While the pad arms of the typical mechanic’s shop lift can easily reach the rear spring plate for support, the front pad arms can’t reach the front torsion bar tube. So they usually put the front pad on the bar along the edge of the pan, crushing it slightly in the process.
Is there a better way?
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Make 2 pieces of wood that are slightly thicker than the depression on the pan where the bolts are .
There are no bolts near where the pads hit the pan. They hit where the red circles are on the attached drawing.
" Wood spacers" (that's a better description ) set into the channel on the pan and they extend a bit past the dept of the channel and the lift pads go against the spacers so that the lift pads don't bend the pan edges.
Alan: Two thumbs up.....
