Vette falls off the lift..

[Zee09]

Watch And Cry As This Tail-Heavy Corvette Z06 Tips Off Lift

Have you ever had a bad day at work? Of course you have. Even the coolest jobs have sucky days, like when we have to leave the test cars parked in the garage to get some admin done.

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[B1974]

Ouch.

 

[AutoMechanic]

That’s too funny lol. We had someone at my work drop one off a Jack and onto the lift arm so it crushed the side skirts, the floor pan, and damaged a little of the fender if I remember correctly. They fired him for that it was his second day on the job too.

 

[samven]

I understand that superglue and baking soda will glue that right back together.

 

[BMW Dom]

Nothing a little MMO couldn't fix

 

[atikovi]

Looks like a car bought at a salvage auction and he was in the middle of parting it out. Wonder if the shop insurance will pay anything out on that.

 

[doublebase]

Why and how would someone literally take everything out of the front...engine, suspension, and not think that it wouldn’t fall? This has to be BS...a click grab.

 

[11crv]

What’s the big deal? That sh!t will buff out!

 

[2005jettatdi]

Looked like rather poor lift placement under the car. But I agree, a little MMO can fix anything.

 

[NitroM3]

That’s too funny lol. We had someone at my work drop one off a Jack and onto the lift arm so it crushed the side skirts, the floor pan, and damaged a little of the fender if I remember correctly. They fired him for that it was his second day on the job too.

Did you put that on your resume when you went job hunting after being fired so the next employee knew you may be accident prone?

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hahahahahaha! gottcha!!

 

[clinebarger]

You have to strap the front of C5, C6, & C7 Corvettes to the front lift arms when removing the engine/subframe. And the Lift Arms have to LOCK in position when raised!
Same goes for pulling the Transmission/Torque Tube/Differential/Subframe from the rear!

Cheapskate shop owner buying cheap equipment & hiring cheap/unexperienced employees. I worked at a GM dealer when the C5 came out.....If you wanted to do more than basic maintenance on them.....You had to go to training, My dealer flew 2 of us to Detroit. Not that-that would be required today.

 

[Chris142]

You have to strap the front of C5, C6, & C7 Corvettes to the front lift arms when removing the engine/subframe. And the Lift Arms have to LOCK in position when raised!
Same goes for pulling the Transmission/Torque Tube/Differential/Subframe from the rear!

Cheapskate shop owner buying cheap equipment & hiring cheap/unexperienced employees. I worked at a GM dealer when the C5 came out.....If you wanted to do more than basic maintenance on them.....You had to go to training, My dealer flew 2 of us to Detroit. Not that-that would be required today.

I have been in auto repair nearly 40 years and did not know the things you mentioned.

 

[billt460]

And people wonder why I change my own oil.

 

[wag123]

"hiring cheap/inexperienced employees"
A common problem right now. Companies are hiring anyone with a pulse, and turnover rates are astronomical. Amazon's turnover rate for hourly associates is about 150% a year.
I went to Walmart on Friday morning to purchase a hunting/fishing license and couldn't get any help, it took me the better part of an hour just to find an employee. The employee that I finally found said that the store is about 40% understaffed and many employees are working double shifts. The shelves were not stocked, the store was a mess, and the few checkouts that were open had very long lines.
There is a Pizza Hut near me that says this on their marquee... "hiring delivery drivers, $24/hr plus tips". Even though I'm retired, for that kind of money I'm half tempted.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Why would I cry, it a junker Corvette that after it is repaired, some schmoe Tony will punch and curb it hotdogging it leaving a Wendy's or Aroma Joe's.

It tipped slowly, If he really didn't want it to fall, he should have grabbed onto something up front and yelled
" Help Help!" I could see myself doing that Embarrassing!

 

[billt460]

If he really didn't want it to fall, he should have grabbed onto something up front and yelled
" Help Help!"

The last thing you want to do is grab on to a tipping car on a lift. You can quickly end up like these 2.

 

[RhondaHonda]

The last thing you want to do is grab on to a tipping car on a lift. You can quickly end up like these 2.

Oh man that didn’t look good!

 

[Zee09]

Oh man that didn’t look good!

Yeah not good.

 

[bullwinkle]

The last thing you want to do is grab on to a tipping car on a lift. You can quickly end up like these 2.

You run your "butt" off away! Like your life depends on it!!

 

[skrypj]

And people wonder why I change my own oil.

We have a Land Cruiser specialist down the street. My cousin told me yesterday that his buddy brought them his 100 series for an oil change. Dude drained the oil and never refilled it and blew the engine

It sucks but you had one job.