hard rubber hockey pucks with an eye bolt screwed into the center of each puck - work like a champ!
Jack Pucks???
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St. Jude Donor '13
If you make them yourself from hockey pucks, you can screw the eyebolt in or out to adjust how they lock into place, that should also allow you to adjust for "standard" C6 or ZO6.
Melting Slicks
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From: Siler City North Carolina
Originally Posted by richhoff
I got the plastic ones from BMW (www.bavauto.com). Get the ones for the 318i ( part # 51 71 1 960 752). They snap into the slots of the vette and are there if and when you need them. I think they cost about $5 each.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northern CA
Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
If you make them yourself from hockey pucks, you can screw the eyebolt in or out to adjust how they lock into place, that should also allow you to adjust for "standard" C6 or ZO6.
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St. Jude Donor '13
Well, I forgot to remove one from my C5 and drove from Mid-Ohio back to home near Chicago, it was still in place at the end.
:bb
But I never did it deliberately becaue the puck hangs down (of course!) and is not rounded off. That makes it easy to snag on speed bumps, road debris, etc. You'd lose the puck and possibly bend the slot in or out depending on what you hit.
I'm really tempted to get the BMW pads, their rounded profile should make them OK to leave in 24/7.
P.S.
If you go to a shop (tires?) that uses one of those lifts with a single lift post in the middle and 4 arms that angle out to the jacking points, use double pucks- the arms will bow down under the weight of the car and cause the center post to poke your plastic/balsa floor. Ugh. Glad another member told me about that one in advance!
:bb
But I never did it deliberately becaue the puck hangs down (of course!) and is not rounded off. That makes it easy to snag on speed bumps, road debris, etc. You'd lose the puck and possibly bend the slot in or out depending on what you hit.
I'm really tempted to get the BMW pads, their rounded profile should make them OK to leave in 24/7.
P.S.
If you go to a shop (tires?) that uses one of those lifts with a single lift post in the middle and 4 arms that angle out to the jacking points, use double pucks- the arms will bow down under the weight of the car and cause the center post to poke your plastic/balsa floor. Ugh. Glad another member told me about that one in advance!
Last edited by Gearhead Jim; Jan 21, 2006 at 03:37 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northern CA
Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
Well, I forgot to remove one from my C5 and drove from Mid-Ohio back to home near Chicago, it was still in place at the end.
:bb
But I never did it deliberately becaue the puck hangs down (of course!) and is not rounded off. That makes it easy to snag on speed bumps, road debris, etc. You'd lose the puck and possibly bend the slot in or out depending on what you hit.
I'm really tempted to get the BMW pads, their rounded profile should make them OK to leave in 24/7.
P.S.
If you go to a shop (tires?) that uses one of those lifts with a single lift post in the middle and 4 arms that angle out to the jacking points, use double pucks- the arms will bow down under the weight of the car and cause the center post to poke your plastic/balsa floor. Ugh. Glad another member told me about that one in advance!
:bb
But I never did it deliberately becaue the puck hangs down (of course!) and is not rounded off. That makes it easy to snag on speed bumps, road debris, etc. You'd lose the puck and possibly bend the slot in or out depending on what you hit.
I'm really tempted to get the BMW pads, their rounded profile should make them OK to leave in 24/7.
P.S.
If you go to a shop (tires?) that uses one of those lifts with a single lift post in the middle and 4 arms that angle out to the jacking points, use double pucks- the arms will bow down under the weight of the car and cause the center post to poke your plastic/balsa floor. Ugh. Glad another member told me about that one in advance!
Racer
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From: Katy The Republic of Texas
Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
Well, I forgot to remove one from my C5 and drove from Mid-Ohio back to home near Chicago, it was still in place at the end.
:bb
But I never did it deliberately becaue the puck hangs down (of course!) and is not rounded off. That makes it easy to snag on speed bumps, road debris, etc. You'd lose the puck and possibly bend the slot in or out depending on what you hit.
I'm really tempted to get the BMW pads, their rounded profile should make them OK to leave in 24/7.
P.S.
If you go to a shop (tires?) that uses one of those lifts with a single lift post in the middle and 4 arms that angle out to the jacking points, use double pucks- the arms will bow down under the weight of the car and cause the center post to poke your plastic/balsa floor. Ugh. Glad another member told me about that one in advance!
:bb
But I never did it deliberately becaue the puck hangs down (of course!) and is not rounded off. That makes it easy to snag on speed bumps, road debris, etc. You'd lose the puck and possibly bend the slot in or out depending on what you hit.
I'm really tempted to get the BMW pads, their rounded profile should make them OK to leave in 24/7.
P.S.
If you go to a shop (tires?) that uses one of those lifts with a single lift post in the middle and 4 arms that angle out to the jacking points, use double pucks- the arms will bow down under the weight of the car and cause the center post to poke your plastic/balsa floor. Ugh. Glad another member told me about that one in advance!
Does that sound reasonable, or is their a smarter/better way to do it?
I haven't put the BMW pucks on yet (sorry to keep using that term!), not sure how much clearance they are going to require relative to other underbody protrusions.
Also, once they go on, it appears (from their construction) that you can just pry/them off, but they otherwise will stay put. Yes?
Comments from others with I3 /\/\ VV pucks??
(This forum has got to be the greatest thing since bacon was invented!)
Racer
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From: TAMPA BAY FLORIDA
so are "we" saying that aluminum pucks like the ones from Elite Engineering ar "inferior" or "overkill" compared to common black ice rink hockey pucks with a zinc coated eye bolt screwed into them???
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I would think any fancy aluminum puck would definitely be overkill. It's just a jacking pad for crissesake. Anything that will space the jack away from bodywork and spread the load will work. A piece of wood will work. I bought the BMW ones and leave them on the car . Two of mine were slightly loose when snapped in so I used an old O ring in the groove of the puck and they fit great now.
Burning Brakes
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From: Winnipeg Manitoba
I made mine out of 8 hockey pucks but still wonder about one thing... What's for? The side frame rail lift points are to be used with a 4 arms lift...so as a precaution it might be a good idea should anyone need to service the car at at a facility that do not have them.. dealerships included but you would expect the Corvette certified shops to have their own set... for the week end warrior who wants to sleep under his car once in while and use a floor jack... the cross member center lift point must be used and the jack stand be put on the cross member side point not on the side frame rail where the puck slots are...I am missing something or anyone dare lifting with a floor jack from a single frame rail point?
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St. Jude Donor '13
BTW, it happened to be a tire shop where I first encountered the dreaded center-post lift, but any shop could have one. Because a previous post had prepared me, my pucks were already double-thickness, held together with sticky-back Velcro. That way you can use a single puck on those lifts that don't have enough initial clearance for two.
I haven't actually seen the BMW pads, but don't they have a rounded surface instead of the flats on hockey pucks? If they ARE rounded, then trying to lift them with a flat puck might get wobbly. Any comments?
I haven't actually seen the BMW pads, but don't they have a rounded surface instead of the flats on hockey pucks? If they ARE rounded, then trying to lift them with a flat puck might get wobbly. Any comments?
Burning Brakes
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From: Allentown PA
Originally Posted by richhoff
I got the plastic ones from BMW (www.bavauto.com). Get the ones for the 318i ( part # 51 71 1 960 752). They snap into the slots of the vette and are there if and when you need them. I think they cost about $5 each.
