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sirbike

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Sweetie bought me these 18 months ago and I finally got to use them.
They didn’t fit her car’s jacking points as intended but I saw another V70R owner found they work crossways.
It was such a delight to jack the whole car up in one shot to do springs struts and a half shaft.
Going to do brakes on my car today then turn my attention towards my motorcycles.
 

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sirbike said:
Sweetie bought me these 18 months ago and I finally got to use them.
They didn’t fit her car’s jacking points as intended but I saw another V70R owner found they work crossways.
It was such a delight to jack the whole car up in one shot to do springs struts and a half shaft.
Going to do brakes on my car today then turn my attention towards my motorcycles.
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I've not seen those before... great, now I need a set! ;)
 
I have had the Quick Jack BL5000 for a few years. Works great and I can stand it up against a wall when I am done (chain to secure it). Suspension and brake work is so much easier! I even pull them out for basic oil changes and creep under the whole car for a "once over". Biggest job I have done with them is a clutch on a Miata, worked great! plenty of room to roll the transmission out.

Kind of pricey, but I have more than justified the cost with how often I use them. I think I found mine for a couple hundred off at Costco's online site. It seems like they go on sale every now and then directly from the quickjack as well.

Ryan
 
If you put these 2 jacks close together side by side and had an easy to built custom platform you would probably have a nice bike lift as well + one that would be easy to store vs. a HF one or something similar.
 
You raise them both at once.

I’ve sold my bike lift since I have less room in Garage Mahal and am going to just use the Quickjack.

I’ve posted on another thread that I built an adapter out of plywood to put my bikes on my 7000SXL lift. Easy to do and works really well.
 
I love mine, best purchase I have made for the shop since my ratcheting wrenches...

In this neck of the woods, once a year Costco has them on sale so that's when I picked mine up. I also have the SUV/truck accessory bits too. Great kit
 
If you're gonna spend that much, might as well get an adapter kit:

 
ReSTored said:
Please provide a link to this thread.
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I second that request. I have a quick jack too, really handy changing the oil on my low slung Mustang and doing a tire rotation at the same time. I've used them on the wife's Rav4 but they barely fit between the Rav's wheels. I'll have to try them sideways like that. That motorcycle adapter is pretty expensive from Quick Jack and I've thought about building one of plywood. I would love to see your plans.
 
Andrew Shadow said:
Look here.
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Thanks. You'd think I'd remember a thread I posted to a few times.......... must be old age creeping up on me.

GGely said:
I’ve posted on another thread that I built an adapter out of plywood to put my bikes on my 7000SXL lift. Easy to do and works really well.
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If you have a few more pictures of the platform itself, underside too, and maybe one with it in use that would be appreciated, thanks.
 
Mellow said:
If you're gonna spend that much, might as well get an adapter kit:
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Not a chance... That lovely bit of TIG welded T6 aluminum is $760USD, which after exchange, is more than I paid for the lift itself. I think I spent $50 building the plywood version and it works quite well.

ReSTored, I will be pleased to take some more pics. I'll take them shortly, after I get home from the grocery store and post them tonight.
 
ReSTored and all, my apologies for the delay in getting this posted... I ran out of steam after going to 4 stores to get the groceries and ended up with a beer in one hand and a book in the other.

Here are the promised pics of the adapter I built. It's built out of 3/4" plywood, 30" wide by 92" long. The underlying frame is made of 2x4's assembled with 6" structural screws. The top is screwed down with 3" construction screws. The adapter is secured to the Quickjacks with a piece of 3/4" steel tube and a couple of R clips. The bikes are secured with steel rings screwed through the plywood into the 2x4s. The steel tubes, rings and the screws, structural and construction, I happened to have on hand. I purchased the plywood and 2x4s for the project, which is where the $50ish dollars comes from.

I mounted a chock I happened to have on hand but will use a steel place as a stopper at the front if one of the bikes is going on the centre stand.

For storage, the adapter and the Quickjacks lean up against the wall in Garage Mahal. It is quite heavy for me and my arthritic hands so normally I'll have some help me get it into position for use. The Quickjacks fit neatly between the 2x4s.

I have had my ST on it as well as an 83 V45 Sabre, shown in the pictures.

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Not to hijack the thread too much but we're talking about ease of use and lift storage issues. I'd be curious to see if anyone has cut into their garage slab to effectively recess a lift into the floor, making the ride on / ride off dead easy as well as eliminating the storage issue when not in use. Maybe this has been covered in other thread?
 
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