Home garage vehicle lifts
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Yeah, slightly mistaken in my memory of it, as you say, one hydraulic line from the pump to the 1st ram, then another from there to the other side. It's not that that I'm too bothered about to be fair, it's more about extending the electrics between the control panel and the motor so I can have them in places in the garage that cause as little intrusion as possible. I think extending the hydraulics line is just a matter of getting a longer line and the correct fittings which seems straightforward, but I don't want to be butchering the cabling on a nearly new ramp, I'd like it to be finished as nicely as it currently is.
Heaveho said:
I haven't been brave enough to do anything other than commission mine, need the novelty to wear off a bit before I start dismantling it again!
I fitted, wired and commissioned mine myself (and wired the garage, as well as the building the garage takes power from), so the nerves as the car goes up won't wear off for a while... I'm happier taking the lid off, tbh.Mind you, whaling away at a bit of the ZX's old exhaust with a cold chisel and club hammer yesterday did make me a bit more comfortable with the concept...
alspeed said:
I have very limited space and it would be handy for certain jobs to Just raise one platform, is this possible?
If you're thinking about the scissor lifts that consist of two separate platforms operating in unison, all the ones I've seen have been mechanically linked and it would be impossible to raise one side and keep the other lowered. There are motorcycle lifts which look similar and I suppose it would be possible to put two of those side by side, but then there'd be nothing to keep the vehicle level when you tried to use the pair together and I imagine that could get quite dangerous.Digitalize said:
I can't see how you could raise just one Lift on ours, as I'm fairly sure they're linked in the pipework.
I figured that would be the case, as most folk will just use them as intended, I wonder if it would somehow be possible to reconfigure the pipework to allow just one platform to raise, maybe by adding a bypass valve to one of them ?Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and get one bought, then figure it out.....
GreenV8S said:
...but then there'd be nothing to keep the vehicle level when you tried to use the pair together and I imagine that could get quite dangerous.
^ This, with bells on.You DO NOT want them going up or down at different rates... which is exactly why the two sides are mechanically interlinked, not just hydraulically.
TooMany2cvs said:
GreenV8S said:
...but then there'd be nothing to keep the vehicle level when you tried to use the pair together and I imagine that could get quite dangerous.
^ This, with bells on.You DO NOT want them going up or down at different rates... which is exactly why the two sides are mechanically interlinked, not just hydraulically.
http://www.automotechservices.co.uk/products/as-73...
alspeed said:
The one I'm looking at has no mechanical interlink......
http://www.automotechservices.co.uk/products/as-73...
That's similar to mine, only mine's the 7230A which is floor mounted and not flush fitting. No real difference I suppose apart from a bump going over it in the morning. I'm never really in the garage without a car in there anyway, so no danger of it being tripped over or getting in the way.http://www.automotechservices.co.uk/products/as-73...
Mine is also rated at 3t, though I must admit it struggled with the Range Rover, taking a couple of attempts to raise it. I've also noticed that it tends to go up very slightly unevenly now since I tried, possibly something damaged? It may be worth a phone call to the suppliers in the morning.
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