Question on Jacking Up Your MINI

I must be slow. I still do not get how you lift the car at the jack point and then put a jack stand there at the same time. In this article are you just saying that the jack stand is best placed at the boxed points and to do that you get the car up any way you can?

I lifted the car with a hydraulic jack on the rectangular channel shown in fig 3 and it seemed to work fine. Lifted the whole side off the ground. I had to use the factory jack to lift it enough to get the big one under there. At that time I could have used stands but opted to leave the car up on 2 jacks. The factory jack & the hydraulic jack on that long channel. Changed the balancer & belt, no problems at all.

Maybe a long board between the jack & channel would disribute weight and be a more acceptable choice?

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[Nick at Pelican Parts]

As shown, jacking on the channel, then placing a jack stand under the factory jack point is the good way to do it. Leaving your vehicle lifted using only a jack is not safe and I would not suggest it.

- Nick