QUESTION: can you drop a motor using a 4-post lift?
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QUESTION: can you drop a motor using a 4-post lift?
Okay, here's the story. I'm about 99% sold on getting a 4 post lift in the coming weeks/month. I've got three cars, a lawn tractor and a garage that's filling up quickly. During the winter, I plan to store the T/A on the lift, and park the daily driver under it. But someday in the future, I'd like to be able to swap the motor and go bigger.
I know how you do it with a 2-post lift, but what I was thinking is this (some steps are left out, just a general procedure):
1. Drive the car on the lift, raise the front end and put jackstands under the front framerails so you can remove the wheels.
2. Disconnect the lower a-arms from the k member, then unbolt the necessary stuff up in the engine bay.
3. Put the lift down and put supports under the k member.
4. Unbolt the k member from the chasis and lift the car in the air.
The whole issue is that the front wheels / a-arms would be blocked by the lift ramps. I beleive the ramps are ~38" apart, which should be enough to drop the k member through.
If I can't use a four post, it's okay, my brother in law has a two post at his house, but I'd rather not ask that favor if I didn't have to. I wouldn't want to tie up his lift because he uses it to make money on the side.
Thanks.
I know how you do it with a 2-post lift, but what I was thinking is this (some steps are left out, just a general procedure):
1. Drive the car on the lift, raise the front end and put jackstands under the front framerails so you can remove the wheels.
2. Disconnect the lower a-arms from the k member, then unbolt the necessary stuff up in the engine bay.
3. Put the lift down and put supports under the k member.
4. Unbolt the k member from the chasis and lift the car in the air.
The whole issue is that the front wheels / a-arms would be blocked by the lift ramps. I beleive the ramps are ~38" apart, which should be enough to drop the k member through.
If I can't use a four post, it's okay, my brother in law has a two post at his house, but I'd rather not ask that favor if I didn't have to. I wouldn't want to tie up his lift because he uses it to make money on the side.
Thanks.
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I just like using a four post over a two post.
Again, about the only think I can think of that will be restricted using the four post is pulling the motor.
Also, my garage doesn't have any posts in the middle, so I can pull the car in, put it on the lift, and then move the car towards the center to work on it, can't do that with a two post. Plus a two post takes up moe space that a four post. It's only a 20x20 garage, and the two post is wider than the four.
Again, about the only think I can think of that will be restricted using the four post is pulling the motor.
Also, my garage doesn't have any posts in the middle, so I can pull the car in, put it on the lift, and then move the car towards the center to work on it, can't do that with a two post. Plus a two post takes up moe space that a four post. It's only a 20x20 garage, and the two post is wider than the four.
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Which 4 post are you looking at? I'm going with the Pro Park 7 from gregsmithequipment for my upcoming LSX swap project and will buy the jack too. While it's expensive, it'll give me the functionality of a 2 post. I want the 4 post so I can store a car in the winter.
http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Pr...PROJACK%2D3500
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http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Pr...PROJACK%2D3500
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That's why I'm huffing up there from Baltimore. No tax, an hour and a half away, good price. They don't always have them in stock at the warehouse, so give them a call a few days in advance to order.
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