Front end jack points?

[94tbird]

 

[GIG4FUN]

the V'd part threw me for a loop! holes makes more sense! THANK you for the pic! I get it now...

 

[94tbird]

i am gonig to cut a section out down the middle of it from end to end so the bar fits inside the wood so in a way a 'v'

 

[ArtQ]

I have to get batteries for the camera..............But the "V" completely stabilizes it against the bar. The only difference is I only drilled enough for the bolt heads to recess leaving more meat in the wood.

 

[94tbird]

I have to get batteries for the camera..............But the "V" completely stabilizes it against the bar. The only difference is I only drilled enough for the bolt heads to recess leaving more meat in the wood.

2" hole saw and a dril land i went to work. It worked for the moment which is what i needed. I will V it like you did as well

 

[GI Joe]

From the service manual sticky
http://s197forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34184&postcount=64

man thats some JACKED up instructions............

 

[94tbird]

man thats some JACKED up instructions............

 

[ArtQ]

Pics.....

 

[GI Joe]

I think if you bolted a piece of flat steel to the bottom across the length it would add strength and stop that Bowing.....

 

[cekim]

I think if you bolted a piece of flat steel to the bottom across the length it would add strength and stop that Bowing.....

Yeah, I'd be a little paranoid of creating a "wedge" with the "V" - better to either add the strap as Joe says or, even better, that and cut a rectangular notch big enough for the width of the bar to get down in a little and rest on the bottom rather than on the sides of the "V"...

________
__|__|

Rather than:
______
__\/

What you have done there with the second one is make the tube act like a "knife", pushing the two sides of the wood down and out - rather than just compressing the wood between the bar and the jack face.

Depending on your wood, it might never split, or it might split on the first through Nth use depending on the grain... Little like using cinder blocks - they work great until that day when they disintegrate on you...

 

[ArtQ]

The V is more like a \_/. But I agree, a |_| would be better, and 2 peices of angle iron welded together across the bottom to cradle the wood would seal the deal.

....Oh yeah, cinder blocks, man that was the approved substitute for jackstands back in the day. Wouldn't even think about it now.............

 

[GI Joe]

....Oh yeah, cinder blocks, man that was the approved substitute for jackstands back in the day. Wouldn't even think about it now.............

I remember those days too.
I just heard last week of a Master sergeant in the Air Force Working on his rear brakes on one of those little hydraulic jacks and it fell off and they found him 12 hours later.

 

[cekim]

I remember those days too.
I just heard last week of a Master sergeant in the Air Force Working on his rear brakes on one of those little hydraulic jacks and it fell off and they found him 12 hours later.

Ughh, that's a bad way to go...

I grew up paranoid about that having heard/seen so many horror stories about people losing all their fingers under transmissions, legs, arms and lives because of lousy jack/supports...

Heck, I even watched a kid running with a pencil put his eye out in Kindergarten - I take that "you'll poke your eye out kid" crap seriously - I've seen it done - its not good...

 

[94tbird]

that sucks

 

[don_w]

I grew up paranoid about that having heard/seen so many horror stories about people losing all their fingers under transmissions, legs, arms and lives because of lousy jack/supports...

+1...

I currently have four heavy duty 6-ton jackstands, and as you know, the plan is to add a two post lift in the new house. Some of it has to do with safety, and some with the fact that I'm getting too old to crawl around on concrete. LOL

 

[GI Joe]

+1...

I'm getting too old to crawl around on concrete. LOL

ditto