i don't recommend lifting the car on the suspension arms lalo na sa macpherson strut design.. unless nasa ramp na using ramp aux lifter.. para sabay lift yung both sides..
sa macpherson kasi, yung suspension arms eh pang locate lang ng position nung front wheels.. yung bigat ng car eh nandun sa struts
pwede naman lift ang car sa sides.. may markers yan dyan kung saan yung lift points.. check your owner's manual nandyan lahat yan
regarding plug (pasak) thingy.. watch nyo sa youtube yung test na ginawa ni projectfarm kung ano yung effective na pasak product.. alam ko sa test nya may possibility pa din na sumingaw talaga yung pasak at pwede din mahugot ulit
Best Tire Repair Kit? SLIME, Westweld, Dynaplug, Grand Pitstop - YouTube
eto yung video ni projectfarm
The old car Honda CRV 2004 has patches done to the 2015 Michelin tyres. So far ok naman so believe ako sa patches. Kala ko lang yun string plug nagamit sa kamuning sa Subaru ko is new tech (first time for me to see a string patch). The technician told me outdated na daw yun tangal pa tyre and open up rim to do patch. Mas modern daw just insert plug.
Anyway, I think Honda CRV Thailand edition pinaka worse na cars sa lahat 'no? Halos lahat na major parts na palit na many times. The radiator failed (nabutas) while I was driving, nasira brake fluid pump while driving, napalit lahat na suspensions 2 times, even the power steering rack and pinion na palit na, dati I kept adding steering fluid kasi nabawasan half of reservoir in one day.
Now the problem is the engine oil leak and coolant leak. I have to add engine oil and coolant every week kasi it leaks to my parking. Pero ang rami palitan almost 40k na repair if ma ayus ko oil leak. And mahirap mahanap coolant leak. The car is worth 120k now in used market kasi it used up gasoline so fast.
It's for coding use. Honda has replacement parts. Pero not Subaru. Sobra mahal parts ng subaru so ayaw ko mangyari yun nangyari sa Honda.
If I didn't stop them from using car lift on the suspension arms early this week, possible na bent na now suspension arms ko. This is why even though ayaw ko na mag post para matahimik na ako.. pero I learnt a little tips can save thousands of pesos of unnecessary damage and repair. Hence make sure ko hindi nila put car lift sa suspension arms.
After na change na all the 4 tires ng Subaru ko. Mag move on na ako. I hope LTO would soon require all tires more than 5 years old to change to new para ma force ako change all tires ng Honda ko which is now 7 years ago. Wala na talaga budget for now to change them. Maybe after mawala na Omicron and back to normal business na. Affected kami since early 2020 at dawn of pandemic
i have a 2005 innova with over 140K km on it.
i have replaced the four shocks and two support struts of the rear hatch.
and oh yes! the front break disk. someone didn't recognize the warning signs of worn disk pad...
Halos lahat na crocodile jack is used perpendicular to the running board diba? Mahirap ata parallel? Meron ka na kita reference na not advisable ang crocodile jack sa unibody jack points? Baka hindi payag gamit ng scissor jack yun tire shop bukas sa all 4 tires ko. Baka better to find tire shop with car lift and positions the lifter on the 4 jack points at same time 'no?
In the following video
Why did the crocodile jack moves and ruin the door, frame?
Sabi mo nakaloan pa kotse mo? So safe to assume less than 5 years pa goma mo since brand nrw mo binili.
The mvis requirement is the least of your worries. Then again, just replace everything. Pati kotse kung pwedeSent from my MI MAX 2 using Tsikot Forums mobile app
Parang panibagong alterego ni kags/OB ito.
Come to think of it, hindi pa sumasagot si kags dito ah
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dumulas? nag-collapse yung panel?
jack-er probably did not position it well-enough, or did not use the correct lift point.
it happens.
don't blame the crocodile. blame the user.
the crocodile doesn't care at what angle it is used.
it's up to the user to decide which works for him and the space available.
actually,
between scissors, bottle and crocodile,
the crocodile is argueably the easier and safer choice, in my opinion.
Last edited by dr. d; January 6th, 2022 at 08:40 PM.
won't the crocodile's wheels allow the jack to move across the floor to follow the car, instead of the jack pulling on the car?
so,
from pasak to wheels,
we're now at the jack.
