Great write up with super pics! Acquired my pucks, now to get the other hardware from Home Depot and knock this project out.

 

I built ramps for my lowered GTP and use them for the vette. I had to add long extensions to get the vette on them. Im lowered too. I just jack it from the front.

 

Well, Tampa (Odessa is about 10 miles from Tampa proper) is the home of the Bolts (nobody calls them the Lightning). Hockey has been big here for years, must be all those snowbirds from Canada down here for the winter!

 

Not looking to flame you but you just mentioned that you have in your possession an abundance of pucks and then you ask are they really necessary. I say they are necessary based on what I know whether made of rubber or metal. Here on the C5 forum plenty know what is needed for a C5 and if they tell you it is needed trust me I believe their word is as good as gold. You are not going to find this kind of info anywhere else out there other then maybe on another Corvette Forum. You say you are too cheap right now to buy a low profile floor jack yet your C5 is lowered. I am sure one could be had cheap enough that it will not set you back very much as far as cost goes. You do own a C5 Corvette. Don't be cheap. Buying a floor jack is a pretty small expense compared to anything else going wrong with your car if you can't fix it yourself. I wouldn't wait. You are going to need one at some point to take a wheel off of your car. I could understand your thinking of making a set of ramps first and maybe buying a regular floor jack. That is fine but what if you have a flat tire that won't hold air and you can't drive the C5 up the ramp then what? Being your car is lowered I would just bite the bullet and spend a little bit more for a low profile jack now.

 

What is the eyebolt for ?

 

The point of the puck is to provide the saddle of the jack with direct contact to the frame of the car, missing the plastic rocker panel. You can jack directly on the rocker panel as it is (I believe) glued to the frame. Expect some scratches & eventually cracking of the plastic when using this (non puck) method.

If you get it up on ramps you can place your jack elsewhere & miss the rockers altogether.

Do a search for other jack points or get a FSM.

 

There is a little slot at the jack point that the eye bolt fits in.
Give the puck a 1/4 turn and it will hold in place for you to get the jack under there. This is ensure the puck is in the correct location.

 

I made mine too.

 

that's cool to hear. being a stereotypical Canadian, I spend a lot of time bs'ing about hockey and the southern US market gets discussed a lot. as a lover of the game and NHL, I wish more American cities would embrace the game as Tampa and area has

 

Impressive. I did this DIY a while ago in response to seeing the hockey puck units selling for amounts way over what the average C5 owner could make them for. I know some will find them inadequate and want solid pucks much like these. So if you have the talent and machinery required then by all means turn them out. They look very sturdy and well made.

 

Jack it up and work on it. It don't get much easier than this.

 

Thank you very much,Bill. I agree. I wanted solid jacking pucks and wanted them to last. Programmed and machined them out of 6061 T-6 3" bar stock.

 

Thanks guys! My point simply was that money is tight right now!
As for not using pucks, I was just looking for more space under the car for a cheap floor Jack!
I think I am just gonna have to bite the bullet and buy a low profile jack and make a puck!

 

I have the BMW pucks and have just left them on for over 4 years. You can't really see them due to their low profile.
But if I didn't have the BMW pucks I think I would just use some silicone and glue some hockey pucks to the frame at the specified points and just leave them there.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ing-pucks.html

 

Found mine at play it again sports in Palm Harbor and only paid $2.oo ea
used ones were a dollar.

 

On my last C6 - I did not want to remove the pucks.
I drilled a hole through the center of the puck, on the bottom side I drilled the hole just wider than the bolt head.
Then I attached a folding concrete anchor.
I folded the anchor and pushed it into the hole and tighten the screw.
These pucks were on the car for 100K miles. They are probably still on that car.
I never had to worry when the car went into the tire shop for tires, if the kids knew what they were doing.

I will do the same to the C7 eventually.