Subject: Re: More C4 jack stand confusion... by screamin_conure on 2012/11/27 18:15:06
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CentralCoaster wrote: Quote:
screamin_conure wrote:
CentralCoaster, when you say "fits nicely IN there" are you referring to this?
In post #12 of this thread (http://www.corvetteguruforum.com/modu ... id=188772#forumpost188772), the second picture, BillH shows shows the frame of the rear of the car, with two pieces of blue tape on it. Another Guru asks further down if the jack stand can be placed in the recess between the two pieces of tape, and Bill responded that it should straddle the recess, with the pinch welds resting on the jack stand saddle.
On my car the ebrake cable gets in the way in there. Follow those two edges inboard about 5" and that little piece that crosses between them is what I put into the V on the jackstands.
With that said, one of mine is bent. I don't recall if it was from me or the previous owner. But I still put the stand there. Sometimes I even place it rearward on that same edge, before it curves upward. I honestly don't know how much weight those were designed for. Some day I'll bend that fold back straight.
I think I was putting the jackstands far in like that to make room for the jack. But this was before I realized I can lift it from under the mirror, and quit getting queasy about flexing the plastic rocker panel which seems to hang down below the metal pinch weld a bit.
What I was wondering, is why couldn't one just place the saddle of the jackstand up INSIDE the recessed area, resting it on the flat part BETWEEN the pinch welds. I stuck a magnet up against that flat part a few days ago and the car sucked it right up. That's definitely metal there, and it appears to be part of the frame. Putting the saddle up inside there would take the worry about pinching a brake line completely out of the equation. In the ZR-1 post I referred to above, it appears that guy has his jack stand placed up inside the recess between the pinch welds. I just wanted to be sure.
