Still had plenty of room under my Jeep to droop the axle more. I forgot to mention that I sat on the brake disc to droop the axle even more while all track bar, and control arms were attached. To make this work you sit on the brakes and slide the spring in from behind you. (needless to say it would have been easier with two people)

 

absolutely it would have been easier with two people...I'm wondering if my BD 3" springs were taller than expected?? 'cause I had tires, shocks, links, lower control arms...pretty much everything removed minus upper arms (which were loosened), abs wiring, and drv shft and it was a tight squeeze... weird, maybe BD springs are taller unsprung than some 4" ??

Sorry to the OP for hogging yoru thread, hope you've found some handy info though

 

Also, I will point out that the heaving jack stands have a wider base, which is more stable when you are having to really crank on something, such as control arms.

 

Noted: 135 ft-lbs can make things wobble thats why a minimum of 6 ton is the way to go. Also in this pic you can see there is tons more room to install a 6 inch lift if I really felt that was the way to go... and... i dont.

 

I'm pretty sure everyone knew what I meant, especially because there is no place you can even get a jack stand on the body. None that I can recall at least.

 

Thanks everybody, looks like the 6 ton work for some but are too small for others. I guess I'll give them a try and if they're not tall enough I'll go ahead and pick up some of the 12 ton stands. Didn't want to spend the extra $100 per pair if it wasn't necessary. I did notice in the write-up on the Currie lift on Project-Jk that WOL recommends 6 ton Jack Stands.

 

i wish i had taken a pic of my 3-ton stands before i threw them away.

lets just say im glad i hadnt taken the tire off when the stand decided to explode!

luckily i had just done laundry and had a clean pair of shorts!!!!

a set of 12-ton are in my immediate future

 

I wouldn't even consider trying it with 3 ton stands!

 

When having a vehicle on jack stands by the frame, you should have the vehicle as low as you can and still be able to comfortable fit under it.

IE: Jack the vehicle up by the axles, remove the tires, then lower it on to the jack stands that will be on the frame. This also makes it much easier to move the axle around if you need to as its lower to the ground. Just make sure you have enough room under the axle for the lift springs to lower it.

And 6 tons should be plenty, although the higher rated stands have a larger base, so they are more stable. I have a set of 6 and a set of 10. I have probabbly done 6 or so lifts with them now on various vehicles. A few of them MUCH heaviers than a JK (My old '75 cherokee tipped the scales at 5200 lbs).