My Car Is Bent
08-21-2003, 02:44 PM
#42
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Wood ramps, unless treated with a non-skid traction surface are not safe!
And from you: "Not to be a safety nag or anything, but when something falls on you, it'll be faster than you.
If people only got hurt when they expected to get hurt... You know what I mean!
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And from you: "Not to be a safety nag or anything, but when something falls on you, it'll be faster than you.
If people only got hurt when they expected to get hurt... You know what I mean!
"
08-22-2003, 02:53 AM
#45
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Aug 21 2003, 12:06 AM
It really upsets me when I look at a car I've purchased or am considering purchasing, or just working on a friends car and I find all sorts of crumbled up parts underneath due to using a jack with nothing to distribute the weight over a larger area.... it's kindof sad, because after it's crumbled it's a prime place for rust to start becaus the paint gets fucked up in the process.
Yep, pet peave for me as well, and easy to avoid.
Use a floor jack and raise the car by the front crossmember or the diff for the rear (the FSM shows where to place the jack) and then use jackstands with some form of isolator on them (I have a square of conveyor belt rubber for each ~1/2" thick.) I have yet to add any crumples to the underside of my car.
Henrik
08-22-2003, 01:59 PM
#47
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Use the front suspension hard points. Suspension hardpoints are the strongest part of any car's body. I've been using suspension hardpoints to raise cars for years, no bending, no pinching, no need for wood (use it anyway if its around).
The verts have a really strong crossmember under the bell housing that is great to jack off...uhhh i mean up
The verts have a really strong crossmember under the bell housing that is great to jack off...uhhh i mean up
09-01-2003, 11:26 PM
#50
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i remember when i seen my dad working on my moms car when i was little, it fell off the jack and he had both legs under and on each side of the tire with his legs out, the jack caught the car halfway as it fell down but the brake disc allmost took out his jewels, almost all his toes were broke though, always use jackstands! whether you like it or not.........my .02 cents later 