Jacking points where to???

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samdale
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Re: Jacking points where to???

Post by samdale » 13 Dec 2010 11:26 pm

volvosneverdie wrote: good call dude.
im going to snag one of those bad boys on payday.
Sick of using the stock scissor on uneven ground/ice.
Wobly wobly!
I'll also be getting one on payday.
Gutted that my original volvo jack that came with the car got bent at the same time the jacking point did :roll:
I loved the whole, slotting it onto the jacking point lark :mrgreen:

Ride_on
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Re: Jacking points where to???

Post by Ride_on » 14 Dec 2010 04:41 pm

Alex Laidlaw wrote:I'm a little worried about stories of the tube bending under jacking, my car lands on its sump guard onto that tube/mounting points!

I always jack my car from the tubular cross member when it hasn't got its sump guard on.
You might get away with it in the 340, I think I used to do this, but on the 360 I bent it into the engine which is very close. The bolt plate brackets that are welded to the tube buckled.

As for welding on the sump guard to a tube, I would say the tube plates will buckle before the chassis as in the 360. You'd need to reinforce the ends first then you are in new terratory as to whether the chassis will take it, personally I'd try for rubber mounting somehow.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
1985 340 GL_______1986 340 1.4
1985 360 GLS______1995 940 SE 2.3 Turbo Estate (daily)
1987 340 GL 1.7

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