Jacking up front end
Drifting
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From: The only Corvettes in Highett Victoria
NOT Under The Crossmember!!!!!!
TPI BOY,
You're a smart man for asking here, as the Corvette frame was never designed for jacking under the Xmember. Don't ask me how I know!
You MUST jack it up where it tells you in the Workshop Manual, that is, under the frame rail about five inches in front of the vertical front door gap and about three inches in front of the rear door gap.
To get both front wheels up, you need to jack from both sides. Unless you design a bracket that will protect the Xmember and allow you to jack it up from the front, then DON'T!!!
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
You're a smart man for asking here, as the Corvette frame was never designed for jacking under the Xmember. Don't ask me how I know!
You MUST jack it up where it tells you in the Workshop Manual, that is, under the frame rail about five inches in front of the vertical front door gap and about three inches in front of the rear door gap.To get both front wheels up, you need to jack from both sides. Unless you design a bracket that will protect the Xmember and allow you to jack it up from the front, then DON'T!!!
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
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From: Southern Indiana
I jack mine up on the cross member right in front of the engine so it goes up even then put jack stands under the frame.
If you bend that big piece of metal then your car is going to fold in half while driving anyway!
If you bend that big piece of metal then your car is going to fold in half while driving anyway!
Drifting
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From: Enid Oklahoma
I have a piece of 2x10 that I place between my jack and the crossmember and jack it up, a piece of steel plate would work even better as the stress would not be on the dead center of the crossmember, no denting issues that way since it spreads the force out and then place my jack stands where I want them. But...my crossmember was already dented from some previous owner at some time, but I am not that **** about a dent in my crossmember, but don't want to make it worse.
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I use two jacks always and lift a little with each and go back and forth between them. I recently did the starter on my '70 and lifted the front on the frame rails, behind the front tires.
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