silversink
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chain hoist lifting
Body removal-install 2 men
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ian Simpson
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Never removed an A body, but my son and I lifted a Jeep CJ 5 body off the frame and onto a pickup and back (twice) with no mechanical help other than various jacks and wood packing. I did the same with a Suzuki Samurai tub and a 1972 Chevrolet C10 box working alone.
Just take your time and look for your mechanical advantage and balance points. Wear heavy duty gloves and safety shoes.
PS> Just about put myself in hospital removing the Suzuki front clip by hurrying the job and not paying attention to the balance points.
Just take your time and look for your mechanical advantage and balance points. Wear heavy duty gloves and safety shoes.
PS> Just about put myself in hospital removing the Suzuki front clip by hurrying the job and not paying attention to the balance points.
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Cool Hand Lurker
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Cool. I think you will find a lot of other uses for that boom extension too.
I built my garage/workshop in '05 and made provision for this 20 foot beam and hoist on rollers setup.
I took off a coupe body easy enough by myself. My cabriolet was easier to partially disassemble, but the hoist still came in handy. My wife (both of us 70+) was a help putting the cabriolet body together this spring, but I mostly can do everything by myself. Strength is not as important when you have tools needed to do a job. I lifted the cabriolet body 9 times while adjusting the body bolt spacers.
I took off a coupe body easy enough by myself. My cabriolet was easier to partially disassemble, but the hoist still came in handy. My wife (both of us 70+) was a help putting the cabriolet body together this spring, but I mostly can do everything by myself. Strength is not as important when you have tools needed to do a job. I lifted the cabriolet body 9 times while adjusting the body bolt spacers.
Big hammer
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Low ceiling height problem solved!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Roger V
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Similar to Post #21, I made a saw horse a couple inches taller than the rear body sill, jacked the rear of the body up with a floor jack & 4x4, slid the saw horse under, lowered the floor jack, took a single chain with hooks to each front body mount holes, centered that chain on a come-a-long hooked to a chain on the truss above (reinforced across adjacent trusses and angled 2x's from the floor), raised the front of the body enough to roll the chassis out, then lowered to another saw horse or dolly. Note: though the weight on the truss or tie is half of the body weight, check that truss or tie and adjacent ones, and reinforcement pieces for knots, cracks, etc.