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

[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?