OOPS

[mfp4073]

Today I fitted a pair of genuine Holden mud flaps to the front of my Monaro. However... when I lowered the car from the Jack I noticed that I had Bent the area around what I thought was the jacking point, even though I used a block of wood on the jack to protect the car! It looks like it will bend outwards again as there are a couple of holes built into the design.. so I will try to fix it tomorrow. I can only hope no serious damage has occurred,...so times I wounder why I bother?

[snowwolf]

mmmmmmmm was it a flat bit of wood? I jacked mycar up the other day and the top of the jack is shaped, it has a shallow groove in the top, perhaps if the wood is flat, it will end up bending the metal

[007 VXR]

thats why i dont do anything on my car ....apart from pay the bill

[monkfish1]

That area cant support the weight of the car if you are only lifting one corner, even though the manual says it is a lifting point! Most of the cars we see have bent metalwork in this area.

[SimonV8ster]

So the only way to aviod it is if you use two jacks ??!! Very handy when you're standing at the roadside trying to change a wheel !!

[gsd2000]

Where are the best front lifting points? I tend to lift the rear in 1 go from the rear of the diff as thats where the americans say is safe on the gto

[monkfish1]

SimonV8ster said:

So the only way to aviod it is if you use two jacks ??!! Very handy when you're standing at the roadside trying to change a wheel !!

At the side of the road, one would use the reinforced lifting point on the sill using the jack in the boot and the instructionc that come with it. Unless of course you had a trolly jack in whichcase its the chassis rail or the front corner of the subframe.