Russ:
just as low as your cars
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| Author: | subarupete [ January 18th, 2012, 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wheel Jack Upgrade |
Any jack's out there with a broken foot. Simple repair can be done.... Select an old bolt and cut off the surplus. Attachment: DSC04017.jpg Weld to base of jack Attachment: DSC04018.jpg Refit foot, enlarge the hole to allow articulation Attachment: DSC04021.jpg Can do the repair on an exchange basis, drop me a pm/email Useful addition for the old and infirm a cordless drill with 19 mm socket+extension. Attachment: DSC04024.jpg |
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| Author: | Sean [ January 18th, 2012, 8:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
>wince< sorry original jacks make me do that |
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| Author: | Joe [ January 18th, 2012, 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
Yeh I'm with Sean, I'd rather have intact sills and have to lug around a trolley jack! |
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| Author: | Russell [ January 18th, 2012, 9:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
I've had a couple fail where the little plate that sits in the sill fails and broken off, then the car collapses. The spot welds aren't penetrated at all. Worth a bit of weld on there too. |
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| Author: | Squeezebox [ January 18th, 2012, 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
The original jacks scare me...some of the most rusty bits of a 2CV seem to be the original Jacking points. I personally carry a bottle jack and a few selected bits of wood (one that goes underneath it in case of mushy ground and one one top to give the height) that will just raise the car for a wheel change on the roadside. I would only ever jack the 2CV on a chassis section even in roadside emergancy.....no matter how good or new the sills are. At home I only ever use a decent trolley jack on the decent bits of chassis. In fact I have a lump of wood that spans the chassis and use that plus stands. |
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| Author: | Sean [ January 18th, 2012, 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
i jack the arm much less comedy value as you dont pump away till its lurching like an Italian Cruise ship yet the wheel stays on the ground. |
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| Author: | Tom Duckpower [ January 18th, 2012, 9:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
What Sean said! really fast tyre changes, when no trolley jack around |
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| Author: | Russell [ January 18th, 2012, 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
I can't get trolley jacks under my cars. Factory jack and battery drill/posh nut runner are all I can use, unless the forklift is handy. |
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| Author: | J-dub [ January 18th, 2012, 10:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
I've never used the original jack, I have one in mint condition, but I'd only ever use it for hitting my brother or something, I wouldn't feel confident jacking the weight of the car on the sills! |
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| Author: | Tom Duckpower [ January 18th, 2012, 10:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wheel Jack Upgrade |
Russ: just as low as your cars
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