floor jack crossbeam
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floor jack crossbeam
I know alot of people make these themselves out of wood. The metal fabricated adjustable ones seemed hard to find.
Just wanted to give a heads up that Harborfreight now carries them. Picked one up the other day for 39.99. It bolts to there floor jacks in place of the saddle... so its not spinning around when trying to position the jack under the car.
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...eam-60762.html
Just wanted to give a heads up that Harborfreight now carries them. Picked one up the other day for 39.99. It bolts to there floor jacks in place of the saddle... so its not spinning around when trying to position the jack under the car.
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...eam-60762.html
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I know alot of people make these themselves out of wood. The metal fabricated adjustable ones seemed hard to find.
Just wanted to give a heads up that Harborfreight now carries them. Picked one up the other day for 39.99. It bolts to there floor jacks in place of the saddle... so its not spinning around when trying to position the jack under the car.
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...eam-60762.html
Just wanted to give a heads up that Harborfreight now carries them. Picked one up the other day for 39.99. It bolts to there floor jacks in place of the saddle... so its not spinning around when trying to position the jack under the car.
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...eam-60762.html
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product. Will have to check my floor jacks to see if they would work with this.
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Nice find, bought it also at harbor freight.
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Sadly, it doesn't appear to work with my 3 year old low profile jack I got from HF. That uses a steel pin, not bolt to attach the saddle. I'll be picking up a 2nd low profile jack. $$$
Last edited by FNFastZ06; 06-03-2013 at 08:44 AM.
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Thinking I could use this. I've been jacking from the jack point and/or the lift point using "pucks".
Would anyone know if this will get both jack points in the rear if you roll in that way?
Would anyone know if this will get both jack points in the rear if you roll in that way?
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Has anyone used one of these yet? If I remember from the old posts, the Northern Tool crossbeam was a little too wide for the rear of the
C5. Just wondering if I have to shorten the crossbeams any.
C5. Just wondering if I have to shorten the crossbeams any.
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Has anyone used one of these yet? If I remember from the old posts, the Northern Tool crossbeam was a little too wide for the rear of the
C5. Just wondering if I have to shorten the crossbeams any.]
C5. Just wondering if I have to shorten the crossbeams any.]
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#16
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The crossbeam is adjustable, but doesn't shorten enough to match the recommended lifting points. The problem is where to put the jackstands. Unless you put them under the crossbeam itself, trapping it in place, there isn't room to put the stands outside of the beam. I have thought of shortening the crossbeam, but haven't got out to the garage to measure how much to cut. It should be easy to trim a couple of inches off the beam to allow room for jackstands.
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what color is the unit at harbor freight? all my stuff is Craftsman so is red, black, silver yellow- I see the unit you are discussing
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...html?hftref=cj
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...html?hftref=cj
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what color is the unit at harbor freight? all my stuff is Craftsman so is red, black, silver yellow- I see the unit you are discussing
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...html?hftref=cj
http://www.harborfreight.com/floor-j...html?hftref=cj
Width fully contracted fit exactly under the jacking points that i used with the jack stands, right under the lower control arm mounts.
I now just put one set of stands at the side rails at the puck locations, remove the jack then put the other stands at the front crossmember/arm location and lower to them.
Last edited by FNFastZ06; 09-04-2013 at 09:25 AM.