jacking up rear
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jacking up rear
Can a person jack up one corner of the back of the car up to take one wheel of with 1 jack?
Or to do it without twisting the car too much must a person have 2 jacks?
My exhaust is in the way to get under the differential I would have to make some fancy piece on the lathe, to fit onto the top of the jack.
Or to do it without twisting the car too much must a person have 2 jacks?
My exhaust is in the way to get under the differential I would have to make some fancy piece on the lathe, to fit onto the top of the jack.
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Hi R,
When you jack from the side… (a few inches forward of the dogleg) be CAREFUL with the placement of the jack because it's possible for part of the jack to contact the rocker trim... depending what type of jack you're using.
Regards,
Alan
When you jack from the side… (a few inches forward of the dogleg) be CAREFUL with the placement of the jack because it's possible for part of the jack to contact the rocker trim... depending what type of jack you're using.
Regards,
Alan
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word of caution,chock your frt wheels for safety if you're not on level ground.My frame is so good that if I jack one side up the other side lifts off the the ground.
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I have a piece of heavy wall 3" pipe about 5 inches long that I can put on the floor jack support plate. It fits neatly between the exhaust pipes and keeps the jack support plate from crushing the exhaust when lifting at the differential.
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Great input from all the C3 gurus with regards to jacking the rear
That 3" x 5" pipe is a terrific idea for the rear....Can your tell me what kind of "heavy wall" pipe to use???
Can any one suggest a way to jack up the front and lift the whole front end at the same time??
mk's78 Mike
That 3" x 5" pipe is a terrific idea for the rear....Can your tell me what kind of "heavy wall" pipe to use???Can any one suggest a way to jack up the front and lift the whole front end at the same time??
mk's78 Mike
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Do you think there is much risk of the piece of pipe slipping off the top of the jack sitting loose like that?
the only problem with my idea is it would need to be too tall to roll the jack into the position. I bet that is why yours is not attached
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and make sure that you don't put pressure on the center of it. The center will bend as it is very light metal.
You need to span this cross member completely across.
You can see the harmonic balancer in the front of the engine.
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