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Dale Holan
Tinkerer
Alberta
2.5 GTT L

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Reg: 06-2007

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 Friday, August 10, 2007 - 05:39 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I'm trying to get under my soarer for the first time. I'm starting at the front. Where should I place my floor jack and where should the jack stands go?

I'm not a complete goon I just would like to know the proper way.
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have WAY less Soarers than Hayden :-(

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 Friday, August 10, 2007 - 04:34 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Dale, there's an indent in the "Sill" about 12" behind the front wheel, and approx 12" in front of the rear wheel where the factory jack goes.

IF you're talking garage type floor-jack, then place under the front cross-member.............but be careful, it's quite easy to accidentaly jack em up under the oil-pan, which is a no no!

For the rear.......jack em straight under the diff centre, and place your axle stands on the chassis rails on either side of the diff.



Ben Kelly
TryHard
Lidcombe
v8

Posts: 124
Reg: 08-2005

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 Friday, August 10, 2007 - 07:05 pm, by:  Ben Kelly (Ace) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Do yourself a huge favour and invest in some ramps, they are available quite cheaply from autopro and the like...ive jacked mine heaps of times and now the drivers side door clicks a bit when opening as result.
Christian Zimmer
TryHard
Victoria
TT

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Reg: 09-2006

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 Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 08:28 am, by:  Christian Zimmer (Zimmi) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
OMG.....i knew it was the jacking that made my drivers door f#cked up. (it was for a couple days...but its a lot better now)

WHY?!?! Why does it do this?? Does it bend the hinge or something??
James Johnson
DieHard
Victoria
JZZ30

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 Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 12:32 pm, by:  James Johnson (Jamesy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
the chassis will bend / twist when you jack from one corner so will put stress on those parts. if you jack up a r33 or something sometimes you cannot open the door.
Cihan Aday
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JZZ30

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 Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 09:47 am, by:  Cihan Aday (Cihan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Shouldn't be opening doors with the car jacked up ;)
Windows down, keys in ignition.
Ben Kelly
TryHard
Lidcombe
v8

Posts: 127
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 Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 07:14 pm, by:  Ben Kelly (Ace) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
yeah i second that Cihan (in hindsight, although the click has now corrected itself), anyways my mate was telling me about particular Jag xj6 models where it is not unknown for the windscreen to crack when the car is jacked. So much for british engineering.
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
I am the fibreglass/kevlar/carbonfibre king!

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 Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 08:10 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Ben Kelly wrote on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 07:05 pm:

Do yourself a huge favour and invest in some ramps, they are available quite cheaply from autopro and the like...ive jacked mine heaps of times and now the drivers side door clicks a bit when opening as result.



Keh? My car couldn't make it up ramps at stock height and without the black lip extension! Now it is 2.5" lower and has a lip there definately is no way it is going up ramps. Doesn't matter though, I have access to a hoist :-)
Dale Holan
Tinkerer
Alberta
2.5 GTT L

Posts: 66
Reg: 06-2007

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 Monday, August 13, 2007 - 01:52 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
If I had to use ramps they'd need to be 15' long. My floor jack just fits under. So If I jack both sides and place stands under the cross member do I still run the risk of chassis issues?
Ben Kelly
TryHard
Lidcombe
v8

Posts: 129
Reg: 08-2005

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 Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 08:14 pm, by:  Ben Kelly (Ace) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
If you jack both sides you'll be sweet. Just chock the rear wheels with bricks so you dont have 1500+kgs landing on your head.

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