<VV> EZ Car Lift

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Hi Mike - I bought an EZ-Car lift in 2008, at the Ventura Convention.  
Boytcho was the designer and builder, and had one on display. Just before that,  
I had heard the story of a friend back East who was dropping a motor out of 
a  Corvair on jack stands, the car shifted and came down, killing him. 
Since that  day, I haven't used jackstands for any powertrain removal, I use my 
EZ-Car  lift. The design uses ACME thread concept to drive both sides, 
powering up  and powering down. You don't "let" it down, as much as drive it back 
down.  The unit is powered by your external electric drill. Bonus for me, I 
got to buy  a new HD Milwaukee drill! As someone mentioned, the unit can be 
taken  apart, and can actually go in the trunk of a car, or stack in the 
back of a  truck. But, while out from under the car it can be rolled around or 
flipped  up on it's side and stored against the wall or fence. Importantly 
for me, the  unit can be placed out of site so the driveway looks "Better" 
(note, I  didn't say "good"). This meets the spouse approval factor, 
something the big,  twin-post, concrete mounted lifts do not.  Your spouse may be 
more  understanding. I use the unit for extremely simple powertrain removal. 
You  lift the car to the height you want so you can go under - the lift is 
limited to  about 26 inches of travel. Remove everything but the front and 
rear mount nuts,  slide the ATV lift under, drop the car down to meet the 
perfect height  to mate with an ATV lift under the power pack, then remove the 
nuts and lower  the ATV lift. If you need more room to slide it out, just 
raise the car up some  more. It is pretty easy and VERY safe. 
 
Perhaps I should further define an ACME thread (first, not for Wile E.  
Coyote!). An Acme thread is the square tip thread you see on lathe shafts, used 
 for cutting or threading. The mating female thread cannot spin on the  
shaft thread, it relies only the rotation of the thread to move it back and  
forth. On the EZ car lift, both sides have threads and are driven up or  down 
by the input on one side. It is a novel design. The lift is totally  made in 
America. There is something to be said for that. I am happy with mine!  
Would I like a nice 4-car garage with a few twin post hoists? Sure. But that is 
 not in the cards. This is working great for me.
 
-Seth Emerson  
 
 
In a message dated 11/11/2014 4:01:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

Hi  everyone.

Wondered if anyone ever used EZ Lift.  I looked at their  website and the 
pictures and videos had several Corvairs as demonstration  vehicles.  Looks 
like a nice product, but I had a couple questions,  such as what locks it 
in 
place once it's up?

If anyone has one or  used one, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.


Mike  Clark
Stockbridge,  Georgia





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