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Offline Febrile

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Jacking height
« on: Oct 30, 2003, 12:20AM »
Ok so I tried to jack up the rear of my car today, my Corsair, and I find that I can't jack it high enough to even lift the back wheels all the way off the ground!?!?!?!   I'm pretty sure I'm using the correct  jacking points, certainly, nothing buckled  :) but yeah.  We can get r31vhead's skyline right off the ground a long way using the same jack and stands, but my car?  No sir!

So, do others have this problem?
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Re:Jacking height
« Reply #1 on: Oct 30, 2003, 12:29PM »
using a trolley jack yes i've had this problem both front & rear. you have to use some smarts & figure how to fit the trolley jack on the standard jacking point & still have enough room to fit the stands in the correct position as the trolley jack rolls forward as you jack it up. basically all you have to do is get the trolley jack on a certain angle.

other than that, buy a jack that jacks higher.

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Re:Jacking height
« Reply #2 on: Oct 31, 2003, 10:54PM »
Well, I thought that maybe putting something like a sleeper or a cement block under the jack would make it possible to jack higher.  But than, I suppose there's hardly room for a cement block and a jack under the car, is there  :P
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Re:Jacking height
« Reply #3 on: Nov 1, 2003, 05:17PM »
jakcing height hey?!  :love-smiley-086:

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