any suggestions on how to move a car with no front suspension at all and move it without any damage to the engine or trans and be able to put it in a garage or in a driveway on stands? i know its an odd question but theres a good chance my front suspension will not be finished in time for me to move my car from my friends garage to mine in other words i have 10 days to figure this out since the shop with my suspension is giving me the run around and bad promises <!-- / message --><!-- controls -->
get a pair of wheel dollies, should be able to secure them to the frame with ratchet straps maybe, thats what i would do, sence i allready have wheel dollies.
How far are you moving it? Is it on flat concrete? I've moved cars before with my heavy duty floor jack with no front susp. Just don't jack it up too high and be sure people and feet are clear. I also put a 4x4 block under the jack to make sure it stayed in position.
Unless your friend's house is close, I think you'll have to tow or trailer it. I've used a pallet jack or a hand truck to move ...
What model of car? fenders or no fenders? How far does it have to be moved? On and off a trailer? If he has a cement slab in front of the garage you could roll it out of the garage on a floor jack like someone else suggested and turn it around so a wrecker could hook onto it. That would probably give the least chance of damage to the rest of the car/engine.
I happen to have a old snowmobile trailer axle (narrowed) and a couple big "C" clamps for just such an occasion. (But only to roll it up onto my car trailer)
Used mobile home axles are cheap and wide. Set the car on them and use straps and clamps to hold the axles to the chassis. Now you can roll the car on a trailer for transport.
Even an old utility trailer axle would work with some ratchet straps wrapped around the axle and frame. Would at least get it on and off the trailer and into your garage. Good luck and let us know what you went with and how you made out.
Put one of those tow dollies under the front end. You didn't mention how far you had to move it and what the surfaces were like. You could put it on a car trailer as well, it doesn't have to roll onto the trailer. You could put beams under the front and skid it on a trailer.
Man up boy! pick it up and throw it over your shoulder. first the motor now this!! mike If ya were closer I got the perfect thing for it, a bolt on tounge. made it for moving a gto around about 15yrs ago, bolts to the frame horns in the bumper bolt holes and is angled so the crossmember is about 12" off the ground when it is on the tow hitch on the truck.
I've seen others use the bolt on trailer tongue wheels from harbor frieght. But mostly to move a project around a shop.
A couple of heavy casters.. Swivel type.. A piece of 2 inch square tube 1/4 inch wall.. C-clamps.. Cut tube a little wider than frame rails.. Weld casters to tube.. Cut 2 pieces of tube about 10 inches or so.. Find a flat spot on the bottom of the frame (close to bumper mounts).. Clamp short tube to bottom of frame at flat spots.. Place cross tube under that and weld to short tube.. The short tube is to keep the caster "axel" from rolling under if you hit a rough sopt as you are moving the car around..
Comet's question is a good one. We can't really help until you tell us how far you have to go, road/driveway surface etc.
Rolling a car on a floorjack is just inviting it to fall off. If you're in a bad spot due to gravel, uneven-ness, etc. Just throw the front end on it with a couple of bolts and some blocks of wood instead of springs. It'll be a lot less work and risk. Remember, you gotta unload this thing too. good luck
Go get your suspension from the "run around" shop and take it to another one. Then pick it up in three days, and you'll still have about a week to get it installed on the car.
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