Home Made Jacking Pucks for $2.50
01-24-2007, 12:44 PM
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Hockey Pucks
I posted a similar thread a few months ago but I DID install 2 NUTS on the top and bottom side of the hockey puck. Counter sunk them so they are flush on top and bottom. The nuts prevent rubber stripping and becoming loose as you use them. Incidentally my right rear oblong hole was TOO CLOSE to the rocker panel so I had to shave off a little rubber on that puck. Talk about customized pucks. Keep them in the small truck compartment with a flashlight and some other tools.
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01-24-2007, 02:04 PM
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You can buy jacking pucks for a Corvette online for $40, but for all of us tight wads out there, why not make them for $2.50 each? You can make 4 of them in 10 minutes. All you need is an Ice Hockey Puck ($1.99 each) and a 5/16" eye bolt (~50 cents). In a home shop or at the track, you only need one.
Since the eyebolt is 5/16", use a drill bit that is one size smaller and the bolt will just screw into the hard rubber of the puck (no nut needed). Cut the bolt off with a hacksaw or chopsaw so that it does not go all the way through the puck. If you want, you do not have to drill the hole all the way through for a more finished look.
Leave the eye bolt sticking up on the top side 1/4" so it has room to turn and lock in the slot on the bottom of your car.
Here is a link to a $1.99 hockey puck if you can't buy them locally.
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Guard-Prac...sporting-goods
When used with a low profile racing jack like the Torin Big Red, this puck allows you to jack your car without pulling up on ramp blocks.
If you are looking for a new jack that will fit under a lowered Z06, here is a good one that has served me well.
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...3357_200313357
Let me know if this was helpful.
Good luck and enjoy.
Rich
Since the eyebolt is 5/16", use a drill bit that is one size smaller and the bolt will just screw into the hard rubber of the puck (no nut needed). Cut the bolt off with a hacksaw or chopsaw so that it does not go all the way through the puck. If you want, you do not have to drill the hole all the way through for a more finished look.
Leave the eye bolt sticking up on the top side 1/4" so it has room to turn and lock in the slot on the bottom of your car.
Here is a link to a $1.99 hockey puck if you can't buy them locally.
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Guard-Prac...sporting-goods
When used with a low profile racing jack like the Torin Big Red, this puck allows you to jack your car without pulling up on ramp blocks.
If you are looking for a new jack that will fit under a lowered Z06, here is a good one that has served me well.
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...3357_200313357
Let me know if this was helpful.
Good luck and enjoy.
Rich
No problem, we all learned this for the first time at some point.
First of all, you need to be very careful where you jack up this car. You don't want to slide a jack under the center of either the front or rear cross member and start jacking. It is not an SUV. It is a highly optimized, light weight piece of racing technology that we drive on the street. You probably did not do any permanent damage, but you probably don't want to do it that way again.
Do a search on the forums for "jacking points" and you will get lost of help. Here is a diagram.
http://home.earthlink.net/~theadmira...tible/id5.html
Notice you can use the cross members, but not the center. The locations marked with a "3" are the puck locations.
Rich
First of all, you need to be very careful where you jack up this car. You don't want to slide a jack under the center of either the front or rear cross member and start jacking. It is not an SUV. It is a highly optimized, light weight piece of racing technology that we drive on the street. You probably did not do any permanent damage, but you probably don't want to do it that way again.
Do a search on the forums for "jacking points" and you will get lost of help. Here is a diagram.
http://home.earthlink.net/~theadmira...tible/id5.html
Notice you can use the cross members, but not the center. The locations marked with a "3" are the puck locations.
Rich
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
How much damage, if any, can I be doing by lifting in the middle?
01-24-2007, 03:43 PM
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No damage lifting in the middle, in fact i would prefer it. The problem is most of us can't fit a jack underneath the car to get to the cradle to jack it up.
the second part is you can't do that on a 2 post lift, you have to lift on the frame. So the pucks really are a handy tool. I have just been using pieces of 2x4 wood, and it works fine. But for the price, this seems like a good idea.
