whaler96

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting, I purchased a 2011 in October and have found this site to be incredibly helpful. In fact, I have always found answers to all my questions using the search button, until now! I was installing my summer tires on the weekend and on the final tire (drivers front) I had the pinch weld fold over while jacking it up. Has this happened to anyone before? How do I go about fixing it, is a something I can claim on warranty? I have jacked plenty of cars before including this one and have never seen this happen. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks again for all the great information.

streetx

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Happens to everyone

i dont think you will be able to claim this on warranty

obby

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normal.. mind is totally flat on all 4 corner.. lol.. you can try prying it back to normal and go order the Figs jacking point tool.

MisterSkiz

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I have problems jacking sometime, usually I imagine the girl next door coming over to thank me for fixing her laptop...oh wait a min.

Yeah, it has happened on all of my cars when I use a flat jack. They do sell tools that are shaped with a notch to avoid the issue, but I wouldn't worry about it.

JT2MA71

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I always use a block of wood in between the jack and the lifting point. Or I just lift the whole front end or back using the crossmember or diff. So far, no bends on any of the cars I've owned or Own now.

FD3SISF

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I just use the diff or front crossmember also to lift my car.

vbb

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Okay, so clearly I'm not the only one on here who is still stuck in 9th grade, because I definitely chuckled at the thread title.

lobuxracer

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I folded one on my first Supra in 1994. Never since. If it even thinks of bending, I straighten it with this:



I also use wood on the jack, but I generally lift on the front cross member and put the car down on jack stands at each of the OEM jack points to avoid side loading the body seams.

digger08

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Hockey puck with a slit in the center works great as well...but being from Canada we have lots of Hockey pucks!


Like this....example only



Digger08

whaler96

Thanks for the replys everyone, I have no shortage of hockey pucks around so i guess i will make something like digger08 suggested. My floor jack has a large rubber pad on it, so i never thought this would be a problem.

GriMan

Same here. Can't really do anything about. idk why it was setup like that.

psixtc

I tweaked the pinch weld the first time I jacked my F up and straightened it out with a crescent wrench, just like lobux showed.

Luckily FIGS recently came out with a jack jaw for the pinch weld a couple weeks later and I picked one up. It's worked great the half a dozen times I've used it.



http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...product_id=188

JT2MA71

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I did too but I resisted I could have come up with quite a few tips.

DCoolBeans

Does that metal lip touch the puck or the puck is beveled out so the sides touch the body w/o the lip touching?

CarbonISF

There are some good ideas out there:

The creative pucker:

or

The double pucker:

This should be able to support around the pinch weld so there isn't any chance of bending.