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      08-24-2016, 01:53 AM   #23
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Honestly if you want something cheap and quick for jacking at the pads, find a piece of steel 1" or 1 1/4" square heavy tube or solid square stock and cut a piece 2.5" long.
This is what I do. The square tube sticks out enough and I place my jackstand perpendicular to it.

Also, I have not issues reaching the front jack point with the HF aluminum jack + puck. The rear is a little more tricky because of how far in the jack point is.
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I just don't like the way the HF jack stand meets the pad edges (or the block within) at two teensy contact points of 0.003". I'd like a big rubber pad to meet atop a good surface area.
I don't use the steel blocks with jack stands. Only my jack when I'm switching out tires or working on one corner.
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Easy peasy just get the grinder out with a cut-off wheel an have at er......
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