How do I lift my body shell safely

Bushcrusher · Jan 24, 2019

Good afternoon guys, quick question for you, as you know I'm doing a 2 inch body lift on D1 v8. I have sorted all bolts (loosened ) and seat belt ties (awkward fcukers to do) I have removed bolts one side as per the threads on here. My question is how do I lift the body? Do I lift one side completely or in stages to put spacers in? Also where do I put 2 ton hydraulic jack? Do I use wooden beams 2 foot length to spread load? Do I raise jack on wooden beams for height
Please tell me as I don't want to fcuk this up.
Hope you all are OK
Many thanks
Dave

dieseldog69 · Jan 24, 2019

Bushcrusher said:
Good afternoon guys, quick question for you, as you know I'm doing a 2 inch body lift on D1 v8. I have sorted all bolts (loosened ) and seat belt ties (awkward fcukers to do) I have removed bolts one side as per the threads on here. My question is how do I lift the body? Do I lift one side completely or in stages to put spacers in? Also where do I put 2 ton hydraulic jack? Do I use wooden beams 2 foot length to spread load? Do I raise jack on wooden beams for height
Please tell me as I don't want to fcuk this up.
Hope you all are OK
Many thanks
Dave

The shell flexes quite a bit so be warned!

Use 2X bottle jacks under the A posts with wood to spread load down the sill a little, do the bulkhead and sill mounts first, secure with nuts before doing the rest.

Have you stripped the interior too?

Have you made packers for the boot floor supports?

Bushcrusher · Jan 24, 2019

Hi dieseldog thanks for that, I've got the two inch floor spacers, I've stripped the boot out but not the front, should I strip it? I know there are two mounts under the floor with access via a plastic grommet. The a pillars are where the mounts under where my side steps mount on out riggers. So is it best to strip the front out?

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