Anyone have an engine hoist or engine stand I can use ASAP willing to pay!
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ihaveaids;284623 wrote:
Why take it all apart when you could just pull the whole motor and trans assembly out with a hoist? And the jack doesn't come close to lifting the car high enough.And how do you get the axle out of the hub without separating the ball joint? Just curious because that how I have always done it.
well you can get a real car jack for starters... haha j/k. but if your jack can't go high enough you can do what i had mentioned earlier and drop the car onto the jack (say 3-4" off ground). this lets you lift the motor out of the engine bay, ef's allow you to pull the motor through the radiator support hole once the radiator is removed.
the reason i told him to do it this way was he seamed desperate and in need of help, and no one had a hoist. so plan b pull the bitch out with the bare hands. it would have been done in about 2 hours if he would have done it... :icon_scratch:
regarding the axle/ball joint situation. you pull the 2 nuts that hold the upper a arm onto the shock tower, this allows the a-arm/hub assembly to swing out of the way, this allows you to slip the axle out of the hub. very simple and there is no ball joint to cross thread. only minor issue is watching to not let the hub hang by the brake line. this can tear the line. just don't be stupid.
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ihaveaids;284623 wrote:
Why take it all apart when you could just pull the whole motor and trans assembly out with a hoist? And the jack doesn't come close to lifting the car high enough.And how do you get the axle out of the hub without separating the ball joint? Just curious because that how I have always done it.
Really?? You must not be very creative. I have pulled motors out the bottom with small floor jacks, you can put blocks on the jack, or the jack on a block or something. And as matt explained, you can easily get the axles out without touching the ball joints.
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DrifterExtreme;284626 wrote:
regarding the axle/ball joint situation. you pull the 2 nuts that hold the upper a arm onto the shock tower, this allows the a-arm/hub assembly to swing out of the way, this allows you to slip the axle out of the hub. very simple and there is no ball joint to cross thread. only minor issue is watching to not let the hub hang by the brake line. this can tear the line. just don't be stupid.Thats awesome thanks for letting us know that! I never would have thought of doing it that way, I guess I just learned that you had to separate the ball joint to get the axle out.:icon_cheers:
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bp, have you ever pulled a motor on a ef? because i have many times, and i can tell you that pulling the engine/trans as one isn't very easy. as the engine bay is tiny. oh and if these kids can't figure out how to pull a motor you think they have the ability to pull the roll pin in the shift linkage and pull that before wraping around the bottom of the car.
bp quit talking please.
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Gundar1;284649 wrote:
Ive done it both ways lifing the car up is alot easier.please tell me how lifting a car with a hoist is better. this sounds stupid.
also where the fuck you lifting the car from? :drunken_smilie:
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DrifterExtreme;284648 wrote:
oh and if these kids can't figure out how to pull a motor you think they have the ability to pull the roll pin in the shift linkage and pull that before wraping around the bottom of the car.bp quit talking please.
lol... truth
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seriously the point was that he didn't have one. bubba you fail
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in those 20 min, i would have had the engine half out. and not wasted the money to "rent" a hoist.
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