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Help needed!
Anyone have exact position of where to fit the Works ST quick jack brackets - pair?
Both front and rear brackets?
Many thks!


Al

There seemed to be no hard & fast rule on that, if you look at photos of different works cars the positions differed at times, quite dramatically. I have fitted a few of these & the critical end is the front, as you need to avoid the boxed stiffener for the front subframe / front panel mount, but be close enough to it to gain rigidity from it. The brackets I have used are 6 inches across & I leave a gap of 10.5 inches between the inner legs of the brackets. This puts the outer legs close to the front panel stiffener & they look right when compared to most works cars. If your brackets are more or less than 6 inches add or subtract the total difference to or from the initial 10.5 inch gap. I then fit the rear ones to the same measurement, but bolting up behind the spare wheel well is a bit like fitting engine mounting bolts! Mine look about like those shown below. The main thing is to measure everything carefully before drilling to make sure you can access the back of the panel, particularly at the front.

Thanks for info!
I am a little studpid, does it mean the dist nce between the 2 brackets to be 10.5 inches?
the inner legs means the edge of bracket? not center to center of brackets apart?
Cause from some the works photos it looks like only one bracket's width apart, say 6 inches apart.
Or little more than 6 inch.
I will check the back of panel to make sure a nut can be hold with no trouble!

Al

Hope it helps!

Happy New Year

Luis Teixeira

Nice photos with clear view details!
Thanks!

Al

970s wrote:
Thanks for info!
I am a little studpid, does it mean the dist nce between the 2 brackets to be 10.5 inches?
the inner legs means the edge of bracket? not center to center of brackets apart?
Cause from some the works photos it looks like only one bracket's width apart, say 6 inches apart.
Or little more than 6 inch.
I will check the back of panel to make sure a nut can be hold with no trouble!

Al

I did mean from the inner edge of each bracket, but I'm sure the photos provided by GE9001 give a good idea of the fitment, for authenticity, probably 9-10 inches apart would be better, I spaced mine as wide as possible for stability when on the jack, but you are quite correct in saying that some brackets look much closer together, not a very good photo, but some are shown below, which are really close.

More importantly, has anyone got any drawings of the jack? I know I could do this myself and it would need to be matched to the height of the car, but it would still be interesting to see an original one.

Now I have the true dimension to drill holes!
It really helps a lot!
Happy New Year 2013 and many Cooper adventuree to come!
Thks......!

Al

That is excellent xv124, I've been looking for the definitive measurements for ages, (I wasn't too far out!) one wonders why they varied so much on the works cars, Vegard, I only have one close up photo of a quick lift jack, there were different designs used by the works team, at present I only use my brackets as a suitable place for axle stands , but I am proposing to construct a suitable quick lift jack as soon as I can obtain the materials & when time permits.
Thanks Al, for starting such an interesting thread, one of my greatest passions is the Abingdon Minis, & I would also like to wish a Happy, Successful & enjoyable New Year to all.

Hi Al, now you got the pics, dimensions, how about we construct our own lifting jack? Just like the wooden lifting block, body jig, that we did? Go ahead!

Yes!
When we have more sketch on the jack picture, we can start a prototype!
Thks for all the info Pal!


Al

Great stuff! I will be needing to do this at some point! so I'd best save the sketch to make sure its close as possible!!

I was thinking of making my own jack, Im sure I saw one for sale a long time ago on ebay...

Ed

Not sure where I found this one sometime back, but it gives you an idea of the handle.

Simple design in '68

Done my ST jack brackets, Thanks for the dimension detail guys!

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Al

Sorry! wrong move, again!




Al

well done, Al!

kariya