| [GMCnet] Lifting the rear of the coach [message #355419] |
Thu, 04 June 2020 16:12  |
Stu Rasmussen
Messages: 130
Registered: January 2019
Location: Silverton, OR
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Greetings all,
I want to lift the rear end of the coach to do tire/brake/airbag/shock
absorber twiddling.
I have a Bendpak 14K 4-post lift and a 7K rolling jack accessory HOWEVER
the rolling jack does not go wide enough to get under the bogie
castings. (A bit of a disappointment, actually)
So my options are:
1: Lift with the rolling jack under the frame at the bogie position on
the crossmember (which will be right at the edge of the side frame rail
and looks pretty stout)
OR:
2: Get some honking large steel bar stock and fabricate a pair of new
lifting arms to fit the rolling jack and long enough to get directly
under the bogies at the lift points.
From a time/material standpoint #1 is the more attractive option but I
have read many places that the ONLY place to lift the rear is at the
approved jacking points.
So, which should I do?
Thanks in advance ~
Stu
As a PS, the lift/rolling jack combo also does not adjust wide enough to
lift the front at the approved points, another disappointment, I
probably should have saved the $$$.
It would have been much cheaper to get the jack adapter and a bottle
jack but more difficult to drop the fuel tanks for my creaky old bones.
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Stu Rasmussen W7QJ
Silverton, OR
'77 Birchaven
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