Still using the ones I made 11 years ago.
jackiing pucks
Safety Car
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From: Marlborough Ma
Since both are only hockey pucks with an eye bolt screwed into it, they should work on either model. The shipping/tie down slots on the cars is the same. They are used to secure the vehicle to the truck/train transporting them.
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From: Missouri City, TX
I went to a skating rink nearby that was used for youth ice hockey and I bought rubber hockey pucks from their pro shop. I would assume you can buy the hockey pucks from any big Sporting Goods store such as Academy. They work great being a very hard rubber and you can easily drill the centers to thread the eye hooks into. You only need to buy four pucks. Instructions on the Forum many years ago suggested using pairs of pucks at each lifting point on the frame rail.
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So, do you make them so that they go down into the hole in the frame? I measured it and it is oblong- about 2" by 2 1/4 " around. Or do you just set them on the frame outside the holes when you jack the car up? Thanks again.
Tolero Apto Victum
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OP: I know that you are looking to make you own, but here is a thread that I made about some pucks that I bought. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ech-pucks.html
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According to a CF DIY thread eleven years ago that I saved, the eye bolts are 5/16" diameter self tapping type. Use a 1/4" pilot hole drilled thru the centers of the pucks and buy eye bolts that have threaded shanks no longer than the thickness of a puck. I seem to recall that I ground off the tips of the eye bolts that slightly protruded to the opposite side of the pucks. The eye bolt eyelets sticking up into the frame rail openings and rotated keep the pucks from moving out of position.
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From: Springfield MO
I originally made my hockey pucks for my C5. When I got my C6 Z I had to back out the eyebolts about an 1/8" because of the aluminum frames greater wall thickness. With the steel framed C6, the hockey pucks will transfer directly.
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From: Murrells Inlet, SC (formally New Windsor, NY)
**EDIT** Just looked at the OP's post where he didn't state if the car was a Z. If it's not a Z, the C5 pucks should work in the C6. As many have stated, make your own and save some $$$.
Last edited by Prime Target; Nov 20, 2011 at 12:43 PM.
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Good point. With the DIY hockey pucks, you can always adjust the eye bolt thread engagement in the puck for the eyelet to fit into the frame rail hole and rotate to lock in.
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
I have been thinking about drilling the Jack Pad where the puck sets and using a longer eye screw which would protrude into the metal part of the jack pad to prevent any possibility of the puck slipping off the pad. It won't slip out of the frame rail because it is locked. May be overkill but better than a $1,000 fender replacement.