Dom
the second part is you can't do that on a 2 post lift, you have to lift on the frame. So the pucks really are a handy tool. I have just been using pieces of 2x4 wood, and it works fine. But for the price, this seems like a good idea.
Dom
01-24-2007, 07:15 PM
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BMW Puck
This is cool. Where do you get these? Do you have a link? It is hard to imagine they sell at the BMW dealer for that price. That wouldn't even buy 1/4 of a lug nut at a BMW dealership. I had a 740i one time and the battery was a dealer-only item and it cost over $400.
I wouldn't mind snapping these in permanently.
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01-24-2007, 07:29 PM
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Be careful
Trust me, I bought the cheapest ones I could find. Black would be way better because I have fingerprints.
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01-25-2007, 08:45 AM
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Took the easy way out to get pucks
Bought these from that auction site, already used them twice. Cheap, and works very well. $20.90 total cost, including shipping, for four. They sell a cheaper set, but I prefer an embedded nut, so there is less chance of stripping threads.
If you are interested, you can use the following search spec:
C5-C6-CORVETTE-JACKING-LIFT-PUCKS
Tim Glover
If you are interested, you can use the following search spec:
C5-C6-CORVETTE-JACKING-LIFT-PUCKS
Tim Glover
01-25-2007, 11:25 AM
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Charlie,
Yea, I was suprised that I could not find anything on this when I searched. I never thought to search "archived" threads. However, I just did this and still did not find anything. Oh well, we have it for reference now.
For some reason on my 2002 Z06, I must have the 1/4" of clearance just to turn and make a solid lock. Less than that and it will not turn to lock in place (just falls out). It's certainly easy to adjust, regardless of what clearance you need. A marketing guy woudl say they are "fully adjustable".
I wish my dealership had used these on my last Z06. They broke my rocker panel lifting the car and denied it was them.
Rich
Yea, I was suprised that I could not find anything on this when I searched. I never thought to search "archived" threads. However, I just did this and still did not find anything. Oh well, we have it for reference now.
For some reason on my 2002 Z06, I must have the 1/4" of clearance just to turn and make a solid lock. Less than that and it will not turn to lock in place (just falls out). It's certainly easy to adjust, regardless of what clearance you need. A marketing guy woudl say they are "fully adjustable".
I wish my dealership had used these on my last Z06. They broke my rocker panel lifting the car and denied it was them.
Rich
Here is some handy info;
http://www.97vette.com/howto/liftpads/index.html
They work great!
01-26-2007, 08:20 AM
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This is cool. Where do you get these? Do you have a link? It is hard to imagine they sell at the BMW dealer for that price. That wouldn't even buy 1/4 of a lug nut at a BMW dealership. I had a 740i one time and the battery was a dealer-only item and it cost over $400.
I wouldn't mind snapping these in permanently.
MadDog
I wouldn't mind snapping these in permanently.
MadDog
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1025882
http://www.bavauto.com/shop.asp
you have to search by BMW model. I entered 2002 330i and then the part number.
Jacking Pad - mounts underneath the car
Part # : 51 71 1 960 752 $ 6.95
I've had these on for a couple years. I love them!
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01-27-2007, 01:44 AM
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Permanent pucks from BMW
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1025882
http://www.bavauto.com/shop.asp
you have to search by BMW model. I entered 2002 330i and then the part number.
Jacking Pad - mounts underneath the car
Part # : 51 71 1 960 752 $ 6.95
I've had these on for a couple years. I love them!
http://www.bavauto.com/shop.asp
you have to search by BMW model. I entered 2002 330i and then the part number.
Jacking Pad - mounts underneath the car
Part # : 51 71 1 960 752 $ 6.95
I've had these on for a couple years. I love them!
