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| corpselaurel |
 Jun 17 2004, 11:02 AM
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I am wondering what all of you who don't have a lift do.
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| Gudhjem |
Jan 4 2011, 05:59 PM
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Going out on a limb here, I'm guessing that Rich, Stu and Zach are using a rotisserie that has 2 stands with 2 legs and 2 casters each. That's what Zach's picture seems to show. That rotisserie certainly needs to have the stands bolted together or it would be very unstable. The rotisserie I made, the same one Richard uses (I made mine based on his plans over at Roadglue) involves 2 stands each having 3 legs and 3 casters each. The third leg protrudes under the car several feet. The load held by each stand is therefore centered between these 3 casters.
I don't really see how this could fail, even if the stands are not bolted together. It certainly can't tip toward the middle with the third leg there, can it? However, like Richard said, I doubt it will be very stable for moving the car, or at least doing that could put a lot of strain on the bumper mount area, so I do plan to connect the ends. If I'm missing something, and you guys still think this system wont work, please tell me where you think it will fail. The third leg also means the method for lifting the car that Rich described wont work (since the stand cannot lean forward). I'd like to go with Racer Chris's method and lift the whole car with my hoist. Just not entirely sure if I'm understanding where to attach the crane and if those seat seat tilt adjuster eyes are strong enough. |
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| ChrisFoley |
Jan 4 2011, 09:04 PM
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QUOTE(Gudhjem @ Jan 4 2011, 06:59 PM)  I'd like to go with Racer Chris's method and lift the whole car with my hoist. Just not entirely sure if I'm understanding where to attach the crane and if those seat seat tilt adjuster eyes are strong enough. I wish I had a picture, but that was more than 6 years ago and I didn't have a digital camera then. I wouldn't lift anything but a stripped tub the way I described though. The holes I referred to are where the toothed tilt adjuster pieces bolt to the crossmember. So I guess it wouldn't work on an early tub with fixed passenger seat. |
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corpselaurel Best way to get car on rotisserre Jun 17 2004, 11:02 AM
itsa914 I have never done it myself, but from what I read ... Jun 17 2004, 11:36 AM maf914 I was thinking that if you had a big tree limb ove... Jun 17 2004, 11:55 AM william harris Here's how I did it. For starters, my car was... Jun 17 2004, 12:34 PM corpselaurel I was thinking of using 4 tractor jacks (they go u... Jun 17 2004, 01:21 PM thesey914 Someone on this board used a fork-lift truck from ... Jun 17 2004, 03:23 PM Carrera916 Another possibility is to use the engine "cherry p... Jun 17 2004, 03:30 PM Racer Chris It is easy if you have an engine hoist.
Put hooks ... Jun 17 2004, 03:41 PM Gudhjem "Put hooks (I bent 2 long 5/16 bolts) into th... Jan 3 2011, 07:43 PM r_towle engine hoist, right off the ground.
Bolt on the ba... Jan 3 2011, 08:09 PM
Gudhjem
engine hoist, right off the ground.
Bolt on the b... Jan 3 2011, 11:21 PM Vacca Rabite
Hmmm, mine both have three wheels, and so the c... Jan 4 2011, 07:22 AM Richard Casto
For the sake of you and anyone working with you, ... Jan 4 2011, 08:18 AM stugray "Hmmm, mine both have three wheels, and so th... Jan 4 2011, 06:34 AM stugray "Going out on a limb here, I'm guessing t... Jan 4 2011, 09:56 PM r_towle ok, IC the difference in designs.
I personally lik... Jan 4 2011, 10:45 PM Gudhjem A follow-up:
I end up using a hoist attached as C... Jan 10 2011, 06:01 PM |
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