Keep your jacking pucks...
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Being my first corvette, and also not being a "mechanically inclined" person I just have to ask - if you need these pucks to lift the car safely, and GM knows this to the point where they actually make purpose-built holes for said pucks then why don't they just build them into the frame in the first place? Would seem a lot safer than relying on a mechanic not to have a momentary brain freeze and forget to put them in when he's working on his tenth car of the day.
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Being my first corvette, and also not being a "mechanically inclined" person I just have to ask - if you need these pucks to lift the car safely, and GM knows this to the point where they actually make purpose-built holes for said pucks then why don't they just build them into the frame in the first place? Would seem a lot safer than relying on a mechanic not to have a momentary brain freeze and forget to put them in when he's working on his tenth car of the day.
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From: Land of the free, home of the brave...
If I bring it in for service....
...I ALWAYS make sure to use bright color masking tape on the rocker panels and mark it with arrows showing the number of inches from the puck hole out to the rocker panel. LIFT 6 INCHES FROM THIS LINE
I take NO CHANCES that some dufus is going to lift it from either the edge of the rocker panel or the floor panel.
Been there once and NEVER again.
I take NO CHANCES that some dufus is going to lift it from either the edge of the rocker panel or the floor panel.
Been there once and NEVER again.
Le Mans Master
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Here's the Edmund's article where the photo came from. Also see post #8 in this thread. The guys using the lift didn't have any idea how to place the lifting arms on the C7.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/t...alkaround.html
http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/t...alkaround.html
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From: Bergen county NJ
My first 1999 c5 at a now closed Chevrolet dealer put my corvette on the lift and popped the drivers side floor upward...
I was fast to get the car out of the shop but not fast enough ( I threw them twenty bucks and said get the car down now)...luckily the floor eventually resettled downward and it wasn't an issue...
They never did see my car again and as I drive by the old dealership ....I still shake my head in disbelief....
Now I use only well trusted technicians who know what they are doing...
I was fast to get the car out of the shop but not fast enough ( I threw them twenty bucks and said get the car down now)...luckily the floor eventually resettled downward and it wasn't an issue...
They never did see my car again and as I drive by the old dealership ....I still shake my head in disbelief....
Now I use only well trusted technicians who know what they are doing...
Burning Brakes
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...I ALWAYS make sure to use bright color masking tape on the rocker panels and mark it with arrows showing the number of inches from the puck hole out to the rocker panel. LIFT 6 INCHES FROM THIS LINE
I take NO CHANCES that some dufus is going to lift it from either the edge of the rocker panel or the floor panel.
Been there once and NEVER again.
I take NO CHANCES that some dufus is going to lift it from either the edge of the rocker panel or the floor panel.
Been there once and NEVER again.
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From Mid America parts caralog
Tech Note: With so many floor jack manufacturers, it is best that you measure your floor jack's lift plate to make sure it is compatible with this tool. The puck diameter O.D. is 2 5/8" and is 3/4" thick, the lower pin is 1 1/8" O.D. and is 3/4" long, that fits into your jack. The top oblong tab that fits into the frame is 5/8" X 1 1/4" and is 5/8" tall.
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From: Shreveport LA
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Being my first corvette, and also not being a "mechanically inclined" person I just have to ask - if you need these pucks to lift the car safely, and GM knows this to the point where they actually make purpose-built holes for said pucks then why don't they just build them into the frame in the first place? Would seem a lot safer than relying on a mechanic not to have a momentary brain freeze and forget to put them in when he's working on his tenth car of the day.
Burning Brakes
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From: Saint Johns Florida
I got these,, http://www.corvettemods.com/product....FYxcMgodWXwAxQ
But I don't actually leave them in,, I put them in before taking the car to the shop then take them back out at home and leave them in one of the storage spaces in the hatch area.
But I don't actually leave them in,, I put them in before taking the car to the shop then take them back out at home and leave them in one of the storage spaces in the hatch area.
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Those slots are used in the build process as the car moves down the assembly line and for ages have been used by the transport companies for the T hooks.