Looking for a bit of advice from anyone who has worked on their Insignia B where they stick the axle stands after lifting the car.
The only lift/support points according to the manual are the notches out of the pinch welds front & back but I see at the back there is a bit jutting out with a hole that looks like a lift point and then I could stick the axle stand under the pinch weld. Any ideas if it actually is a lift point, or anyone used it? The metal seems quite thick and some primer has been rubbed off it so Im guessing someones had it up there before.
Also at the front there are two notches out of the pinch weld, do you think they are both strong enough so that it could be lifted with the large notch then left on an axle stand under the small notch. Manual highlights only the larger notch as a lift point but they both feel the same.
There is also a flat area at the front with a hole in it but I stuck my finger up there and the metal seems thin so I probably wouldn’t lift it on there.
Or any other ideas. Any pictures of where other people stick them greatly appreciated. Its not for crawling under, I have a set of those steel drive up ramps, but just for doing brakes in the near future or any other jobs where the wheels need to come off. Could leave on jack but would rather stick some stands under it also.
I put up some pictures of what I am talking about hopefully they have come out okay.
The only lift/support points according to the manual are the notches out of the pinch welds front & back but I see at the back there is a bit jutting out with a hole that looks like a lift point and then I could stick the axle stand under the pinch weld. Any ideas if it actually is a lift point, or anyone used it? The metal seems quite thick and some primer has been rubbed off it so Im guessing someones had it up there before.
Also at the front there are two notches out of the pinch weld, do you think they are both strong enough so that it could be lifted with the large notch then left on an axle stand under the small notch. Manual highlights only the larger notch as a lift point but they both feel the same.
There is also a flat area at the front with a hole in it but I stuck my finger up there and the metal seems thin so I probably wouldn’t lift it on there.
Or any other ideas. Any pictures of where other people stick them greatly appreciated. Its not for crawling under, I have a set of those steel drive up ramps, but just for doing brakes in the near future or any other jobs where the wheels need to come off. Could leave on jack but would rather stick some stands under it also.
I put up some pictures of what I am talking about hopefully they have come out okay.
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