Title: Jacking Points
Post by: murramor on August 21, 2008, 01:45:02 am
Other than the jacking points on the sills, where is is safe, front and rear, to jack the car with a trolley jack? Is the round tube at the front strong enough to take a jack in the centre?
There is no rear crossmember. Is the strengthening rib, behind the silencer, and under the luggage compartment strong enough? Should the load be spread across the 3 ribs with a wooden plank?
There is no rear crossmember. Is the strengthening rib, behind the silencer, and under the luggage compartment strong enough? Should the load be spread across the 3 ribs with a wooden plank?
Title: Re: Jacking Points
Post by: Anders Dinsen on August 21, 2008, 07:31:44 am
Hi Ron
The round tube in the front is plenty strong enough to be used to jack up the front.
As regards the rear, I think the safest way to jack it up is to do it in front of the engine. I know you will be lifting the entire car that way (at least if you are doing one side at a time), but I don't personally consider the rear end strong enough to take a jack.
That said, however, we didn't see any signs of deformations when we dismantled the 2.2 at Waldo's last month and lifted the rear in this (quite brutal) way:
(http://gallery.dinsen.net/d/9069-2/DSC_6702.JPG)
The round tube in the front is plenty strong enough to be used to jack up the front.
As regards the rear, I think the safest way to jack it up is to do it in front of the engine. I know you will be lifting the entire car that way (at least if you are doing one side at a time), but I don't personally consider the rear end strong enough to take a jack.
That said, however, we didn't see any signs of deformations when we dismantled the 2.2 at Waldo's last month and lifted the rear in this (quite brutal) way:
(http://gallery.dinsen.net/d/9069-2/DSC_6702.JPG)
