Winching a C5
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Burning Brakes
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From: Woodstock Ontario
Winching a C5
With all the recent talk of people switching to non runflats I was wondering. Some say they use AAA. Of course the car will need to be winched onto a flatbed. Where do they attach their straps to prevent damage? I can only imagine any strap/rope/chain attched to anything under the front of the Vette will damage the air dams.
Burning Brakes
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From: Mesa Arizona
I had to have my 98 coupe flat bedded to a Chevy dealer for a water pump replacement. The operator extended the bed as far as it would go & then used tow straps, not chains, & ran the straps inside the front wheels & hooked his "S" hooks inside the front slots in the frame rail where we put our lift pucks. Worked like a charm.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Woodstock Ontario
I had to have my 98 coupe flat bedded to a Chevy dealer for a water pump replacement. The operator extended the bed as far as it would go & then used tow straps, not chains, & ran the straps inside the front wheels & hooked his "S" hooks inside the front slots in the frame rail where we put our lift pucks. Worked like a charm.
Burning Brakes
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From: Mesa Arizona
The straps hit the rubber air dam 1st & it did look like it was putting a little pressure on underside of bumper, but it is not as sturdy or firm as a body panel would be & it left no marks & no lasting deforming, as the car won a trophy at car show couple of weeks later. The operator just took his time cranking it up on the bed & same taking it off.
Instructor
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From: san diego cali
ive had my car up on a flatbed umm 6 times. (column lock (2 trips), tranny, alternator, blown tire (2 trips). i have aaa and never had a problem. dont remember exaclty how they did it, but they all took their time.
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From: Hamilton NJ
AAA flatbed C5 transport
Lost the runflats some time ago- had a flat on a Parkway in Kentucky. The shoulder was too narrow at that spot, so I drove slowly to the exit about a half-mile ahead and stopped at a conveniece store. Called AAA, a flatbed car hauler appeared in no time. He backed up to the car, had me pop off the BMW pucks with a screwdriver and used custom hooks in the transport holes to (carefully) winch my baby aboard and hauled me to Walmart.
Incidently, when they demounted the tire, there was no tire dust or internal damage, so they patched it and put it back on the car- still OK thousands of miles later. All in all, a very professional job by everyone, even to performing a hand-torque check by a second mechanic before I hit the road. The Walmart was in Beaver Dam.
Incidently, when they demounted the tire, there was no tire dust or internal damage, so they patched it and put it back on the car- still OK thousands of miles later. All in all, a very professional job by everyone, even to performing a hand-torque check by a second mechanic before I hit the road. The Walmart was in Beaver Dam.
