I'm tired of jackin....
03-22-05 | 11:54 AM
#26
BOYCOTT EXXON MOBIL!!!
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Westchester County, New York. USA
Originally Posted by fastcarfreak
I applaud your attempt to make something new and useful. I personally wouldnt use them, but thats ok!
Adam
Adam
Last edited by RX7UP; 03-22-05 at 11:57 AM.
03-22-05 | 02:33 PM
#27
Super Snuggles
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Redmond, WA
Originally Posted by zullo
Dale, I've always been reluctant to jack on the A-arm or other suspension points due to the fact that 1) they're aluminum and I figure they'll get chewed up 2) suspension flexes so is inherently unstable. 3) I've read not to
How do you protect the aluminum and/or keep the jack from potentially slipping? (sorry, just trying to picture what you could get to from behind the front tire - not by my car atm... *sigh*)
How do you protect the aluminum and/or keep the jack from potentially slipping? (sorry, just trying to picture what you could get to from behind the front tire - not by my car atm... *sigh*)
If you absolutely had to jack the car up from the side, fold a shop towel/rag up and put it in the saddle of the jack to protect the suspension component. You can use the front of the rear trailing arms as a jack point or the rear mounting point of the front lower control arms. You're not going to hurt them if you use some padding.
In fact, the area just in front of the rear trailing arm makes a perfect point to put a jack stand, right where the rear subframe bolts to the body of the car. It leaves everything wide open in the rear to works on brakes, suspension, differential, or exhaust.
03-22-05 | 02:36 PM
#28
Super Snuggles
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From: Redmond, WA
Originally Posted by RX7UP
I think it's worse to drill screws into the undercaridge than bending that weld a little... It will be only a matter of time, water and moister will seep in and create rust......
03-23-05 | 12:05 AM
#29
don't race, don't need to
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From: Tri-Cities, WA
So if it's bad to jack the car at that point, is it also bad to support the car on jackstands at those points as well? Not ON the pinch welds, but just inside them, say... with the removal of those damn teeth, btw, to keep from denting the body in those areas...
