As the title says, I am curious about how to safely jack the rear of my 98 mustang, which is new to me. The owners manual that came with the car, says in BOLD letters, to NOT jack the rear of the car from the center of the differential. It does not of course say why. I asked on a mustang forum, and was told that the manual was probably referring to using the factory tire changing jack, as it could fall off too easily. I think that it looks like that the parts are solid and strong enough to lift from the center, but want to see what everybody here thinks, before I use my floor jack and mess up something. I usually (on other cars) just jack up with the jack under the differential, and then put jack stands under the outer ends of the axles.
As a side note, my 65 mustang also says that, but everybody I have spoken to, and myself, do it that way, and never a problem.
As a side note, my 65 mustang also says that, but everybody I have spoken to, and myself, do it that way, and never a problem.