anthonym Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 why do you all jack the car up to take the engine out? Sounds rather precarious and you can't move the car once the process starts. edit: I had the engine/gearbox out three times in ten days in August. Edited by - anthonym on 3 Nov 2012 10:42:54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster Flatcap Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 So what about jacking / axle stands at the rear? Do we have a consensus of how / where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted November 3, 2012 Member Share Posted November 3, 2012 Quoting Nigel Mercer: So what about jacking / axle stands at the rear? Do we have a consensus of how / where? Sources: 1 Your own manual 2 Club FAQs 3 Alcester Racing 7s Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS2000 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 photos 9 and 10 in my set above shows the GTKY7 rear axle stand positions, and jacking point was the centre bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elie boone Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Why don't u modify 2 axle stands ? weld a plate to it so you can bolt it to the hub, and fit wheels underneath so you can still move it. You can position it as high as the axle stand permits and still be able to move the engine less chassis around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_pank Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 If the crane is on wheels, why do you need to be able to roll the chassis during engine removal/replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 why do you all jack the car up to take the engine out Certainly makes it easier if you are taking the engine and gearbox out as one. Makes it easier on a k-series (IME) even if you are splitting the two. OK, you could remove all of the bolts and then lower the car to the ground, but why bother. The towing-eye is all very well - but I suspect Charles has a similar-era race-chassis to mine - and the chassis does twist 'alarmingly' before both wheels will raise from the ground. I think I generally have used the cruciform and then dropped the wheels onto ramps. It can be quite hard to get the car high enough to get the ramps under this way - but once on, they do give the car a much more reassuring stability than with a set of four axle-stands - particularly if you *are* trying to separate the engine from a recalcitrant gearbox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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