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I've been using a hockey puck with a screw-eye bolt that twists into place to lift my C6, and it worked great. Chevy Dude posted a video featuring permanent "snap in jacking pucks", which looked good. However the $65. price seemed a little steep. I'm frequently lifting the car and prefer four permanent lift points and want to share my solution. I'm holding the hockey pucks in place permanently with 1/4 in. Toggle Bolts. I bored a 5/8 dia. countersink hole with a forstner bit 1/4 inch deep, followed by a 17/64ths dia shank hole for the Toggle Bolt to pass through.
Six Pack of Hockey Pucks $10.
Ten Pack of 1/4in X 4in Toggle Bolts $6.24
Doing it myself Priceless
Most of the stay in place pucks are the low profile ones. I agree that $65 is too much, but you can get a nice set of aluminum low profile pucks from Amazon for $40. Worth it in my opinion.
The say in place pucks are great. I have made several sets of the hockey pucks and they work fine and are really inexpensive and fun to make.The stay in place pucks are always there when you need them and you don't have to stand on your head to put them in. A $40 investment for the stay in place pucks is well worth it.
Would probably depend more upon the environment you're driving in. My car has never left North Carolina and has very little if any corrosion on it's components. Let's say the worst case scenario is that I notice some rust five years from now. I'll just swap out the toggle bolts, since I purchased a ten pack.
Would probably depend more upon the environment you're driving in. My car has never left North Carolina and has very little if any corrosion on it's components. Let's say the worst case scenario is that I notice some rust five years from now. I'll just swap out the toggle bolts, since I purchased a ten pack.
Well I'd imagine if you get caught driving in the rain at all, the toggle nuts could get rusted to the bolts sooner than that, making removal of them quite difficult IMO.
Most of the stay in place pucks are the low profile ones. I agree that $65 is too much, but you can get a nice set of aluminum low profile pucks from Amazon for $40. Worth it in my opinion.
Yeh, I have the exact ones that come up when you click that link - same color. They don't hang down as much as pucks would and the edges are also tapered just in case you were to snag one on something. For the convenience of having 4 permanent jacking points, I don't think the price is bad at all.
Just something else to scrap on a "sleeping policeman" that is hanging low on the car.
Hence the eye bolt DIY work better, since you can install/remove them as needed, and just store them in the rear hatch until they are needed again.
I have made several sets of these and they work great but you have to put them in every time you want to use them. Spend $40 on the stay in place pucks and forget about it.
Yeh, I have the exact ones that come up when you click that link - same color. They don't hang down as much as pucks would and the edges are also tapered just in case you were to snag one on something. For the convenience of having 4 permanent jacking points, I don't think the price is bad at all.
Yeah, that was kind of my point. Using the hockey puck style ones are fine, but I wouldn't want to make those a permanent install. For stay in place pucks, the low profile are the way to go. They are less likely to ever be noticed or seen, and less risk of them catching or snagging on something. And those aluminum ones look nice with your choice of colors too. $40 seems reasonable enough.
Just something else to scrap on a "sleeping policeman" that is hanging low on the car.
Hence the eye bolt DIY work better, since you can install/remove them as needed, and just store them in the rear hatch until they are needed again.
Like many of us I have a set of hockey pucks made the same way. On my C5 they would lock in. No matter how much I loosen or tighten the bolt I can never get them to lock in on the C6.
FWIW....I would suggest always having whatever tools are necessary to remove your permanently mounted pucks in the car with you. If you ever have to have the car winched onto a flatbed, chances are that the tow-truck guy will want to use the recessed holes (mounting location for the pucks) as the mounting point for the hook/cable assembly for the winch. I’m not sure if that is the correct attachment point or not, but I’ve seen several Vette’s winched up onto flat-beds that way, ymmv...
FWIW....I would suggest always having whatever tools are necessary to remove your permanently mounted pucks in the car with you. If you ever have to have the car winched onto a flatbed, chances are that the tow-truck guy will want to use the recessed holes (mounting location for the pucks) as the mounting point for the hook/cable assembly for the winch. I’m not sure if that is the correct attachment point or not, but I’ve seen several Vette’s winched up onto flat-beds that way, ymmv...
The holes in the frame are called "T" hook fittings and they are the preferred method of winching a car up on a flatbed and securing it.
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DIY Permanent Jacking Pucks
