Floor of the car pushed up. . . what do I do?

[217gsr]

My friend jacked his Integra up by pushing up on the floor to the right of the jack-point at the front of the car (right behind the front wheels, and NOT the recommended jack point). Now, the floor seems a little "pushed up" and it seems to be interfering with the mechanism that releases the trunk and the fuel release. Is there any way to correct this?

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 28, 2002 11:57 PM: Message edited by: 217gsr ]</font>

[93SleepR]

Exactly. The 'BFH' method works every time

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ October 29, 2002 08:50 AM: Message edited by: 92SleepR ]</font>

[217gsr]

Haha. That sounds like a good idea. I'll let him know! Out of curiosity, can the mechanism for the trunk release/fuel release be moved for this process? Or should we just work around it?

[JRCivic]

I believe it can be moved... you must first remove the cover to access the mounting points for the bracket which holds both release cables... I just cannot remember if it is held in place with a bolt or rivets.

[JRCivic]

One more thing Joe...
Suggest to your friend (in a very persuasive manner) that he should use the JACK POINTS in the future... and this damage (and heartache) will not occur again.

[JRCivic]

Use a small piece of 2x4 and place it inside the car opposite the pushed up area... then hit it with a big F@#king hammer !!! You may have to remove the sill plate and the carpet to get at everything necessary. The trick here is NOT to hit a direct point, but rather spread the hammer's energy over a larger area... and not make indentions in the metal from the hammer face or a screwdriver.

[217gsr]

I think his complaint is that if he uses his hydraulic jack to lift the car from the front end, then use the jack points for the jack stands, he can't get the car high enough to work underneath the car (and still use a creeper). I have a similar problem with my car, but luckily, I haven't had the same problems with a pushed up floor.

We've both tried using the side jack points (in front of the rear wheels) to jack the car up higher, but that doesn't work so well either.

Any advice on how I might be able to avoid this problem if I'm jacking my car up in the future? How about using a block of wood to distribute the force of the jack across a larger area?

[MartyMarGSR]

my jack wouldnt even fit under my car and some of my friends cars so we just drive em up onto 2x4's, then go up another step of 2x4's until the car is bout 3 inches off the ground on the pieces of wood, then i slide the hydraulic jack underneath and lift that sucker up as high as it can go, then i slide jackstands underneath the side jack points.

works quite well for me

[217gsr]

it's not so much that his jack (or mine) won't fit under our cars. . .it's that even when the jack is raised to its highest position, it's still only high enough to insert jack stands set to their lowest setting. this barely gets the wheels off the ground and can be a real pain. [img]confused.gif[/img]

[Tom Civic]

buy a bigger jack to lift it after u raise it up a lil with your current jack?