C6 Suspension freshening on QuickJacks

[KyleF]

A few of us from our club (Capital City Corvette Club out of Lansing, a National Council of Corvette Clubs member) got together to do a suspension refresh on one of our members' C6s. This was a very straightforward project and was easily done on QuickJacks. This video isn't a step by step, it more of a "club helps out" video, but you can see what we were able to do by having all 4 corners even and off the ground.

C6 Corvette Springs & Shocks Install Video

 

[Tom Bryant]

Looks like a good way to get things done.

 

[NORTY]

Be extra careful when lowering those QJ's. If they don't lower evenly, GET OUT of there!
Yes, they're that dangerous.

 

[KyleF]

I guess that with most tools, it's how you use them. I have never seen them even inclined to move separately, unless you forget to remove the arm bar lock, which would be 100% on the user. Owned mine for over 6 years. One of the best tools I ever bought and I use them for almost every project I do.

 

[NORTY]

I guess that with most tools, it's how you use them. I have never seen them even inclined to move separately, unless you forget to remove the arm bar lock, which would be 100% on the user. Owned mine for over 6 years. One of the best tools I ever bought and I use them for almost every project I do.

Glad to hear you haven't had a problem with them.
What happens is they lower unevenly (sometimes) and if you try to re-raise to even them out, the higher one will raise but the lower one may not raise, so the angle at which the vehicle only worsens. And it doesn't take very much angle to kick a QJ out from under the car, amazingly. I'm not talking 30 degrees here. I'm talking <10 degrees. Closer to 5 degrees.
While 0 degrees would be ideal, having 2 separate lift devices that lift independently of each other, can be a problem.

Probably have better luck if the QJ devices were set up to lift the front/back of a vehicle, just like the air/hydraulic lifts of yesteryear.

 

[KyleF]

Glad to hear you haven't had a problem with them.
What happens is they lower unevenly (sometimes) and if you try to re-raise to even them out, the higher one will raise but the lower one may not raise, so the angle at which the vehicle only worsens. And it doesn't take very much angle to kick a QJ out from under the car, amazingly. I'm not talking 30 degrees here. I'm talking <10 degrees. Closer to 5 degrees.
While 0 degrees would be ideal, having 2 separate lift devices that lift independently of each other, can be a problem.

Probably have better luck if the QJ devices were set up to lift the front/back of a vehicle, just like the air/hydraulic lifts of yesteryear.

Do you own and use them?