Hydraulic lift points?

[tsunami]

A friend of mine has a hydraulic lift in his garage. I would like to use it to lift my 2015 Mustang. I know the positions of the 'tire changing' lift points. But to lift the whole car up will require more robust lift points than the pinch points. Does any one know of a schematic or photo of the EB underbody which locates the correct/safe lift points? Ford must have an official lift point diagram for their dealer service shops.

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[JohnDoe]

It shows you in your owner's manual. Check your glove box for your owner's manual.

 

[tsunami]

Pinch Points as lifting points...

As I mentioned...the Owner's Manual (Rev2) on Pp 261-2 shows the Tire Jack lift pinch points. But lifting one tire off the ground is NOT the same as lifting 1/4 of the total vehicle weight. Some of the weight is transferred through the suspension to the other three corners. After having jacked the car, to lift one tire off the ground, it is obvious the the pinch points get close to their maximum capacity with just one corner lifted.

So my question is again...does an official Ford service garage lift the whole car from those tiny four pinch points? Or do they adjust their lift pads to lift the car from some chassis locations? If so, which locations are recommended? I have been searching without success for weeks.

 

[JohnDoe]

Every lift I've been to used blocks to spread the weight on the same rail points

 

[tsunami]

I wanted to lift my 2015 to install a Curt trailer hitch. I didn't have the equipment at home to do it, so I brought it to a shop. They lifted the Mustang on the four pinch lift points.
The mechanic said that their shop was lifting cars for years just using the pinch points. But they are using "V-shaped' blocks on top of the hydraulic arms to keep the pinch points from being squashed.

 

[Mu5tang]

There is an arrow around the circles on the plastic part, that indicates the lift points

 

[davekro]

:doh:

I wanted to lift my 2015 to install a Curt trailer hitch. I didn't have the equipment at home to do it, so I brought it to a shop. They lifted the Mustang on the four pinch lift points.
The mechanic said that their shop was lifting cars for years just using the pinch points. But they are using "V-shaped' blocks on top of the hydraulic arms to keep the pinch points from being squashed.

Off topic, but do you have a link to discussions on this forum about trailer hitches? I have been meaning to look into this. If not link to discussions, which p/n Curt hitch did you go with (2" or 1.25"?)? Did it easily fit with the convertible's undercarraige brace? I went with their small size (1 1/4"?) hitch for our Prius to hold a bike rack. I'm not happy with the amount of wiggling it does even after I shimmed it as best I could.

It looks like the answer to this question is still no answer! It still amazes me so many ignore the point of the question and knee jerk point the questioner to the four jacking points we all know about.:doh:

It would be different if there was official word (specifically what you asked for ;)) that said: "No, there are no other jack points that Ford uses or recommends. Only use the four pinch points with 'V' blocks."

Sorry if I sound pissy, but I too have not seen an official or authoritative response to this question (which has been posed many times), so hearing the shoot from the hip answer, yet again... well, just felt :shrug:

 

[Mako_254]

Ford Tech Suggested Lifting Points

See post 118 in...
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14818&page=7&highlight=jack+stand

The rear assembly line connection points are covered up in my convertible GT.

 

[JohnDoe]

I thought about this thread when I was getting exhaust work done last week and took some pics for you

They used a plate attachment at the lift points

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