Jack up your MGB from the front properly and avoid damage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Yes you can damage your MGB jacking it up from the front….it happens more often than you might think!
It only takes one slip of the jack to be needing a new radiator and/or damaging the front valance, but if you keep in mind how that can happen, and how to avoid it you can save your self $$ and the hassle of repairs.
Always an outstanding video and presentation.
Thank you
Very helpful, ploughing through all your videos. Very easy to understand. Could you however possibly do a video on jacking up the rear of the car on the axle. Also jacking points for an emergency roadside repairs using a scissor Jack (swap wheels over due to puncture) thanks
Nice video thanks for the tips!😊
Yeah, there´s a nice mod on the old Riley RMs as well. The front crossmember there has a hollow recess and lends itself to cutting a nice hardwood block and placing it in the recess and drilling two holes towards the back of the recess where one can then run two wood screws to hold the block. Makes for a nifty jacking solution for the front if you paint the wood a matt black to match the crossmember. The rear is another story since a floor jack centerd on the rear differential will lacerate the oil drainage plug which is proud of the differential at the very center below. I have decided to carve a hardwood cradle to fit the differential to solve this anomaly as the standard Smiths jacks the RMs came with are NEVER to be trusted since the jacking points are known to be as prone to collapse as readily as the jacks themselves..
that is a great tip, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Another jacking question: what instructions should a person give to a mechanic who is about to put hoist supports under the MGB? The front is easy, there are rails. The back is the problem, especially as the wheels are still on the car. Ideally I like it to be rolled onto a four post hoist but that’s not always feasible. Thx
On chrome bumper cars, I flip up the short part of the lift arm pad and place it right in front of the front spring eye on the bracket. In rubber bumper cars I put the pad under the spring as far back as I can. it seems like it would be a bit unstable, but it works better than you would think. You just have to be cognizant of it and not rock the car as it can slip forward if you do.
Technically you can use the pinch welds as you would on a more modern car, but i never trust what’s under the paint 😁
@@mgbgtguy Thanks, I’ll remember that!
Yuuup 100% saw a guy do this and he got super lucky as he just got about one pump into it before it sllipped. Would have destroyed his frontend if it was a few pumps more.
I haven’t seen anybody do it, but I’ve heard about it plenty of times
@@mgbgtguy would love to see the jacking teqnique for every car, as I never know what I'm going to be working on of the car club member cars, and could just search and find these videos in the future.