Last edited by dr. d; January 6th, 2022 at 08:49 PM.
noted.
not-rough kasi garage floor namin. we see the crocodile movement a lot.
heh heh.
i'm excited at what kleos will come up with next.
maybe a comparo among european, 'merican, and china-made crocodiles...?
or a comparo of the various lifting heads..?
i must admit,
this guy is more suave than kags, and he appears to read his posts and not just paste and paste with little understanding.
heyy,
there's more kleos avatar and less kags avatar.
nahihirapan siguro si kags...
Last edited by dr. d; January 6th, 2022 at 09:13 PM.
I googled for about 2 hours reading about unibody and jack points, but it doesn't answer my question. I found the jack point in my Forester.
But a discussion I read mentioned:
Jacking Points on a Unibody Car | The Garage Journal
"As noted above, it completely depends on the make and model of car. The owner's manual will only talk about the jack points for the factory jack. The service manual will show you the jack points for a floor jack or lift. Many unibody cars CAN be lifted from the rockers. There are special pads that have a notch for the pinchweld, so the lifting load is spread out along the bottom of the rocker. Other cars have reinforced holes in the rockers for a jack. If you are using a floor jack, you can't go wrong if you lift at the hard points where the suspension arms attach to the tub. Some cars have reinforced subrails, or the attach points for the suspension cradles. Again, it depends."
This means yun pinch weld above is only designed for the screw jack in the trunk. It is not for general jack use. Note the pinch weld fits the factory screw jack head:
During the pasak, they used alligator jack on the pinch weld.
However ang tama is to use rubber support for the pinch weld like this:
Now my question is. For Subaru casa, how do they lift the Forester? By lifting via the pinch weld or are their other jack points written in the service manual and not shown in the owner manual? Remember the pinch weld is only designed for the car factory screw jack. In your car, how does the car lift support your car? via the pinch weld with maybe special pads?
Remember car tire shop is visited by all kinds of cars, so hindi nila memorize lahat na service jack points. This was why the pasak technician tried to lift by car via the suspensions. Should I ask Subaru casa where exactly are the service jack points, which I must convey to the tire shop? This is to ensure hindi ma damage yun pinch weld sa sides which is only very thin vertical metals (still puwede ma bend without pads).
google for these jacking points in your subaru forester.
yes, you can approach the mechanics in the subaru casa and inquire.
say,
why not bring your car to the casa, and have it serviced there?
that should put to bed your doubts.
then tell us about it.
... all this, because of a dis-satisfied flat tyre fix...
Last edited by dr. d; January 6th, 2022 at 11:27 PM.
i could not believe someone is this anal and generated such a long thread from a simple tire leak.
there's a topic nagtatanong kung battery or alternator problem - umabot pa sa grounding points when jump starting, engine ground versus direct sa battery terminal.
hindi daw gumana jumping from engine ground, naging theories and thought exercise instead of what works in the real world. starting the car took weeks and 40 pages ata. this thread is another example of that.
or user might be trolling lol
The tyres at Subaru costs 18,000 each daw. And I can't just go inside and look at their service area. And Omicron is surging. One can just pasyal anywhere. And I only knew about the Unibody vs Body-on-Frame last night lang.
About googling the jacking points. That's what I was doing last night. But I came across the following as I mentioned in my last message where the poster said jacking points for users and service car lift is different.
" The owner's manual will only talk about the jack points for the factory jack. The service manual will show you the jack points for a floor jack or lift. Many unibody cars CAN be lifted from the rockers".
I was asking the experience of yapoy86 who made me aware of all these just like night. The Subaru Forester will be my last car. I won't buy a new one anymore. So want to make sure hindi makatulad ng CRV ko na rami na sira because wala ako alam.
Pasak-pasak in a P18k tyre without verification for other leaks is a no-no. If you'll have to unmount the rubber from the rims, re-balance it esp if used as front tyres. After tyre repair, I always demand removal of tyres and dipping in the tub of water to check for small leaks.
The notch of the jack head in the scissor jack is just to secure from not sliding. It is no different with alligator jack-head since it has wide notch and jack wheels allow movement when weight is shifted during jacking, the contact points will still be on tangent.
The most safe way to Jack at the garage it is by using another jack or steady jack so if ever it slips or jack fails nothing will be damaged. Always read that F user manual (RTFM) if you're unsure.
Last edited by 12vdc; January 7th, 2022 at 09:51 AM.