a formed sheetmetal suspension member. Bending it or deforming it in any way can affect rear-end alignment, which is non-adjustable...
I had new wheels put on my xB Monday. The guy at the tire shop - without any prompting from me at all - told me to never put a jack under the rear axle, but that the the underbody on these have a really solid 'pinch weld' area on both sides that takes jacking very well. *shrug*
Here's the word direct from Toyota (in your owner's manual):
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That 'thing' in the rear, between the wheels, is not an 'axle' but a formed sheetmetal suspension member. Bending it or deforming it in any way can affect rear-end alignment, which is non-adjustable...
I had new wheels put on my xB Monday. The guy at the tire shop - without any prompting from me at all - told me to never put a jack under the rear axle, but that the the underbody on these have a really solid 'pinch weld' area on both sides that takes jacking very well. *shrug*
Here's the word direct from Toyota (in your owner's manual):
![](http://tijil.org/xB_jack.jpg)