C5 Floor Jack Recommendation?
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C5 Floor Jack Recommendation?
Hello all,
Time to get under my 2004 coupe and noticed my regular floor jack doesn't have much clearance under the front end of the vette. The car has stock wheels and tires, but there is only about 5.25" clearance from floor to car. I've got the aluminum one-inch "pucks" and with them in place the clearance is even less and jack won't clear it. The floor jack is an older type where the cradle or cup can't be removed. I can probably remove the jack front casters but that would lower it only about an inch, prob not enough.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a brand or model jack that is maybe 4" high that would slip under the pucks?
Thank you one and all!
Time to get under my 2004 coupe and noticed my regular floor jack doesn't have much clearance under the front end of the vette. The car has stock wheels and tires, but there is only about 5.25" clearance from floor to car. I've got the aluminum one-inch "pucks" and with them in place the clearance is even less and jack won't clear it. The floor jack is an older type where the cradle or cup can't be removed. I can probably remove the jack front casters but that would lower it only about an inch, prob not enough.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a brand or model jack that is maybe 4" high that would slip under the pucks?
Thank you one and all!
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Hello all,
Time to get under my 2004 coupe and noticed my regular floor jack doesn't have much clearance under the front end of the vette. The car has stock wheels and tires, but there is only about 5.25" clearance from floor to car. I've got the aluminum one-inch "pucks" and with them in place the clearance is even less and jack won't clear it. The floor jack is an older type where the cradle or cup can't be removed. I can probably remove the jack front casters but that would lower it only about an inch, prob not enough.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a brand or model jack that is maybe 4" high that would slip under the pucks?
Thank you one and all!
Time to get under my 2004 coupe and noticed my regular floor jack doesn't have much clearance under the front end of the vette. The car has stock wheels and tires, but there is only about 5.25" clearance from floor to car. I've got the aluminum one-inch "pucks" and with them in place the clearance is even less and jack won't clear it. The floor jack is an older type where the cradle or cup can't be removed. I can probably remove the jack front casters but that would lower it only about an inch, prob not enough.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a brand or model jack that is maybe 4" high that would slip under the pucks?
Thank you one and all!
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Hello all,
Time to get under my 2004 coupe and noticed my regular floor jack doesn't have much clearance under the front end of the vette. The car has stock wheels and tires, but there is only about 5.25" clearance from floor to car. I've got the aluminum one-inch "pucks" and with them in place the clearance is even less and jack won't clear it. The floor jack is an older type where the cradle or cup can't be removed. I can probably remove the jack front casters but that would lower it only about an inch, prob not enough.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a brand or model jack that is maybe 4" high that would slip under the pucks?
Thank you one and all!
Time to get under my 2004 coupe and noticed my regular floor jack doesn't have much clearance under the front end of the vette. The car has stock wheels and tires, but there is only about 5.25" clearance from floor to car. I've got the aluminum one-inch "pucks" and with them in place the clearance is even less and jack won't clear it. The floor jack is an older type where the cradle or cup can't be removed. I can probably remove the jack front casters but that would lower it only about an inch, prob not enough.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a brand or model jack that is maybe 4" high that would slip under the pucks?
Thank you one and all!
i have same one works great
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I have that one too (the smallest 1.5 ton). Its min. height is 3 3/8". It works fine under the rockers and rear crossmember, but I can't get it under the front crossmember to change the oil without driving up on 2x6s first. Then it works perfectly.
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That's why I have two. One on each side works great for lifting the front.
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