Chet Zerlin
Jedi Trainee
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Hello all,
I just had a 2 post lift installed in my garage and quickly found out that, while the lift arms fit fine under the passenger side, on the driver side the exhaust and muffler sit about 1 inch too low - preventing the lift arms from reaching past them to the frame. Could someone on the forum tell me what the correct ground clearance should be on the exhaust side? Is what I am experiencing "normal" - do others have similar issues getting their car onto a lift?
Looking under the car I can see one or two inches of clearance between the top of the muffler and the floor of the car but I'm not sure how much play there actually is to raise the whole assembly up (also....considering that the muffler is one of the big heat sources on my Healey I'm not really anxious to move it too close to the floor!). That said...How close to the floor of the car should the muffler be mounted?
Any information, suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
I just had a 2 post lift installed in my garage and quickly found out that, while the lift arms fit fine under the passenger side, on the driver side the exhaust and muffler sit about 1 inch too low - preventing the lift arms from reaching past them to the frame. Could someone on the forum tell me what the correct ground clearance should be on the exhaust side? Is what I am experiencing "normal" - do others have similar issues getting their car onto a lift?
Looking under the car I can see one or two inches of clearance between the top of the muffler and the floor of the car but I'm not sure how much play there actually is to raise the whole assembly up (also....considering that the muffler is one of the big heat sources on my Healey I'm not really anxious to move it too close to the floor!). That said...How close to the floor of the car should the muffler be mounted?
Any information, suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks!