[s-cars] Kinda mbarrassing question

[kbogach at comcast.net]

Bob, thank for the great idea!  I was thinking what should I fabricate 
to put into that recess.  My son's stick is getting shorter :-)

Konstantin.

Bob Frizzell wrote:

>I do the same.  When using my floor jack or stands at the jacking points I
>put a little piece of wood in the center so the weight is basically where it
>should be and I don't damage the edge of the  receptor (which I did one time
>without).  Of course, being a Canuck, what do you think I use for the piece
>of wood?  You guessed it, a piece of hockey stick shaft.  I also use a pad
>of some sort (even a piece of folded terry towel ) when putting the stands
>on a place where there is undercoating.
>Bob
>93 S4 with golf clubs and hockey equipment in trunk.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
>To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>; "Sean Douglas"
><quattro20v at telus.net>; <kbogach at comcast.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:31 AM
>Subject: RE: [s-cars] Kinda mbarrassing question
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>>--- Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>>>I use the same lifting arrangement as Sean. I often use suspension
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>mounting
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>>>points for my jackstands (trapezoidal arm to body bushings, subframe
>>>bushings, etc.) and often use two jackstands rather than one. The
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>U-brackets
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>>>are skidplates, not jacking points.
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>>i jack from the jacking points on the rocker panel seams, and put
>>jackstands under the u-brackets.  the saddle of the jackstand fits
>>perfectly into the channel, and i don't have to worry about the car
>>slipping off the jackstand.
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>>as for the rear, i've used the jack under the differential and put
>>the jackstands under the jacking points on the rocker panel seams.
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>>-teddy
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