Wow, I just noticed when this thread was started. I bet you could probaly give me advice on the best way to do this
Wow, I just noticed when this thread was started. I bet you could probaly give me advice on the best way to do this
Best place i can think of is the a arms. Just put the jack under the shock mount point and start cranking. It`ll compress the spring some, but it`s probably the most stable point on the fron end of the car,
Prometheus, is A arm the same as control arm? Is it OK if I place the jack on the A arm but on the side nearer to the engine?
Our detailing business just bought one of these. Its called the Carter 125. One person can air jack a car to head height and wheel it around the workshop by themselves! Its brilliant! No more bending over or having trouble accessing wheel wells, etc.
The only site I can find is this one at the moment...I`ll keep looking. Its manufactured in Australia but I believed its marketed internationally.
Click here
Ok...it`s called the Cartar 125, not Carter 125. No wonder I had trouble finding their website.
Website here.
BTW, I believe the `125` part of the name is the collapsed height - 125mm or 5 inches. Fits under anything.
I just rotated the tires on my car yesterday afternoon. I had the car standing on 3 jack stands (in the past I had 4, but I found a place in the back in the middle where I can put in 1 instead of putting 2 on the sides of the back). It had to be all the way off the ground to rotate all 4 tires. How are you doing it by only jacking up one side?Originally posted by wifehatescar
B. jack up one side of the car as if to rotate tires.
Here`s another question though: How do people jack up their car when they have them lifted like 1, 2, or more feet off the ground? I`ve never seen any jacks around local chain stores, hardware stores, etc. that go that high. What if they get a flat on the highway or something?
Here`s a more economical one, available in both fixed and portable versions
http://www.asedeals.com/low_rise_lifts.html
also look at their mid-rise lifts, not a lot more
A unique feature of the Cartar 125 is that you can wheel the car around the workshop by one person while its jacked up.
The jack`s not just portable, the car on the jack is portable.
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