Home Made Jacking Pucks for $2.50
03-13-2007, 05:31 PM
#41
Drifting
Note for blue Corvette owners: Hockey pucks for junior players are blue... and a bit lighter than the black ones. If you have a blue Corvette you might want to have them...
03-14-2007, 12:56 PM
#42
Melting Slicks
$2.50 hockey puck lifts
I posted almost the same info about 6 months ago except I SUGGESTED you use NUTS and counter sink them into the puck so it will not work loose after using it for a while. I also used red locktite on the nuts to keep them super tight. They store in one of my small compartments in the trunk in case I have to use then when away from home.
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03-14-2007, 01:43 PM
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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
03-14-2007, 02:47 PM
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Guys,
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:
You just can't beat this for $6.95 each.
MadDog
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.
MadDog
Assumption is the mother of all screwups...but, I am assuming the year and model of your Vette does not matter to BMW? I have a Y2K Vert and all I need to do is go to the BMW site and search like instructed and ...whamo...problem solved?
LT
03-14-2007, 04:19 PM
#45
Racer
I just did this myself. Got 2 $.99 hockey pucks from a sporting goods store, 2 bolts for $1 from home depot and got this jack from harbor freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039
cheapest jacking combo ive seen...
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039
cheapest jacking combo ive seen...
04-02-2007, 12:20 PM
#46
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BMW Jacking Pucks
I jack the whole side of the car up using the front puck, put a stand under the front cradle and another stand under the rear BMW jacking puck. I then put a rubber hockey puck on top of the rear jack stand for the permanent BMW puck to sit on. This has four benefits.
- Protects the plastic rocker panel from the jackstand when raising and lowering the opposite side
- Gives an elastic cushion on the stand to take up any play in the jack stands just in case your floor is not exactly level.
- Softer contact area on the permanent plastic BMW puck. (probably not necessary, but a benefit non-the-less)
- I actually have a use for the hockey pucks I bought to start this thread.
This works really well, the car is rock solid and it is a snap to jack up if you have a low race jack.
MadDog
04-02-2007, 12:24 PM
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Instructor
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BMW Jacking Pucks
MadDog
04-08-2007, 10:06 PM
#50
Burning Brakes
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.
No jacking pucks required.
You may have to angle the jack stand contact point to clear the fiberglass rocker panel cover.
No jacking pucks required.
04-09-2007, 12:56 AM
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This was the cheapest place I found.
http://www.skatebuys.com/pricepu.html
$6.95 shipping on 12 pucks, seemed reasonable as well.
http://www.skatebuys.com/pricepu.html
$6.95 shipping on 12 pucks, seemed reasonable as well.
04-09-2007, 07:54 AM
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Since there was no way in hell that I could find ice hockey pucks in Central Florida, I made mine out of a scrap 2X4 and a hole saw. Total cost was about $0.50 per.
04-23-2007, 10:47 AM
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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://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
We were hoping to swap out our sway bars and shocks this weekend, and need to get this figured out. Thanks all.
04-23-2007, 10:18 PM
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I just did this myself. Got 2 $.99 hockey pucks from a sporting goods store, 2 bolts for $1 from home depot and got this jack from harbor freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039
cheapest jacking combo ive seen...
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039
cheapest jacking combo ive seen...
I guess for lifting onto jackstands it would be OK but not for extended periods. I don't know if I would want to change a tire using their equipment.
04-24-2007, 09:15 AM
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Burning Brakes
Double-decker lift pads
04-25-2007, 07:48 PM
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I just bought the BMW ones. I don' have any freaking time to make the hockey puck ones. Thanks for all the help on this site, guys!! I am a newbie to the 'Vette scene. I have had a Camaro since '98 and recently stepped up to the C5. This site is so good for someone like me!! Thanks again.
04-26-2007, 12:46 AM
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Instructor
Great Idea and works great. Went out to Sports Authority and bought a 12 pack of pucks for $9.99 and eye bolts for $0.50 each at Home Depot. Made 2 sets of four and gave one set to a friend (and still have four pucks left over). Sports Authority also has the pucks for $0.99 each. Thanks for the info MadDog.
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