Topic: Kappa Lifting Procedures

[DeepBlueGXP]

In case you didn't know it, this is in the dealers manual yet the technicians don't know how to read!!!!

Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
Tools Required
J 43625 Lift Pad Adapter

Important: The use of a LOW PROFILE LIFT ARMS SYSTEM may be required to avoid unwanted contact with the vehicle's body and structure depending on lifting equipment used. Refer to the manufacture's recommendation for their applications of low profile lift arms system for their lifting equipment.

Caution: To avoid any vehicle damage, serious personal injury or death when major components are removed from the vehicle and the vehicle is supported by a hoist, support the vehicle with jack stands at the opposite end from which the components are being removed.

Caution: To avoid any vehicle damage, serious personal injury or death, always use the jackstands to support the vehicle when lifting the vehicle with a jack.

Notice: Perform the following steps before beginning any vehicle lifting or jacking procedure:

• Remove or secure all of the vehicle's contents in order to avoid any shifting or any movement that may occur during the vehicle lifting or jacking procedure.

• The lifting equipment or the jacking equipment weight rating must meet or exceed the weight of the vehicle and any vehicle contents.

• The lifting equipment or the jacking equipment must meet the operational standards of the lifting equipment or jacking equipment's manufacturer.

• Perform the vehicle lifting or jacking procedure on a clean, hard, dry, level surface.

• Perform the vehicle lifting or jacking procedure only at the identified lift points. DO NOT allow the lifting equipment or jacking equipment to contact any other vehicle components.

Failure to perform the previous steps could result in damage to the lifting equipment or the jacking equipment, the vehicle, and/or the vehicle's contents.

Vehicle Lifting - Frame Contact Lift
Front Lift Pads
When lifting the vehicle with a frame-contact lift, place the front lift pads as shown.

Rear Lift Pads
Install the J 43625 (1) into the rear frame rail shipping slots, lock into place and position the rear hoist pads.
When lifting the vehicle with a frame-contact lift, place the rear lift pads as shown.
Vehicle Jacking
Important: When you are lifting a vehicle with a vehicle jack or a service jack, block the wheels at the opposite end from which you are lifting. Use jack stands to provide additional support.

Lift the front/rear of the vehicle by placing the floor jack lift pad as shown.

Supporting the Vehicle with Jackstands
Important: Place jackstands ONLY under strong and stable vehicle
structures.

[chuckdoc]

Less complicated explanation is print this out and tape it to the dash of the car when you take it to the Dealer for service.

"Hey you morons, as you lift the car make sure the lift pads contact the frame before they bend the side panels as they are lower on the Solstice than the average car you deal with.  Check and if you need to, use some lift pads or if your dealership is too cheap to buy them, use a piece of 2x4.  Thank you"

[snaponbob]

Less complicated explanation is print this out and tape it to the dash of the car when you take it to the Dealer for service.

"Hey you morons, as you lift the car make sure the lift pads contact the frame before they bend the side panels as they are lower on the Solstice than the average car you deal with.  Check and if you need to, use some lift pads or if your dealership is too cheap to buy them, use a piece of 2x4.  Thank you"

Although the concept is damn near PERFECT (I may just supply the pieces of wood as well) it might be worth considering a SLIGHTLY modified greeting !!!!!  While "Hey you morons" may be accurate  (19 years as a tool dealer gives me a bit of an insiders point of view on this subject ), the choice of the third word just might not achieve exactly the sort of results you really want to experience.  

[Sol Asylum]

In which case would you recommend dumb ass or stupid motherf#%#er?  Because both of these would still be more polite then what I would have to say if they damaged my car.

[chuckdoc]

Remember, Deep had the dealer dent his side panels in on two different occasions.  Critterman had his dented as well.  So did Nationskapitol.  These are just the ones I know personally so if you think I am being too harsh.  All this from the Wash metro area and they are just the ones I know about.

The funniest dealer excuse ever was when the dealer told Deep, he must have run over a squirrel.  Joe said that it had to be one heck of a big squirrel because it had to dent both sides at once.  We are talking about an 5 foot wide squirrel.

[Sol Asylum]

You mean you don't have 5 ft squirrels in the DC area?  Squirrel are in the rodent family you know like mice and rats.  In Hellinois we just elect 5 to 6 ft sized rats as governor.

[chuckdoc]

I hear ya, he does look like he has a squirrel on his head.  I think your gov thinks he is the Donald.

[Go-N Def]

The funniest dealer excuse ever was when the dealer told Deep, he must have run over a squirrel.  Joe said that it had to be one heck of a big squirrel because it had to dent both sides at once.  We are talking about an 5 foot wide squirrel.

It must have been drinking out of the Patomac!

[DeepBlueGXP]

This is what a squirrel can do!!!

[ctyankee]

So what was the dealer's remady? Did they fix it for you or what?

[Critterman]

True Story I sh!t you not.

First time my baby needed to be lifted at the dealers, I took my lifting instructions with me, talked to the writer and taped the instructions to the steering wheel. (can you guess where we are going with this).

Picked up my car that evening and drove home.   About 4 days later I was washing the car (a rare occurance when I noticed a dent in front of the left rear wheel. What the %^$$##@ did I run over I thought.  Got to the right side and there is another Identical dent.

Just short of furious,  I mulled for a day I mean it has been almost a week, drove for a few hours and finally calmed down.  Went back and talked to the service writer, and he seaid there was nothing he could do but would call in the service manager.  I talk to the service manager and he stoped me when I got to the part about taping the instructions on the steering wheel.

He said "I remember that, the tech was showing everyone in the shop and laughing".  He turned to my writer and said, get his car fixed.  tech doesn't work there anymore.  In fact they have a great tech who loves these cars and is just a tiny bit afraid of mine.

[Go-N Def]

You must have run over a HERD of squirrels!!!

[chuckdoc]

Critterman, I do not believe your story.  There is no way you were washing your car.  Tried to slip that in didn't you?  Mike did not catch it but I did. 

The rest is true.

[DeepBlueGXP]

[Critterman]

I did say it was  a rare occurance

[snaponbob]

I did say it was  a rare occurance

I am SOOO glad that I am not alone in the non-anal retentive Kappa club.

[DeepBlueGXP]

only the silver cars can be!!!