Floor jack accessories
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From: Temperance MI
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Don't need all of that stuff. The floor jack saddle will work nicely without all of the bracing. Just make sure the jack saddle or a jack stand saddle is able to bridge across the cross members from front to rear. If you look at them you will see they are shaped like inverted Us. You have to support each side of the U where you are lifting. Here are a couple of pictures from the FSM showing where you need to put the jack or jack stand. FSM says you should use a block or pad between the jack pad or the top of the jackstand. I can do that with any of the jacks I have but it is impossible to put blocks/pads on top of my jackstands so I use the jackstands without them.
All you do is bridge across the places where the lines from the number 1 point not across the width of the car.
Bill
All you do is bridge across the places where the lines from the number 1 point not across the width of the car.
Bill
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Don't need all of that stuff. The floor jack saddle will work nicely without all of the bracing. Just make sure the jack saddle or a jack stand saddle is able to bridge across the cross members from front to rear. If you look at them you will see they are shaped like inverted Us. You have to support each side of the U where you are lifting. Here are a couple of pictures from the FSM showing where you need to put the jack or jack stand. FSM says you should use a block or pad between the jack pad or the top of the jackstand. I can do that with any of the jacks I have but it is impossible to put blocks/pads on top of my jackstands so I use the jackstands without them.
All you do is bridge across the places where the lines from the number 1 point not across the width of the car.
Bill
All you do is bridge across the places where the lines from the number 1 point not across the width of the car.
Bill
I have lifted my car hundreds of times using the jack on the crossmember and have had zero problems.Now that I run skinnies up front, I lift the entire side from the lift point behind the front fender. I don't bother with jacking pucks either. You learn where to put the jack.
It's a car...not your wife, you don't need to treat it so tenderly!
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From: Portland OR
Crossbeam floor jack adapter
I have one I got from Summit I will sell you.
Never used. It didn't fit my floor jack. My jack had a 1" hole for the jacking cup and the adapter came with a 1 1/4" post.
Cost more to ship it back than it was worth.
pdxporkchop@hotmail.com
Never used. It didn't fit my floor jack. My jack had a 1" hole for the jacking cup and the adapter came with a 1 1/4" post.
Cost more to ship it back than it was worth.
pdxporkchop@hotmail.com
