Jacking/jackstand hard points on a 2000 Explorer

[Eighty51]

Is there some diagram that will show me where I can place jack stands and jacking points on a 2000 Explorer? The Haynes manual I have isn't very helpful on these points.

I changed the oil on my 160,000 mile SOHC 4.0 liter v-6 and was relieved not to find any camshaft guide junk in the oil.

Of all the vehicles I've ever owned I trust this Explorer the least.

 

[swshawaii]

jacking.pdf

lifting.pdf

 

[poker4me007]

If i'm lifting the front I put the jack under the lower control arms and jack away , then put jack stand under frame and I still leave the jack there if I can, if it's in the way i'll find a second jack and put it close by, or some blocks of wood.
If i'm jacking the rear, I jack under u joint plate and place jack stands accordingly under axle.
I'm not a big fan of jack stands and use wood blocks most off the time ( my thing) , or car ramps.

 

[Eighty51]

Thanks swshawaii.

 

[koda2000]

There should have been a bright yellow plasticized sheet in the jack storage area what would have told you you same jacking points as the owner's manual.

 

[Eighty51]

I'll look for that yellow sheet, I have no owners manual, the glove box was empty when I bought the Explorer. I'm hoping to use a floor jack and not a scissor jack.

 

[poker4me007]

Here's an online owners manual.

http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/catalog/owner_guides/00expog1e.pdf

 

[koda2000]

If you use a floor jack, be careful using the factory front jack points, because a floor jack lifts in an arch it can slip off the lower control arm jacking hooks.

For the rear, it seems the concern with jacking from under the diff's center is that you might bend the diff cover and cause a leak. You can safely jack from under the leaf spring perches. I admit I often jack from under the diff center, but I'm careful to not hit the diff cover.

 

[traveler]

The problem with jacking by the diff center is this...

In the old days of solid one piece rear axle housings (Diff center and axle housings were one casting) you could lift by the diff center. The rear axle in the Explorers are multiple pieces. The axle housings are pressed into the center casting. This works fine unless you lift by the center housing. Then the outside end of the axle housings are being pushed down (by the weight of the truck) while the diff center is being pushed up. The weak spots where the axle housings are pressed into the diff center can and will give. That being said... Have I ever used the diff housing to lift the rear of the truck? Yes, I have. But as soon as it was up, I put two jack stands under the ends of the axle housings (near the springs) and put the weight of the truck there instead of on the jack.