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Re: 2 vs 4 post lifts

To: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: 2 vs 4 post lifts
From: "Larry Spector" <lspector@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:11:07 -0500
I bought both the lift and the jack from "Automotive Service Equipment"-
http://www.asedeals.com/garage_lift.html

I have the Bend-Pak HD-9XW along with their RJ45 Rolling jack.

-Larry

On 1/30/07, Peter Schauss <schauss@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> Where did you buy the rolling jack?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:shop-talk-
> > owner@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf Of Larry Spector
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:25 PM
> > To: Matt
> > Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: 2 vs 4 post lifts
> >
> >
> > I bought a 4 post with a rolling jack this summer, after flip-flopping
> > between the options. I wanted to be able to use it for storage in
> addition
> > to being able to work on the car. I've found that access is actually
> > pretty
> > good when working on the car, although I wouldn't use it for
> > swapping/rotating tires! I recently did the CV joints on my wife's
> Passat,
> > and it was really nice being able to have the car up in the air, and
> still
> > be able to raise/lower it onto the ramps to prevent wheelspin while
> > torquing
> > the axle bolts. That being said, there were times when I found myself
> > bitching that I couldn't reach/see something that the ramps were
> blocking!
> >
> > All in all it's the right choice for me, but if I wasn't going to store
> a
> > car on it I'd probably have gone with the 2 post instead.
> >
> > -Larry




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