Deze zat tussen de maandelijkse nieuwsbrief van Rockauto.

Repair Mistakes & Blunders


Six months ago my father and I bought a 1973 Cadillac Eldorado convertible to restore together in our spare time. We live in the Netherlands so the parts we needed are not as easy to get as in the U.S. RockAuto was a great solution for us. Cheap and fast!

So we got the engine running, the transmission complete, and lots of other problems solved. Last week we were working on the exhaust while the car was on the lift. At 9 p.m. we put out the lights and closed the door of the garage. At 7 a.m. the next morning my father called me, pretty upset, to tell me our Caddy had fallen off the lift! I came as fast as I could, and indeed, there it hung, the front bumper on the floor and the rear wheels two meters up in the air. I was completely shocked!


When we tried to figure out how this could have happened the problem appeared quickly. The safety lock on the front of the lift wasn’t adjusted properly, so only the stands on the back were fully locked. The weight of the car put the front end down so the lift wasn’t level anymore. The car’s transmission was in Park, but we didn’t use the parking brake. Also there were no blocks in front of the wheels. Expensive lesson! But still we are not complaining that much, only the front fenders and one of the two vertical bumper guards were damaged. Could have been a lot worse!

So everybody be smarter than us. Use wheel blocks and the parking brake! And double check all the locks on your lift.

Sven from the Netherlands

IK VIND DE LAATSTE ZIN WEL ECHT OM MEE TE LACHEN."So everybody be smarter than us. Use wheel blocks and the parking brake! And double check all the locks on your lift".


BIJ ONS OP HET WERK VERLAAT NIEMAND DE WERKVLOER OP HET EINDE VAN DE WERKDAG VOORALEER ALLE HEFBRUGGEN NAAR BENEDEN ZIJN.

ook als ik bezig ben zitten er platen op de brug tegen het eraf rijden
slim is het in ieder geval niet

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Christiaan
Chevy Silverado 5.3 2009
Before caliber srt4, Ram 1500 hemi sport, Ram 1500 daytona

De grootste fout is toch de brug boven laten staan als je die evengoed zou kunnen laten zakken.

Volgens mij zal dat chassis toch ook wel wat schade hebben. Zou me niet verbazen mocht de speling tussen deur en achtervleugel bovenaan veel kleiner zijn als onderaan.

Als de brug niet helemaal omlaag kan op het werk, altijd in de beveiliging laten zakken.
Liefst helemaal omlaag.
Je zou het maar meemaken

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Patrick