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Old 24th May 2020, 15:43   #11
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That's more like it - it definitely won't bend in the middle.

Good value too.
The thing is Simon, the car won't bend in the middle either, which is why I use an 18" long length of 4"x2" shaped to accept my axle stands.







There is no risk of damage to the sill with the load even distributed, simply remove the jacking pad, place the wood so the shaped section is directly under the jacking point, jack up the car on the timber inboard of the jacking point, position the stand, then lower

Very cheap, very reliable, and most importantly safe and secure

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Old 24th May 2020, 15:48   #12
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Brian's link.
That is something I've made from hard 3x3 timber with locating lugs for the holes in the jacking points.
I'm working on the car tomorrow. I'll post picks if the system lets me.

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Old 24th May 2020, 16:09   #13
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Brian's link.
That is something I've made from hard 3x3 timber with locating lugs for the holes in the jacking points.
I'm working on the car tomorrow. I'll post picks if the system lets me.

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It should be OK Al, there will be more deflection with timber, but I wouldn't think that to be a problem.


Look forward to the pictures,

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Old 25th May 2020, 14:12   #14
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Well I managed to use me DIY Wooden Cross Beam.
Had a good looksee underneath.
Took some picks as promised for members to comment.
I did''t take the car up all the way as I still had a layer of blocks if I needed.
I did get under with me creeper but it was lets say a bit snug in places.
Perhaps another layer next time eh?
I used a trolly jack in the middle of the hard wood beam and it only flexed a little.
Not enough to touch the sill.
I dare say if you use soft wood the beam would flex enough to touch the sill.
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Old 25th May 2020, 15:44   #15
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I've done something similar only I used 4 columns of sleepers (3 layers each). I didn't use a cross beam to lift it - I used the front and rear central jacking points instead.

4 layers per column would have made it much easier on the elbow room front.
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PS. The sleepers are 150mm x 100mm.
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Well I managed to use me DIY Wooden Cross Beam.
Had a good looksee underneath.
Took some picks as promised for members to comment.
I did''t take the car up all the way as I still had a layer of blocks if I needed.
I did get under with me creeper but it was lets say a bit snug in places.
Perhaps another layer next time eh?
I used a trolly jack in the middle of the hard wood beam and it only flexed a little.
Not enough to touch the sill.
I dare say if you use soft wood the beam would flex enough to touch the sill.

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Well I managed to use me DIY Wooden Cross Beam.
Had a good looksee underneath.
Took some picks as promised for members to comment.
I did''t take the car up all the way as I still had a layer of blocks if I needed.
I did get under with me creeper but it was lets say a bit snug in places.
Perhaps another layer next time eh?
I used a trolly jack in the middle of the hard wood beam and it only flexed a little.
Not enough to touch the sill.
I dare say if you use soft wood the beam would flex enough to touch the sill.

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Well I managed to use me DIY Wooden Cross Beam.
Had a good looksee underneath.
Took some picks as promised for members to comment.
I did''t take the car up all the way as I still had a layer of blocks if I needed.
I did get under with me creeper but it was lets say a bit snug in places.
Perhaps another layer next time eh?
I used a trolly jack in the middle of the hard wood beam and it only flexed a little.
Not enough to touch the sill.
I dare say if you use soft wood the beam would flex enough to touch the sill.

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Well I managed to use me DIY Wooden Cross Beam.
Had a good looksee underneath.
Took some picks as promised for members to comment.
I did''t take the car up all the way as I still had a layer of blocks if I needed.
I did get under with me creeper but it was lets say a bit snug in places.
Perhaps another layer next time eh?
I used a trolly jack in the middle of the hard wood beam and it only flexed a little.
Not enough to touch the sill.
I dare say if you use soft wood the beam would flex enough to touch the sill.

I don’t like how the front end is sitting on the blocks beneath the cross beam, on the 3rd photo.😱
A little too much movement from rear to front and that looks as if it could topple.
Might just be the picture, but it looks a bit unstable.
Suppose it depends if your getting under it or not, or how much tugging you are doing.😳
Best intentions meant for (your) safety.


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I don’t like how the front end is sitting on the blocks beneath the cross beam, on the 3rd photo.😱
A little too much movement from rear to front and that looks as if it could topple.
Might just be the picture, but it looks a bit unstable.
Suppose it depends if your getting under it or not, or how much tugging you are doing.😳
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This one Sean? I thought it was only me, but I wouldn't be getting under that any time soon.

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Yes...I’d be a bit worried at that picture.

It takes me at least 10 - 15 mins to set up conventionally with axle stands till I feel comfortable with getting under.
When dropping the car down, the stands tend to lean over with the car weight on them, so I always drop a bit at a time, knocking the bottom of the stands forward, as I go, to keep them level with the ground.
Thus locating the stands takes a bit of practice / trial and error to figure out where the stands should be positioned to meet up square with the mounting points.
It only takes once to think..”naw, that’ll do fine”.🤔
I actually despise the things.


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Old 26th May 2020, 05:13   #20
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I don't like the idea of being under the car when it's high on axle stands.
This is why I've used the sleeper blocks.
Looking at the picks I can see members point of view but I can assure them that the car is stable and secure, better than axle stands.
Better half would kill me if it wasn't.
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