Jack Stand Support Locations, etc.
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Attleborough, Norfolk
I invested in a hydralic lift for my garage, it was getting harder to get up from working under the car using drive on ramps, axle stands and trolly jacks, lifts the Z3 and Z4 sufficently high in my garage to get all four wheels off the ground to about waist high with the hood down to fit under the garage roof cross braces. Four swing out arms locate under the jacking points.
http://www.bhrepairs.co.uk/
They sell on ebay as well but I dealt direct, delivery was made within the week. It comes on a pallet and you need the delivery to be made by a tail lift equipped lorry and at minimum a pallet truck to move it to where yo want it. Needs a 32 Amp mains circuit to supply power to the pump. I should have bought one of these years ago.
It needs some scaffold boards either side to drive the car on to clear the lift, sourced those from my local timber recycling centre for little money.
http://www.bhrepairs.co.uk/
They sell on ebay as well but I dealt direct, delivery was made within the week. It comes on a pallet and you need the delivery to be made by a tail lift equipped lorry and at minimum a pallet truck to move it to where yo want it. Needs a 32 Amp mains circuit to supply power to the pump. I should have bought one of these years ago.
It needs some scaffold boards either side to drive the car on to clear the lift, sourced those from my local timber recycling centre for little money.
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That looks like a great solution. Does it have something that locks it in place?
Have seen similar lift in Costco.
Have seen similar lift in Costco.
Yes, Lift has a locking pawl that sits on a rack, once you are at the height you requiree you release a brake lever which lets the pawl engage with the rack, lower the lift and it stops against the safety pawl locking the lift in place. When ready to lower you give it a touch upwards and pull the brake lever in to pull the locking pawl away from the rack, press the lower lever and the lift will lower under the weight of the car.
The ad says it adjusts to 37" wide. I just went out and measured my Z...From the front edge of the front opening to the back edge of the back opening is about 40" (almost exactly). I don't think I would purchase this for use with the Z. It might span it OK but it would be marginal IMO.javis20 said:
Ewazix said:Someone needs to fabricate the homemade version and sell a few on here
Yup, my thoughts exactly. Pity I have neither the experience nor the facilities.
I would purchase a pair.
I'm guessing as I now have both an E85 and an E89 I could at least double check whether the spacing is the same on both.
If not then it's two different sets; or maybe adjustable pads to fit into the locating holes? Slide along the bar and pin in place?
For people with SGS jacks they do one that bolts onto the jack itself. Again it says the length is 970mm so 38" so might be short. Also with a lowered zed there is no way this would fit and be able to jack. I have the SGS 3ton low profile jack and there is only just enough room to fit a jacking pad under the jacking point.
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/tjb2-jacking-beam
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/tjb2-jacking-beam
That crossbeam adapter thing seems excessive to me - however maybe useful for some (if you can still fit it under the car even with a low profile jack) - however I do think it's designed to lift one end at a time and not one side at a time. So it's not the distance between the jacking points front to back, but the distance from the jacking points nearside to farside. I would imagine these would work ok on that sort of use but a bit clunky and still doesn't really solve the problem of putting it on axle stands.
>>>> Woodrow.
Very good, thanks for sharing. I am trying to get a bar like the one you are using.
Sukhi
Very good, thanks for sharing. I am trying to get a bar like the one you are using.
Sukhi