Alternative jacking point?
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I have always positioned the rear axle stands in the location pictured below. I think this comes from a photograph in the workshop manual that shows the inboard point to be the lift point. But is there any reason that I cannot use the outer point as it appears to be as reinforced is the inboard location?
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I was thinking I'd make a bar to bridge between the front and rear points, then I stumbled onto www.liftbars.com (no affil) and I notice they suggest 49" pin spacing. That means that it uses the outer hole furthest forward, not the one all the workshop manuals point to. Is it supportive enough there?
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I've used both the inner and outer jackpoints with no issues...I don't see any reason not to use the outer as you like. Be careful to use a jack pad since its close to the oil lines and the plastic side skirts. A shop once jacked mine from there on a loft using a 2x4 as a pad and it stuck out far enough to rest under the shark fin and it broke the fasteners.
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I have two bits of 4x4 that connect front and rear jacking points. You can put the jack stands anywhere you want under them. A couple of ridges either end with a wheel bolt in them provided clearance and something to stop them slipping.
As my car is lowered I jacked it onto timber blocks 1st.
Its kinda farmyard and takes a while but it works.
As my car is lowered I jacked it onto timber blocks 1st.
Its kinda farmyard and takes a while but it works.
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I thought about that but the bar has to rotate as it is lifted, then again as the other side gets lifted. I'm going to grind a hollow in a hockey puck to fulfill the rotation and security.
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If you cant weld / dont have welding gear my way works.
Your way is the better way, probably safer and you can do it in one hit. Is that a scaffold pole? My welder has just arrived and this will be a good test.