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Old 08 Apr 2004, 02:42 pm
Rex B
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Default Re: jacking points on civic?

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 07:20:43 -0700, John Ings <nodamned@spam.org> wrote:

||On 8 Apr 2004 04:19:59 -0700, roden@frontiernet.net (John Roden)
||wrote:
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||>Is it possible to jack up one whole side of my new 2004 civic in one
||>shot? I have a big jack and wanted to do indy 500 style tire
||>rotations with my air wrench.
||
||The balace is off if you use the provided jacking points. You have to
||get the front a long way off the ground to get the rear tire up.
||How about a length of two-by-four with notches at each end to fit the
||jacking points, then apply your jack to the center of balance in the
||middle?

You can get a device that mounts to your floor jack cradel that has extendable
arms ending in pads that will do exactly what your 2x4 would - except it would
work. About $40
Rex in Fort Worth
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