The WRX comes with a screwy jack that has a notch to fit the underside of the car. The jack feels kind of flimsy; I'd like to get a beefier hydraulic jack. Are they any hydraulic jack with a notch?
hydraulic jack with notch to fit subaru?
Dec 11, 2004
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You can put any hydraulic jack up against that pinch weld joint and jack away. It doesn't have to fit the pinch itself.
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You can put any hydraulic jack up against that pinch weld joint and jack away. It doesn't have to fit the pinch itself.
peter wrote: (Clip) Are they any hydraulic jack with a notch? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ My favorite jack came from Harbor Freight, $26. It is a hydraulic scissor jack, and I just used it on my Outback a couple of days ago. It has a slot in the lifting pad that fits just fine. I agree that the slot is not necessary, but it adds a little extra security, and it causes the load to be more distributed.
I took a hockey puck which fit my hydraulic jack and cut a notch into it. Works great.
There's also precut hard rubber pads of similar construction at Sears and Harbor Freight.
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