The tech at the Chevy dealership cracked the rocker panel on my last Z06 because he did not use a puck. I guess he was in a hurry. Like someone mentioned, you may not have your pucks with you at all times. I'll give it a shot.
I just finished stripping my last Z06 to the frame and I learned that those rocker panels are one of the few panels on the C5 that can not be removed without a chisel. You don't want to crack or break them. They are glued on. Permanent pucks could save you a lot of money.
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01-27-2007, 01:49 AM
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01-27-2007, 08:53 AM
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That's a great idea! I won a set of jacking pucks at a Corvette event but if I hadn't, I'd make those. 
01-27-2007, 09:41 AM
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Good info, MadDogZ06. Thanks for posting.
02-06-2007, 12:24 AM
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BMW Pucks are THE TICKET!!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1025882
http://www.bavauto.com/shop.asp
you have to search by BMW model. I entered 2002 330i and then the part number.
Jacking Pad - mounts underneath the car
Part # : 51 71 1 960 752 $ 6.95
I've had these on for a couple years. I love them!
http://www.bavauto.com/shop.asp
you have to search by BMW model. I entered 2002 330i and then the part number.
Jacking Pad - mounts underneath the car
Part # : 51 71 1 960 752 $ 6.95
I've had these on for a couple years. I love them!
MLEN1UM has clearly trumped the hockey pucks. I received the BMW "lift pad" pucks in the mail that he recommended and they ROCK! I just leaned over and snapped them into place permanently. I like them much better because:
- They are always there for the times when you are not the person lifting the car
- You don't need to keep track of your pucks
- You don't even notice them unless you look under the car.
- Best of all, it makes jacking much easier. You can see exactly where to jack by just looking under the car. Jack allignment is quick and easy
You just can't beat this for $6.95 each.
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02-06-2007, 10:58 AM
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03-13-2007, 04:11 PM
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I can readily understand why you'd want pucks if a shop that isn't familiar with C5s is going to lift your car, but if you're going to do it yourself, pucks aren't needed. I've used the following procedure multiple times with no problems.
1. Locate the triangular steel plate, on a line just behind the outside review mirror and just inboard of the rocker panel underneath the car. This triangular plate connects the rocker panel frame rail with a steel support that extends inboard to the tunnel underneath the floorboard.
2. Carefully place the jack lift plate under the triangular plate. Be sure NOT to contact the floorboard or the fiberglass rocker panel cover.
3. Slowly jack the car and you will lift both side wheels off, ala NASCAR style.
4. If you are going to be working under the car you can easily place 2 jack stands. Locate the 2 reinforced shipping slots in the frame rail just aft of the front wheel and forward of the rear wheel. Carefully place the jack stands under these points.
You may have to angle the jack stand contact point to clear the fiberglass rocker panel cover.
5. If you wish to get all 4 wheels off the ground then you must first drive the opposite side tires up on 2x6's or 2x12's before step #2. This allows clearance for the jack on the second side lift.
No jacking pucks required.
1. Locate the triangular steel plate, on a line just behind the outside review mirror and just inboard of the rocker panel underneath the car. This triangular plate connects the rocker panel frame rail with a steel support that extends inboard to the tunnel underneath the floorboard.
2. Carefully place the jack lift plate under the triangular plate. Be sure NOT to contact the floorboard or the fiberglass rocker panel cover.
3. Slowly jack the car and you will lift both side wheels off, ala NASCAR style.
4. If you are going to be working under the car you can easily place 2 jack stands. Locate the 2 reinforced shipping slots in the frame rail just aft of the front wheel and forward of the rear wheel. Carefully place the jack stands under these points.
You may have to angle the jack stand contact point to clear the fiberglass rocker panel cover.
5. If you wish to get all 4 wheels off the ground then you must first drive the opposite side tires up on 2x6's or 2x12's before step #2. This allows clearance for the jack on the second side lift.
No jacking pucks required.
