Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Originally Posted By: Kool1
It looks like a compromised seam and a buckled floorboard. The compromised seam could eventually allow moisture to access and rust to develop while the buckled floorboard does affect the integrity of the chassis.
Actually as long as you lift a car on the designated areas on the pinch weld there should be NO problem with damage. That is what those little arrows are for, they indicate reinforced areas on the weld.
The problem is when these arsehats refuse to pay attention and do it CORRECTLY!
I'm also so sick and tired of careless thoughtless morons who actually get paid decently to do a [censored] job. Part of it is laziness as well they don't want to spend the extra 30 seconds to bother looking for the arrow marks.
I've gone to Sears Auto Center numerous times for tires and never had a problem until one genius didn't bother to look for the reinforced area on the pinch weld and proceeded to crush the weld and slightly damage the floorboard the damage wasn't serious but bad enough. At least I got 4 new tires and a battery out of it.
I would NOT touch the damage until you call AAA and report it to them. I personally would NOT bend the weld back since doing this will further weaken it and like another person said pop the paint off. If it were me I would take the money they give you for the damage and just make sure no rust occurs on the weld.
On most unibody cars, that would be a jack point. However, on a Jeep Cherokee, the Jack Points (in the owners manual) are the axle tubes themselves -OR- the "frame" rails infront of the leaf spring / behind control arm if it's on a 4 post lift.
Originally Posted By: Kool1
It looks like a compromised seam and a buckled floorboard. The compromised seam could eventually allow moisture to access and rust to develop while the buckled floorboard does affect the integrity of the chassis.
Actually as long as you lift a car on the designated areas on the pinch weld there should be NO problem with damage. That is what those little arrows are for, they indicate reinforced areas on the weld.
The problem is when these arsehats refuse to pay attention and do it CORRECTLY!
I'm also so sick and tired of careless thoughtless morons who actually get paid decently to do a [censored] job. Part of it is laziness as well they don't want to spend the extra 30 seconds to bother looking for the arrow marks.
I've gone to Sears Auto Center numerous times for tires and never had a problem until one genius didn't bother to look for the reinforced area on the pinch weld and proceeded to crush the weld and slightly damage the floorboard the damage wasn't serious but bad enough. At least I got 4 new tires and a battery out of it.
I would NOT touch the damage until you call AAA and report it to them. I personally would NOT bend the weld back since doing this will further weaken it and like another person said pop the paint off. If it were me I would take the money they give you for the damage and just make sure no rust occurs on the weld.
On most unibody cars, that would be a jack point. However, on a Jeep Cherokee, the Jack Points (in the owners manual) are the axle tubes themselves -OR- the "frame" rails infront of the leaf spring / behind control arm if it's on a 4 post lift.
