quote:Originally posted by DeMopuar:
The horror stories that I have seen have been not because of the lift coming apart when it is locked in and at rest; the failures that I know about are when the lift is in motion, and the alignment of the cable to pulley goes out and the cable rides the pulley and falls out of the groove -- creating those catastrophic photos that most of us have seen. Those that have these lifts really need to watch the pulleys; lube them on occasion, and actually lubricate the cables too. I lube mine with lithium grease in the spray can (the white stuff).
No matter what lift one has, all of the excitement happens when the lift is in motion and not sitting still, IMHO of course.
I think you are right, but I live in earthquake country and just thinking of a little more security with it standing there too. I don't think a bolt through the post would compromise the integrity of the post because it would be such a small drill hole size and on that portion of the lift (that area is just where the inner post slides). The direct lift already has a few holes drilled bigger than that size on the horizontal portions of the lift...I did think of that too but I sure aint no engineeer. However direct lift does have some solid pullies and supports, so it may just be overkill thoughts I am having. When I do park the cars I keep some tension on the cables too in addition to having it locked, so maybe that would help. Sometimes I just think of 3 Panteras getting crushed or toppled onto if something was to let loose.
