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How to Raise Support 2007-16 GMC Acadia

Created on: 2018-05-25

How to raise and support your vehicle on 12 GMC Acadia

  1. step 1 :Lifting the Front
    • For a tire /scissor jack, use the pinch weld, right where the little nub in the sideskirt shows you to place it
    • For a floor jack, use the sturdy, thick piece of metal as shown in the video
  2. step 2 :Lifting the Rear
    • For a tire /scissor jack, use the pinch weld, right where the little nub in the sideskirt shows you to place it
    • For a floor jack, use the sturdy, thick piece of metal as shown in the video
    • Be careful of any coolant or brake lines that run close to the jacking points

Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto. We’ve been selling auto parts for over 30 years!

We're going to show you how to jack up the vehicle. There's some lift points. If you look from the outside, there's a little nub right here. And what you want to do is go in the pinch weld with your jack. That's a good place to lift the vehicle from. We lifted it from right here, it's a pretty solid place to lift a vehicle from. I prefer to do it there. And then it keeps the subframe bolts out of the way. It's not ideal if you're using a tire jack. You really want to get on the pinch weld.

In the back here, there's a little mark right there, because these have lower skirts on them. It's going to be harder to get access to the pinch weld. But that's exactly where you want to go, right back here with your tire jack. That'd be a safe location. We lifted it right here. One thing to keep in mind is, stay away from these coolant hoses. It looks like someone at one point put a jack right there. That's not good.

And then over here, you're going to watch out. We lifted it right here. You have got to get it above these brake cables. And watch out for the brake lines, 'cause you don't want to pinch one of those. But if you're using your tire jack again, you want to be right over here on the pinch weld. And same with the front.

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