Mike Rambour wrote:
>
> I did see the pics of the Lotus Elise that fell off one of
> these at a tire shop
The Elise was not the fault of the lift, but of the idiots that were
using it.
They were told how to lift the Elise, and they ignored it.
The lift was a commercial lift and quite strong - there was nothing on
the lift that failed. The idiots at the tire shop just used it wrong.
The owner of the car even provided copies of the jacking instruction
including diagrams of where to jack the car - and more importantly where
not to jack the car. They ignored it and did it their way. They bought
him a new Elise as they totaled the one on the lift.
There are marked jacking points under the Elise. Unfortunately, the
rear ones that are exposed (and the tire shop used) are the balance
point of the car - those spots are meant to lift the entire side of the
car with the other side on the ground. (The actual rear jacking points
are covered by the under-tray that must be removed prior to jacking the
car.
The idiots lifted the car using the balance points so the weight was
50-50 on the "rear" lift points. Then when they removed the front tire,
the car was suddenly rear end heavy and fell of the lift backward.
Tim Mullen
Chantilly, VA
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