How to Lower Your Vehicle from Jack Stands

Video Transcript

"Today, we're going to be changing the fluid in our four-wheel drive transfer case. In this step, I'm going to demonstrate the proper service procedure for jacking your vehicle off the jack stands, removing your jack stands and settling the vehicle back to the ground. I'm going to go ahead and slide my floor jack underneath this large portion of frame. This frame actually generates the front axle. I'm going to go ahead and snug down the release bar and begin jacking it up. We only need to take it up high enough to get it off of the stands. Alright. Once you have it up off your stands, you can flip the release levers and remove your stands. I'm going to go ahead and flip this release lever and slide the stand out. Once you have your stands out from underneath the vehicle, it's no longer safe to be working underneath it. So you're not going to want to get under there without your stands. I'm going to go ahead and slowly settle the vehicle down to the ground. You're going to turn the release bar very little and let the vehicle just settle to the ground. You can see it's coming down real slow. You don't want to take and put a big turn on the release valve, your vehicle will come crashing down and possible damaging your jack or the vehicle itself. That is the proper service procedure for re-jacking your vehicle, removing your stands and settling the vehicle back to the ground."