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      03-11-2012, 08:08 PM   #38
JimD
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ayao's method is sound. It is also fairly simple to roll up on a 2x4 so you can use the center front jacking point. I can get my cheap harbor freight jack under the differential to lift the back. I have a wood block on the jack so it doesn't scratch the differential. I jack on the differential, not the cover, as BMW recommends. I made blocks of 3/4 baltic birch plywood to fit the side jacking points. My inexpensive harbor freight jackstands have relatively large openings so I glued on another piece of plywood to span that opening of the stands.

Harbor freight jacks work fine but can be balky coming down. If you want a really nice jack, griot's has one for $449 that I've seen good reviews of. A jack and stands from harbor freight would be about $100.

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