K4GPB

OK, I’ve owned my 2003 AE Red Coupe about a year now and want to put some goop on the back of the brake pads to reduce the annoying squeak when first applying brakes. The stuff worked great on another car. I have zero brake dust, car has been well dealer-maintained.

Newbie needs to know: (don’t laugh!)

• Where to place jack, jack stands?
• Pointers to anything related

Thanks,
Gary

bumble-z

Do your self a big favor. Buy a new/used 3 volumn set of C/5 repair manuals. They will pay for themslves by the very first job that you do, to include jacking your car off the ground properly and safely. Good luck.

hotwheels57

...and order an owners manual. If you don't want to pay for one, download one for free from GMPARTSHOUSE, courtesy of Gene Culley.

In C5 Tech, use search this forum (upper right corner in the red banner). Use keywords "lifting points" or similar.

You'll find plenty of past threads, some with images and DIY ideas...

Too-Fast

You are going to need a good (read not cheap) low profile floor jack, jack stands, the hockey pucks and the rest of what they said.

timemender

Below are some very good descriptive threads on C5 &C6 (basically the same) jacking adaptors & methods.

I personally would never trust jacking on a wood 2X6 that spans the suspension points with no support in the middle – too easy to split apart. (As in the last link below)


http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...s&forum_id=74\

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1906105

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...hlight=jacking

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1814892

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ht=wooden+pads

K4GPB

Wow, great stuff. Many thanks to all.

Gary