Is your jack a low profile jack? Because I could never figure out how to get my normal sized jack underneath the front of the car...
Can you take some pics of where you jacked it up from the front please?
The first picture is the box my jack came in (from WallyWorld). The second picture is the jack passing under the edge of the car right behind the front right wheel. The clearance is only about 1/2". The third picture is the jack under the front right lifting point (square pad behind and inside the front right wheel) with a piece of 1/2 particle board as a "lifting pad." (Please excuse the dirt. It's been raining on and off for a week. I have not had time to wash her.)
Does this show what you need to see? LMK.
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Hey Doc,
We shop at the same store. I had to get a lower floor jack and got the same one as you. It works great under a "low Sol."
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The first picture is the box my jack came in (from WallyWorld). The second picture is the jack passing under the edge of the car right behind the front right wheel. The clearance is only about 1/2". The third picture is the jack under the front right lifting point (square pad behind and inside the front right wheel) with a piece of 1/2 particle board as a "lifting pad." (Please excuse the dirt. It's been raining on and off for a week. I have not had time to wash her.)
Does this show what you need to see? LMK.
--Chemist
According to the pdf file picture of jacking and lifting points that is not either, although I have used it with some makeshift wooden blocks also and it seems OK.
According to the pdf file picture of jacking and lifting points that is not either, although I have used it with some makeshift wooden blocks also and it seems OK.
Ron
I have found the pdf file to be less than clear. A new look just now confirms that you are correct (as far as I can see! ) But, as you say, the position I used works.
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Awesome, yeah that's what I wanted to know. My current floor jack can't fit under that are at all, it's about the exact height of the bottom of the panels on the car. I needed something to fit under the front for when I go racing so I can change wheels. Having never been able to get a jack under the front I hadn't really been able to figure out where to jack from.
According to the pdf file picture of jacking and lifting points that is not either, although I have used it with some makeshift wooden blocks also and it seems OK.
Ron
Like Chem just said I can't figure out where the hell the PDF is telling me to jack from at the front of the car.
Awesome, yeah that's what I wanted to know. My current floor jack can't fit under that are at all, it's about the exact height of the bottom of the panels on the car. I needed something to fit under the front for when I go racing so I can change wheels. Having never been able to get a jack under the front I hadn't really been able to figure out where to jack from.
How much did it cost you at wally-world?
brentil, in post #30 of this thread, I have a couple of pics of how I jacked up the front of the car. I know it was a tight fit to get the jack under the axle, and one of the reasons I went with the "knuckle" as the location for the jack was because the jack actually fit under it (you can see the knuckle is higher than the frame member it attaches to). http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/a...8&d=1158098158
From what I remember, I slid the jack under the car from the side, forward of the tire, probably to use the additional clearance afforded by the wheel well.
I did jack the car up one side at a time, not at a center point that would lift both front tires at the same time.
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brentil, in post #30 of this thread, I have a couple of pics of how I jacked up the front of the car. I know it was a tight fit to get the jack under the axle, and one of the reasons I went with the "knuckle" as the location for the jack was because the jack actually fit under it (you can see the knuckle is higher than the frame member it attaches to). http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/a...8&d=1158098158
From what I remember, I slid the jack under the car from the side, forward of the tire, probably to use the additional clearance afforded by the wheel well.
I did jack the car up one side at a time, not at a center point that would lift both front tires at the same time.
woo-hoo, awesome thanks dengel.
I've come to the conclusion I need a new jack. Mine is a 5-1/2" minimum clearance when I see the one Chem was using is a 5" clearance and I'm betting yours is too. The 5-1/2" jack will NOT fit under the front of the car at all.
What brand jack do you have, where'd you get it, and how much was it?
Awesome, yeah that's what I wanted to know. My current floor jack can't fit under that are at all, it's about the exact height of the bottom of the panels on the car. I needed something to fit under the front for when I go racing so I can change wheels. Having never been able to get a jack under the front I hadn't really been able to figure out where to jack from.
How much did it cost you at wally-world?
This jack (which I still laugh at since is a "Mr. Goodwrench" ) was less than $20 as I recall. I want to say $17 and some change.
I bought this one specifically because it claimed a 5" clearance. As you and I know, 5 1/2" is too high.
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I've come to the conclusion I need a new jack. Mine is a 5-1/2" minimum clearance when I see the one Chem was using is a 5" clearance and I'm betting yours is too. The 5-1/2" jack will NOT fit under the front of the car at all.
What brand jack do you have, where'd you get it, and how much was it?
don't recall the brand, so you'll have to wait until I get home for that.
But I bought it as part of set, the jack, 2 jack stands, X-type lug wrench and two worthless wheel chucks for $38.00 or so at Walmart.
If I remember to check when I get home, I'll check what brand it is and let you know.
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Thanks for the input, this will help greatly. I was having a lot of issues getting the front wheels up high enough safely to do the tire changes from other points. When I'm at the track some places are not paved too so it would have been impossible to jack the car up in some areas due to the jack being to high. Hopefully they have what I need in stock.
It's been raining on and off for a week. I have not had time to wash her.)
A new look just now confirms that you are correct (as far as I can see! 
) But, as you say, the position I used works.
) was less than $20 as I recall. I want to say $17 and some change.