Andre The Giant

StratfordShark

No experience but what an excellent idea. It's amazing that every year brings ingenious tools, which make you wonder why no-one thought of them before. This design also neatly gets over the "how do I use jack stands when the jack occupies the lift point" question, though there are always good answers to that for a 928. Quite a space saver in the garage too. But would they be low enough for our cars (the smaller capacity one has minimum height of around 8.5")? Whenever I've bought trolley jacks I'm always careful to look for low entry height, to give me maximum versatility when using. And watching the video you would need a very high lift point to achieve maximum height, since you extend the jackstand saddle before commencing the lift.

Will follow this thread with interest for any real world experiences!

Andre The Giant

Yes the height might be of concern for sure, but I will also keep an eye out.

worf928

SwayBar

+928

StratfordShark

Liftbars are a great solution if you have the space. I do all the work in double garage but has two doors, so there isn't room on one side by wall for jacking up the bar on that side nice and square.

As alternative I'm really pleased with the Bendpak Quickjack I've been using for 2-3 years. Decent height (roof timber would not permit full height anyway), much faster than working with trolley jack/axle stands at both ends, feels very secure and gives completely free access down centre. Use it for my daily driver too so regard it as one of best tools I've bought. If I had the space and the correct floor specification I'd love a 2-post, but this will do fine for now.

SwayBar

StratfordShark

NoVector

I had that problem when I lived in Germany with a 1-1/2 car garage. Plenty of room on one side for jacking but not enough on the other. My solution was to first jack the driver's side with the lift bar and put it on jack stands. The passenger side (the one with no jacking room) was done by sliding the floor jack under the car and jacking from the driver's side. That way, the jack was still perpendicular to the lift bar. The only drawback was it took a lot more strokes on the floor jack to get it high enough as there wasn't enough room for full strokes. Needless to say my body was never under the car while jacking...

Andre The Giant

Yes this is still one of my consideration type of lifts, maybe a scissor lift also. My only dilemma ia that I have a big lump in front attached to me which prefers at least 21 to 22 inches clearance for me to reach certain locations, otherwise I get stuck on the oil pan !
I just got a newly built 24 x 24 garage with a 4 inch cement slab at 4600 PSI which doesn't permit me certain types of lifts, I have to work within those boundaries. My garage has a 16 foot garage door and I only have the toy in there so I could use the liftbars correctly, I would love to get some used liftbars here in Canada, because shipping costs are going to be expensive otherwise from the US.

Here are a few pics of my new toy shop:


Had just finished installing the new Costco floor tiles with all my T8 lighting on !


Almost complete. I have since moved my compressor and tool chest inside, just in time for my shocks replacement.


The only thing missing are the external lights, which are all done now.

Andre The Giant

Good idea, does the floor jack HAVE to be perpendicular or can you do it with a small angle ?

NickTucker

Looks like they had some quality issues. Customer support seemed non existent.

Adk46

Very nice, Andre. (Say, I can type André - is that correct?) Looks like we both can get back to working on our cars soon.

I'm selling my Max Jax....

hacker-pschorr

Some of us have more than just 928's to jack up and many newer cars have even fewer "safe" jacking / jack-stand points as the 928. Frankly the 928 is one of the easiest cars to place on jack-stands I've ever worked on.

These would save me a lot of time with other vehicles.....if they are short enough to fit under them, which I think is the biggest drawback to this particular design.

+1
I have the room now (but didn't for many years) so I got into the habit of lifting 928's from the front or rear cross-member. In fact I still do since I don't have liftbars.

NickTucker

Who is selling the lift bars these days?

I now have the space as well.