Thread: Your D2 on a Two Post Hoist

Originally Posted by johntins

Used to work at a place that had an old screw thread type two poster. Lifted Toyotas and Nissans ok. But one day we lifted a Rolls Corniche on it. It went up ok, but we couldn't get the damn thing down. The weight pulled the posts inward at the top and the screw thread tightened up so much the motor overheated and cut out. Wound up winding the thing down by hand, using the hex at the end of the threads. Took hours. Never wanted to get under anything on that hoist after that.

I laughed when I read this because I was about to post about the only vehcile I ever had a problem with on a 2 poster when working at an exhaust centre - yep, a Roll Royce.

Not as bad as you though - I couldn't get the thing off the ground with the 4 tonne hoist unless I took a 'run up' with the arms - once all lined up, I'd lift the hoist from the very lower position, this way the motor spun uo to speed before contacting the chassis, then it would keep going. If you stopped at all on the way up, you'd have to let it right down to the ground and take another run up.

The drive nuts on the hoist were pretty shagged after that and we had to rebuild it shortly after.

memory lane, back in the mid 80's when working at winterfauls a colleague working on a Jaguar S type, He was not paying attention when lowering it on a two poster and had also left a lifting pole underneath, enough to take the weight of the jag dislodging the arms on one side, the thing dropped on its side . we did more damage dragging it out. Personally I've never felt safe under a two poster prefer four poster with the slide beams.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

yes Vern,, but where did you lift it from?

Lift it from inder the control arm and radius arm brackets on the chassis

Just today mine was lifted using the rear trailing arm/chassis point...
cant possibly be stable??
Happy to insist on the trailing arm cut-out point as a lifting point next time,,

Trialing arm cut out point???
The outrigger?

Only car I've had problems with on a hoist was a Citroen... (I was about 16 so long time ago)

Did the service and when I let it down it went ALL THE WAY DOWN. Like still on the hoist and solid as a rock both sitting on the floor???????

Owner said that's OK. He started it, raised the suspension and drove it off.

Nice safari wagon and he drove it back to Perth from Adelaide.

PS they always seem to lift my D2 with the pads under the jacking cut outs in the radius arms.