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I have an '02 z06 that I bought last summer to use as a track car. I plan on owning it for a long time, and my motto for it is "when something fails, make it better" so as to incrementally convert into a reliable track thrasher. My first area to tackle happens to be the clutch, and I am really not interested or willing to do the job on jack stands. I have been looking at portable lifts, reading a lot about them, and am curious what/if the corvette community has found to be the best lift for tackling the task of yanking the drivetrain in these cars. I will basically be using it in my garage when working on the car, removing it when not. It would also be nice to be able to throw the lift in the trailer and take it to the track as well. Monster dual disk with tick master is what will be going into the car.

I guess in addition to the clutch, I will be doing anything I can while i'm in there, i.e. torque tube rebuild, fuel filter, and fixing a trans leak. Is there anything else that I should address for the simple fact that I have the car torn apart?

thanks

 

I found my Quick Jack 5000 lb lift very handy. Much more safe than jack stands and can be purchased reasonably cheap (under $1000) from Costco.

 

I have seen that the quick jack is wildly popular. I was hoping for something a little taller, I have seen a few that look great (2000-2500 bucks), but the weight of them means a permanent footprint somewhere, or getting clever to relocate. I am pleased to see that the quick jack is adequate for drivetrain removal, and with weight and cost it seems to be the likely candidate. Still hoping for a unicorn though. Thanks for your reply

 

I have the Danmmar M6 lift. Its a twin post lift that is removable. It goes up to 48 inches and has 6 locking positions. You put lift anchors in the concrete and then you bolt the lift to the floor. You can unbolt the lift and move out of the way when you are complete. I pretty much leave my bolted down the whole time. Your floor concrete needs to be atleast 4 to 5 inches thick.

 

https://www.eautotools.com/Triumph-C...shoppingengine

 

Lots of the 4 post lifts include a caster set to move the lifts around easily. I'm planning on purchasing an Atlas 8000 EXT-L for my garage and the caster kit is included. The casters aren't fixed like you might expect. You rotate them down at each post and "pin" them into place. Move the lift and retract the casters. Wrench on...

https://www.gregsmithequipment.com/A...Pro-8000-EXT-L

 

I went ahead and ordered the quickjack, the show must go on. I figure, even if I get a permanent lift in the future, I can still have a use for these at the track at the very least.

thank you for the suggestions

 

I like QuickJack because it is truly portable.

 

Congrats on the QuickJacks. They're a nice piece of kit and probably the most portable of the DIY lifts out there. I also bought my lift just to do the clutch, as it basically costs as much the whole price of the job. As you probably are aware, the other big player in the low ceiling lift market is the MaxJax, which is what i ended up going with. Can't go wrong with either, but I was willing to trade a little bit of portability for that additional height. The way I have it set up, I only move one of the columns when I'm not using it, as the other is already out of the way.

 

Yea I considered portability as the highest priority for now. I totally envision owning a portable (basically permanent) 2 post in the future, just can't have it at all in my current garage, as it doubles as a pool house in summer and wood stove fired living room in the winter. I have a barn that I will pour a pad in when time permits. I also figure even if I were to buy a 2 post now, I would eventually buy quickjack also in order to use at the track. In the meantime, I may build a couple stands that are a little shorter than the quickjacks to get near double height with relative ease and safety. I will wait until i get eyeballs on them before I decide on that though.

 

Replaced the clutch on the quickjacks, they were great. Ample space, comfortable, safe. The job really isn't that bad, but I can't imagine doing it on jack stands, as I had to lower the car a couple times mid-job to mess with the headers.

 

Portability...Quickjack 5000 lbs hands down !!