I am preparing to get underneath. So two very useful birthday presents last week: a set of axle stands and a hydraulic jack. I decided the jack needed to be supplemented by a bespoke jacking bar.
This is made from two pieces of 18 mm engineered floor board, glued and screwed together and strengthened with some 25 mm angle iron. The two bits of angle iron on either side of the plywood plank are securely bolted together. Additional pieces of the plywood provide a groove to locate onto the cross-axle. I fashioned a circular cut-out on top and bottom to allow the jacking bar to sit comfortably on the top of the jack. When it is this way up, it fits under the front cross-axle.
Turn it over and it fits under the rear cross-member at the back of the chassis box, slotting over a couple of bolts, with the protruding ridge of the angle iron fitting up against the cross-member.
This is made from two pieces of 18 mm engineered floor board, glued and screwed together and strengthened with some 25 mm angle iron. The two bits of angle iron on either side of the plywood plank are securely bolted together. Additional pieces of the plywood provide a groove to locate onto the cross-axle. I fashioned a circular cut-out on top and bottom to allow the jacking bar to sit comfortably on the top of the jack. When it is this way up, it fits under the front cross-axle.
Turn it over and it fits under the rear cross-member at the back of the chassis box, slotting over a couple of bolts, with the protruding ridge of the angle iron fitting up against the cross-member.
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