Bending

[Your Uncle Moe]

How bad is it for the area where I put the Jack to raise the car to bend like this? I was always told that this was the strongest part of the car.

[Your Uncle Moe]

Another pic.

[WickedGen3]

i've seen my car go up on teh lift in my mechanics.. but i've never seen him put the lift on that part.. so ... i think u got some thing wrong there.. he puts it in the inner part right behind the part you have bent..

[Fresco Bob]

when ever i changed the tires on my rents gen 3 i would always put the jack where theres two little grooves, nothin wrong with it so far, but then me and my buddy were changin the tires on his moms jeep, and i put the camry jack in the same sorta spot but it just bent the metal real bad, after that we found the jeep jack, and that one went on the axel, worked much better

[Eye8Pussies]

the frame is where that spot is, and also right behind that metal thingy......if you're using the stock jack, then put it in the grooves so that it won't slip, and if you're using a floor jack, then put it right behind, but on the frame

[Your Uncle Moe]

I usualy put it like 2 or 3 inches behind the grooves. Im not using the stock jack.

[Nick]

i have to use my stock jack twice a year to change my tires, my car cries everytime, i got huge bends on both sides

[Your Uncle Moe]

So im not the only one? I dunno; but now I feel a little better. I just thought that this was something really abnormal that never happens.

I get really scared when jacking the car up because it looks like its gonna fall. And what makes it worse is that everytime I raise it up, I hear all these creaking sounds like the sounds a creaking hull makes on a ship. And I try to change the wheel as fast as possible just in case. I changed my flat the other day in 4 minutes. I timed it.

[Nick]

hehe, my buddy and i did my 4 tires in under 10 minutes, in the dark with the stock jack

and an impact wrench and my super adaptor for the jack (a 10 inch bolt bend in a ? shape, with the head the same size ish as the socket)

[Your Uncle Moe]

jeez loius. You guys should just apply to be in a pit crew

[Nick]

could do much better though, if we actually rushed and tried, (we were just in a bit of a rush to go skiing)

i'll time it in the spring

[I4 to V6 Swap]

I had the same spots bend inward as well. Man 10 minutes, that's pretty quick. My roommate and I rotated tires in 15.

[Fresco Bob]

you guys should have a comp at yur next meet, put some money on the line

[Your Uncle Moe]

aw man, its 2 cold to have that here. its 20 degrees outside.

[CamryWhat?]

Lol i got money on Oldman