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I see several of the "hockey puck" style on Amazon, I just don't know what's suitable for the 991. Trying to do a search on here returns too many non-relevant hits.
I want to buy some better jack pads. Not happy with the old hockey pucks any longer. These links don't seem to work for me. Can I please have 991 specific recommendations from the Forum brain trust. Thanks
Careful, hockey pucks lack full rigidity and can cause your floor jack to lag in fully repositioning squarely under the jack points. This can cause a roll to the jack and your car can fall off the jack. This can cause damage -- don't ask how I know.
Edit: Dropping recommendation - See later post #31 Agreed, I prefer the pucks that lock in. There is a DIY shop in Austin with lifts you can use. The guy there helped my son put his Acura up on the lift and used pucks all around. One ended up squishing out with the car about 6 feet in the air and the lift arm shifted and scared the heck out of us. Fortunately the lift caught on a beam next to the left point and did no damage, but that could have come out worse. No more pucking around for us.
I bought this set of four from eBay for $40 and they are really solid: http://www.ebay.com/itm/191709086898. Very hard rubber and metal locking cams.
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I bought this set of four from eBay for $40 and they are really solid: http://www.ebay.com/itm/191709086898. Very hard rubber and metal locking cams.
I have these as well and they work great.
Just to let people know, these are actually hockey pucks that have machined locking cams screwed in.
The great thing is if your pucks get worn out, you could unscrew the metal cams and replace with new pucks. Just drill a hole through the center of new puck.
I have these as well and they work great.
Just to let people know, these are actually hockey pucks that have machined locking cams screwed in.
The great thing is if your pucks get worn out, you could unscrew the metal cams and replace with new pucks. Just drill a hole through the center of new puck.
Ha! I guess I let my central Texas ignorance of cold weather sports show. I had no idea that was a hockey puck or what they look/feel like up close. The things they used in my shop story earlier were definitely softer. I'd hate to get smacked by one of these!
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Thank you guys for all the above help! Much appreciated.
How do these above items work? I know we have 4 lift points with a small opening in the center area of the lift point. I thought it was circular....but based on these jack pad pictures it's more oval. Is that right? Do you insert them, and rotate them about 180 degrees so they hold. Then position your jack below them and lift??
I like the solid metal ones, too. But I'd like to have some rubber padding against the lift point. Should I really be concerned about that?
Thank you guys for all the above help! Much appreciated.
How do these above items work? I know we have 4 lift points with a small opening in the center area of the lift point. I thought it was circular....but based on these jack pad pictures it's more oval. Is that right? Do you insert them, and rotate them about 180 degrees so they hold. Then position your jack below them and lift??
I like the solid metal ones, too. But I'd like to have some rubber padding against the lift point. Should I really be concerned about that?
Thanks again for your help.
Yes, you rotate them 90 degrees (which is what I think you really meant) and they'll stay in place. Be careful to remove them as soon as you jack the car down. I got distracted once and realized a couple of days later I had forgotten it. Fortunately it stayed attached while I was driving and was still there. Less fortunately outcomes were possible though.
Dropping recommendation - See later post #31 Yes, I chose the rubbery ones too for the same concern about metal to metal contact... both from a marring the car's anticorrosives point-of-view and from a slippage of the jack perspective. Plus $40 for 4 with free shipping appealed to my cheap nature... it saves more money for future cars!
Last edited by StormRune; Aug 9, 2017 at 09:57 AM.
