Can I Dangle My Car in the Air from the Quick Jacks Alone?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Buzz

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O ye of little faith. And on Good Friday of all days.


Here are some progress pics. As you can see, I drilled the hole and have it put together. Here's how it will appear after I mount it back on the car. I still have to cut, debur and chamfer that hefty bolt that is about an inch too long. Remember, it just unscrews, so it's there when you want it and gone when you don't. The trick to getting that hole cut perfectly was to use a cobalt bit and cutting fluid. Shortening the Grade 8 bolt shouldn't take long, but that can wait 'til tomorrow.

[1795]

Looking nice Patrick. You've got thinking about moving from the straps to the eyes. I will have to see how that would work with the FIA having the quick jacks reversed. Want to make sure that the heavy metal eye would not be able to hit the bodywork and cause damage, as mine have to be on both ends at all times.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by 1795

Looking nice Patrick. You've got thinking about moving from the straps to the eyes. I will have to see how that would work with the FIA having the quick jacks reversed. Want to make sure that the heavy metal eye would not be able to hit the bodywork and cause damage, as mine have to be on both ends at all times.

If you have 3/4" between the back of the quick jack and the body of the car then you have enough room for the Grade 8 Flange Bolt and two threads coming out from it. Plus, when you don't want to see it you just unscrew it and stick in this nice rubber plug to make the hole invisible.

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Patrick - Where's Ellie?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by tomshep

What about drilling a hole in the actual quick jack just above where the lift rod would go and put the red ring directly in the quick jack? You already have a vertical plane for the ring. From a front view you wouldn't see the hole. Sideways there would be a small hole visible. Most wouldn't even notice the small hole.

Tom

Yes, that would work. The ring will hang a little lower, but that might actually be easier to drill -- and I would bet the weld would easily hold up on the quick jack itself. You wouldn't have to cut and chamfer the Grade 8 bolt either (which I will do today).

Originally Posted by xb-60

Patrick - Where's Ellie?

Ellie will help me on the final install.

[patrickt]

Ellie did a spectacular job of cutting, deburring, chamfering, and restoring that all important last thread so that it's easily screwable in by hand. She said she will be rewarding herself with a steak bone and nap in the sun later today.





And now you see her, now you don't...

[patrickt]

Bob, if I sleeve the frame boss and aluminum round tube, at the red arrow, with 4130 Chromoly round tube, maybe the upper connection as well, even though the boss is shorter, think I can get a 90 degree recovery tow drag on my hook across pavement without ripping it all apart?