Oops - another jack failure
02-10-2018, 11:46 PM
#21
Are you planning on pulling them off your old car and installing them on your new one?
;P
That's what I would do!
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That's what I would do!
02-10-2018, 11:51 PM
#22
Was that for me? If so, yes, that's what I did. I picked up the new car on Thursday.
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so now when I reply it often makes no sense.
02-11-2018, 12:01 AM
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Le Mans Master
Made me stop and think.I am always jacking up my Corvette when I have to pull a tire.
02-11-2018, 12:04 AM
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02-11-2018, 12:11 AM
#26
Thanks Lisa, story here. Stop by sometime soon.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...range-c7s.html
02-11-2018, 12:19 AM
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02-11-2018, 12:45 AM
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02-11-2018, 01:15 AM
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Just claim with your insurance and just pay the deductible and be done with it. Why shell out money to fix yourself? You pay the insurance company good money, now use them to get your car fixed.
02-11-2018, 01:26 AM
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Congrats on the new vette Foosh! Pics?
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02-11-2018, 02:12 AM
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So I have USAA covering the vehicle and when I called them the guy said it would not be covered. I am certainly not above using insurance to fix it but if what that rep said is true I’m SOL. I would hope that something like this would be covered.
02-11-2018, 02:15 AM
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I was surprised that others said insurance should cover it. I've never seen a policy that covered DIY maintenance accidents.
02-11-2018, 02:20 AM
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Just say you ran something over...
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02-11-2018, 07:20 AM
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OUCH! You know, sometimes $hit happens. You did a great service to the foum by posting this as we all need periodic reminders of safety. Maybe you saved someone here. Sorry to see those pictures. At least it did not fall on you. The car can be repaired. You are not the first to have this occur, reference vettes that fell off lifts. Expensive lesson, but it is only $. A funeral would be much more expensive. Consider yourself fortunate that the firemen did not have to come to get you out from underneath the car with you legs twitching in a pool of blood...
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02-11-2018, 07:26 AM
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100%The metal pucks that are being sold look to me like an accident just waiting to happen. They are just too slippery. The hard plastic jacking pucks that I used were actually BMW pucks that snap into the frame holes and are permanent installation. They fit my C6 and I removed them and are now in my C7.
02-11-2018, 07:50 AM
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You can jack up a Corvette safely every time IF you follow the right procedure. You MUST use jacking pucks, make sure that the jack contacts them properly & you need to be on a level surface, Don't use 2x4s or anything else other than a jacking puck. To the OP, Don't try to repair the damage yourself unless you have significant body work experience, you will make a mess out it
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02-11-2018, 07:58 AM
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Holy Crap..Car can be fixed.Looking at the brightside,your ok.
02-11-2018, 09:43 AM
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100%The metal pucks that are being sold look to me like an accident just waiting to happen. They are just too slippery. The hard plastic jacking pucks that I used were actually BMW pucks that snap into the frame holes and are permanent installation. They fit my C6 and I removed them and are now in my C7.
As long as proper jack and safety precautions are used, both are safe.
As seen below the steel puck 'seats' into the steel jack cradle walls by almost 1/4" eliminating risk of slipping out unless C7 is being jacked on an un-level surface or jack wheels are locked not allowing the jack to slide as being pulled in slightly as C7 is lifted.
These safety malfunctions would cause the same risk whether steel or plastic pucks are being used. Actually, if there's any risk of puck failure, it would be the hard plastic puck cracking under extreme pressure.
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