8888vette

where could be a good location for me to lift the rear both sides at the sametime .....

thank you

0Paul Ruggeri

The short answer is no. The only real hard point in the rear is the diff and the exhaust is usually in the way.

92ragtop

You could buy (or make) one of these:

http://www.corvettegadgetman.com/products3.html

samsonb

Some don't like that gadget as they say the car isn't stable when you lift it.

I know where to put the jack stands under the pinch welds behind the pans.

But I'd like to jack it in a place other than the stock jacking points. As last few times I've jacked their, they are starting to crush. I guess I could try putting a block of wood inbetween the jack and jacking flange, but I'm unsure if that would work or be safe.

BAM92

Sounds crazy but I use a 4x4 piece of wood that is 2 feet long and place it under spare tire carrier. Lift up on board with hydraulic jack and make sure it is centered. NEVER had a problem. I think I got that idea from MOJO.

aboatguy

I use this jack under the spring perch it fits even with the factory exhaust..

If you find the right jack all will be well









No spacer, hockey puck, adapter...etc etc...just my big azz jack

samsonb

Do you have a pic of where the jack cup is touching the spring at?

I'd be afraid of cracking something.

samsonb

Wouldn't that put alot of weight on the spare tire?

I'm thinking about just putting a piece of wood between the jack cup and stock jacking place on the rear. Then putting the stand under the pinch welds behind the floor pans.

The only thing is I wish my jack stands were shorter as I always have to jack alot higher than I need to just to get the stands under the car. They were the cheap 2k GM Performance Parts stands. I may look around to see if I can find some shorter stands.

aboatguy

The jack cup is not touching the spring it is straddle the spring perch bolt heads....

Mike

samsonb

I'll have to look at what you are talking about next time I'm under there.

Is that place known to be able to safely hold the weight of the rear of the car? I've just never heard of anyone jacking there. Most keep the jack and stands at the pinch welds or stock jacking locations.

aboatguy

Its the spring mount and it is design to hold the weight of the rear of the car....your spring mount is holding the weight of the rear of your car right now.



Mike

samsonb

Thanks for the pic. I don't think that will work for me. My jack puck is small. It would fit inbetween there and go to the spring.

Though actually, isn't the rear tires holding alot of the weight of the car for the rear? You take the rear tires off the ground, and that weight goes somewhere else.

Does anyone else jack from this point? I figure if it is a good place to jack, more people would be doing it instead of buying that thing to jack via the differential.

tblt44

I would never jack from the diff.

The Green Rocket

Almost 15 years ago I bought a floor jack accessory called "Jack-A-Vette." I understand it is NLA. It is very similar to the product from Corvettegadgetman.com. It has some adjusting pins/bolts that firmly position it into the cup of most popular floor jacks, and I can assure you that they are very stable when jacking.

Thomas

samsonb

Yeah, but most aren't gonna have that. So, I'm still looking at other solutions. I may just try putting a piece of wood on my jacking puck and see if that stops crushing the stock jacking flange.

Luckily the side rocker covers it up. But sure wouldn't want to keep crushing it in every time I jack it up.

murray59

I made my own just like that. It's very stable and once it's up I use a jack stand on either side. I even use mine to jack the back when the front is already up on jack stands. I've never had a problem.

skybolt31

I have jacked mine up by putting the floor jack under the exhaust pipes. I did it on some very old rusty pipes figuring that they would crush but who cares because I was replacing them, it worked fine without damaging them, so I jacked under the new ones to get it off of the jack stands, again no problem at all.

BAM92

I thought that at first. But, with a board that covers the distance of the spare tire, it evens out the load. You know the spare tire's other role is act as barrier in rear collisions. My car has been in the air more times than on the ground. 5 sets of wheels, two sets of suspensions, 3 sets of shocks, 4 different brake set ups, 2 engines, 2 blowers, 3 exhaust setups etc.

samsonb

Which way are you putting the board? Front to back, or side to side?

And where are you putting the jack cup? In the middle of the spare tire carrier, closer to the differential, closer to the tail lights?

No matter how far the board reaches underneath, all the weight of the rear of the car is on the spare tire.

pmihaltian

Here are the correct jacking points for a C4 Corvette.