R33 Jack & Axle Stand Points? & Gearbox Oil?

[Memm]

Hey guys..

Planning on changing my gearbox oil on my R33 and i'm having troubles figuring out where to put the jack and axle stands without cracking or bending anything... I was shown a diagram on where to jack and put axle stands but under my car them places are bent in and look unreliable...

Anyone know any other places that wont bend or crack? don't really want to jack from the diff either since they diff housing might crack

- Also a side question..... best recommended gearbox oil for a GTS R33? Manual

[gotRICE?]

The diff housing wont crack dont worry.

Just jack it from the jacking points, or the tow hooks. Use a bit of wood or rubber if your using a trolley on the jacking points. Will save them.

Axle stands, chuck them under the front crossmember. And the rear axles.

Keeping in mind that you MAY have to lower the rear of the motor down to slide the box out and clear the transmission tunnel as you slide it back. Might have to change things around as you go.

[Memm]

The diff housing wont crack dont worry.

Just jack it from the jacking points, or the tow hooks. Use a bit of wood or rubber if your using a trolley on the jacking points. Will save them.

Axle stands, chuck them under the front crossmember. And the rear axles.

Keeping in mind that you MAY have to lower the rear of the motor down to slide the box out and clear the transmission tunnel as you slide it back. Might have to change things around as you go.

Thanks for the info but do you mind taking a few quick photos with simple lables for the axle stand points? ive used the toe hooks previously and will just stick with them but yeah don't feel too comfortable going under the car with shit axle stand points, everything else in regards to cars etc im fine with just not jacking and axle stand points sorry for being a pain in the ass lol thanks!!

[gotRICE?]

I would if i could! But im in Perth and my R33 is in NZ lol.

This one here, they have used the chassy rails for the stands. Its not a big deal to use them, but i would put some wood/rubber on there.

http://www.trak-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DIY-Oil-Change-03.jpg

The crossmember is that black piece of metal with the circle holes in it running under the motor. I use that alot for axle stands.

For the rear its similar. You can put stands under the subframe. Where the arms etc bolt in.

No need to be sorry, its good your asking first. But hard to do after the car topples on you

Hopefully someone can shed some light and post up better photos. Tricky to find exactly what you want on google sometimes.

Edited August 21, 2013 by gotRICE?

[MrFijiGold]

The following is what I did to my R34 GTT (hope this helps in some way..)

* my car is really low, so first I got it up on steel ramps using a few planks of timber *

1. Jacked car up from crossmember. Once desired height is reached, I placed the jack stands (grey colour) in the factory scissor jack spot.

2. Raised the rear of the car by using the diff case and placed jack stands (blue colour) at the rear factory scissor jack spots.

My car has aftermarket suspension arms so using that is a no-no for me. Some may argue that using the sills to place jack stands will cause the sills to bend. I use stronger parts of the underbody to jack the car and sills for jack stands.

Have attached some pics of how my car is currently sitting in the garage..

ps. Its a habit of mine to place the tyres under the car (sticking out half way) whenever I take them off - extra insurance

If your doing your g'box oil then shift the tyres around as necessary..

[Memm]

Awesome! thanks guys think I might have to upgrade my jack stands though lol had the same ones from about 5 years ago thanks again!

[colourclassic]

I jack from the subframe/diff and put stands under the inner LCA mounts. Recommended gearbox fluid is almost unanimously RedLine MT-90, it's what I run and works well once up to temp.