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Old 03-19-2013, 10:43 AM
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Thanks JJ Ponzini, Vet had stated that there was a adapter for $29.99
Where is this sold?
I'm not sure of the adapter he spoke of, but the square saddle is available. Just google floor jack saddle.
Old 03-19-2013, 02:04 PM
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The 18" long channel iron is for the rear?
How long should the front be?

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Old 03-19-2013, 08:45 PM
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Don't need all of that stuff. The floor jack saddle will work nicely without all of the bracing. Just make sure the jack saddle or a jack stand saddle is able to bridge across the cross members from front to rear. If you look at them you will see they are shaped like inverted Us. You have to support each side of the U where you are lifting. Here are a couple of pictures from the FSM showing where you need to put the jack or jack stand. FSM says you should use a block or pad between the jack pad or the top of the jackstand. I can do that with any of the jacks I have but it is impossible to put blocks/pads on top of my jackstands so I use the jackstands without them.


All you do is bridge across the places where the lines from the number 1 point not across the width of the car.

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Old 03-20-2013, 01:17 AM
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I use a floor jack and alloy jack pad to lift the car one side at a time at the lift point behind the front wheel. Thereafter put drive up ramps under the tires and repeat the process on the other side.
Old 03-20-2013, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Dearborn
Don't need all of that stuff. The floor jack saddle will work nicely without all of the bracing. Just make sure the jack saddle or a jack stand saddle is able to bridge across the cross members from front to rear. If you look at them you will see they are shaped like inverted Us. You have to support each side of the U where you are lifting. Here are a couple of pictures from the FSM showing where you need to put the jack or jack stand. FSM says you should use a block or pad between the jack pad or the top of the jackstand. I can do that with any of the jacks I have but it is impossible to put blocks/pads on top of my jackstands so I use the jackstands without them.


All you do is bridge across the places where the lines from the number 1 point not across the width of the car.

Bill
I have lifted my car hundreds of times using the jack on the crossmember and have had zero problems.

Now that I run skinnies up front, I lift the entire side from the lift point behind the front fender. I don't bother with jacking pucks either. You learn where to put the jack.

It's a car...not your wife, you don't need to treat it so tenderly!
Old 04-02-2013, 03:44 PM
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Default Crossbeam floor jack adapter

I have one I got from Summit I will sell you.
Never used. It didn't fit my floor jack. My jack had a 1" hole for the jacking cup and the adapter came with a 1 1/4" post.
Cost more to ship it back than it was worth.

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