Exige jacking question

Exige jacking question

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RTB

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259 months

Friday 20th May 2016
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I'm in the process of doing an overwinter refresh of my Exige. (I know it's nearly June.... Time has gotten away from me).

The front is up on axel stands and currently has no wheels or suspension components on. I'm wanting to make a start on the back and so I'm asking for advice on safely getting the back on stands. Initially I was going to use the rear Jack points and do one side at a time but I'm not sure how stable the car will be with no wheels, no suspension and no clam on the front. Am I better to be patient and get the front finished? Or can a get the back on stands and take the rear clam off with causing thousands of £ worth of damage?

Also how easy is it to get the rear clam off without removing the wheels?

RTB

Original Poster:

8,273 posts

259 months

Monday 30th May 2016
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Thanks for the replies. That looks like a useful set up on the wheeled trestles. How stable is it? I guess with no engine it's pretty close to 50:50 weight distribution.

I had good look at it and chickened out of putting it on 4 axel stands. Hopefully this week I can get all the front suspension back on get it back on its wheels and jack the rear up on axel stands.

It hasn't been as hard to work on as I thought it would be. I've taken plenty of pictures so I might put together a thread describing what I've been doing.